Original Articles

How the female weightlifter out – grew the “lady bar” Andrew “Bud” Charniga www.Sportivnypress.com “It has been said that man is “fearfully and wonderfully made.” Wilton M. Krogman, 1951 Whoever said “man is fearfully and wonderfully made” in all probability could not even imagine a member of the “weaker sex” raising 193 kg over her […]

Scaling of Body Mass in Weightlifting: Consequences for the World’s Strongest Weightlifters Andrew Charniga Sportivnypress “…excess bodyweight first creates additional loading on the sportsman’s muscles because the weightlifter has to lift this excess weight during the execution of the weightlifting exercises; second, the sportsman’s speed deteriorates.” Abramovsky, 2002 Special conditions exists for improving results in

Variations of the Jump Under the Barbell in the Snatch and the Clean Andrew Charniga SportivnyPress.com “Research has shown that the longer the athlete’s feet are in the non – support position the faster the trunk descends.” Druzhinin, 1974 Figure 1. Variant 1. An optical illusion in weightlifting is manifest when an effective ‘jump down’

Expression of Strength in Weightlifting Andrew Charniga Sportivnypress.com “The forces produced by muscles in weightlifting does not take into account  the sum of the power of the muscular contraction minus the resistance of the antagonist muscles. In theory less resistance of muscle antagonists would mean less force required to perform the exercise.” L.N. Sokolov, 1973

Concerning the Russian Squat Routine Andrew Charniga, Jr. Sportivnypress.com {first posted 2001} Charniga photo. The translation of the article “Methods of Developing leg Strength” can be found on this site. Anyone unfamiliar with the origin of this program can see that it was not designed for Powerlifting; or the brainchild of any “Doctor of Squatting”.