Misinformation Engineering

Essays and commentary on a variety of topics including textbooks on strength training, debunking myths of strength training, and the like.

Reverse Engineering Injury Mechanism and the Consequences of Forward Engineering

By / September 4, 2020 / 1 Comment

Reverse Engineering Injury Mechanism and the Consequences of Forward Engineering Andrew ‘Bud’ Charniga Sportivnypress.com Squatting under and receiving a heavy barbell at high speed without negative consequences; disproves the common myth ligaments and joints are susceptible to injury from fast, large range of motion exercises. Charniga photo. Five previous essays explored the possibility of a …

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A Myth of Olympic Weightlifting

By / September 4, 2020

A Myth of Olympic Weightlifting Andrew ‘Bud’ Charniga www.sportivnypress.com   Figure 1. Weightlifters are able to react in the event of unanticipated circumstances and avoid injury because of their dynamic training and elasticity. They develop injury avoidance mechanisms  from their training. The overwhelming majority of exercises are dynamic: fast contraction conjoined with rapid relaxation of …

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It’s All Connected: Part II

By / September 4, 2020
In this photo the leg spring mechanism of this female weightlifter as in the previous example, releases such that hip knee, ankle and feet bend to redistribute and dissipate the mechanical energy of the body and the barbell. Joints bend, muscles, tendons and ligaments elongate elastically. These same tissues absorb the force of the falling barbell, only to recoil so that the forces are not concentrated in the joints.

Its All Connected Part II Andrew Charniga, Jr. Sportivnypress.com© A logical critique of: “Rational and Implementation of Anterior Ligament Injury Prevention Warm – UP Programs in Female Athletes”, D. P. Bien, 2011 J Strength & Cond Research 25(1): 271 – 285, 2011 As has been already noted the central thesis of the article which inspired …

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It’s All Connected

By / September 4, 2020

It’s All Connected Andrew Charniga, Jr. Sportivnypress.com© Foreword Stuart Firestein (2012) wrote “ignorance will always grow faster than knowledge”. Never were truer words written. No matter how new the knowledge of the day, old ideas, recycled bias, masquerading as science, always manage to remain in place. In his treatise, The Mismeasure of Man, Steven J. …

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Commodification of Information: Weightlifting Certifications and Courses for Sale

By / July 5, 2020

  Commodification of information: Weightlifting Certification Courses Part 1 Andrew Charniga, Jr. Misinformation Engineering Sportivnypress.com© At the present time, the scope, the shear number of weightlifting organizations (such as the USAW), professional organizations (the National Strength and Conditioning Association), exercise clubs, private businesses, globe hopping Russian weightlifters, purporting to possess knowledge of weightlifting sport science …

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