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February 14, 2017
Part II: Practical solutions to the problem of Achilles rupture and the proliferation of injuries to the lower extremities of football players Andrew ‘Bud’ Charniga “If you stretch a spring and release it, it will spring back.” R.McN. Alexander, 1988 …
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February 09, 2017
Reverse Engineering Injury Mechanism: Achilles Tendon Ruptures and the NFL Andrew Charniga SportivnyPress.com 2016 “The speed at which animals can turn depends on the forces involved in cornering, and larger animals need to produce greater forces for any given turn. …
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October 15, 2016
Russian Training Part IV* An unfortunate sign of the times, articles such as this and especially competition reports, in the future will have to be affixed with an asterisk. The all too obvious reason being the results of today’s competitions …
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July 14, 2016
Russian Training: Part III Andrew “Bud” Charniga Sportivny Press Since science doesn’t stand still, recent events dictate a follow up to Russian Training parts one and two. New tactics such as retroactive testing, more sophisticated procedures, software and the like …
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May 29, 2016
Europe vs Asia 2 69 kg Men Ismailov Daniyar (TUR) Charniga photos Europe Although the best lifter from Europe Ismayilov (TUR) made an excellent 155 snatch and a near miss with 161; overall the quality of lifting was poor. Most …
The Russian Weightlifting Library is compilation of articles (weightlifting yearbooks - called Yezhegodnik in Russian) and books written by prominent Soviet era sport scientists.
The article compilations (yearbooks) and books cover a wide range of topics from weightlifting technique, training methodology, planning training, restoration, analysis of the training and technique of eilte weightlifters; research of strength training methodology and so forth. All texts are translated directly from the original Russian to English.
