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Comparison of Warm Up Protocols of High Class Male and Female Weightlifters Andrew Charniga, Jr. Sportivny Press© 2010 “The warm up should not be fatiguing. On the contrary, it should invigorate the sportsman to perform the exercises” (A.N. Vorbeyev, 1988). Olympic and World Champion CAO Lei (CHN) rests between warm up lifts at 2009 World …

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Why Weightlifting Shoes? Andrew Charniga, Jr. Sportivny Press© It is common knowledge that an athlete’s apparel varies according to the sport. This is especially true for shoes.  In his book The Dialectics of Nature, the Marxist philosopher Engels observed the harmony between form and function in nature. The need for harmony between the form and …

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Still More About the Jerk: The Press, the Snatch, the Clean and Jerk of Viktor Kurentsov Andrew Charniga, Jr. Sportivny Press© Livonia, Michigan 2005   At the 1999 European Weightlifting Championships in La Coruna Spain Plamen Jeliazkov of Bulgaria (69 kg) amidst a fierce struggle with Galabin Boevski, came to the platform to clean and …

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Essential Components Weightlifting Technique:  Part IV More About the Jerk Andrew Charniga, Jr. Sportivny Press© Livonia, Michigan 2005   The Inter Muscular Coordination of the Muscles of the Upper and Lower Extremities and the Technique of the Jerk “The muscles in the kinematic chain are included in the work in an appropriate sequence which enables …

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