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Re: Difference in bars? Olympic lifts?

Posted By: Douglas E. Heeren (iowa-asc1-cs-4.dial.hickorytech.net)
Date: Tuesday, January 2, 2007, @ 7:45 p.m.

In Response To: Difference in bars? Olympic lifts? (Edwin)

The powerlifting bar is slightly bigger in diameter. Most olympic bars have a lot more spring which is a big disadvantage in the powerlifts accept the deadlift.(RDC came up with the idea of deadlifting on an olympic bar to add 3-5% on the lift). Olympic lifts will make you a lot faster and more explosive in the squat and deadlift. I do the pentathlon in Masters Track(LJ, discus, 200m, javelin, 1500m). After 1-2 months of olympic lifts I can usually see a response in contact time with the ground in sprints and jumps.

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• Difference in bars? Olympic lifts?
  Edwin (cache-ntc-ab10.proxy.aol.com) -- Tuesday, January 2, 2007, @ 2:33 p.m.
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    jljhenn@telus.net (d154-5-4-37.bchsia.telus.net) -- Tuesday, January 2, 2007, @ 3:54 p.m.
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      Edwin (cache-ntc-ab10.proxy.aol.com) -- Tuesday, January 2, 2007, @ 8:18 p.m.
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        Joe S. (209.232.103.101) -- Saturday, January 6, 2007, @ 7:33 p.m.
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    Douglas E. Heeren (iowa-asc1-cs-4.dial.hickorytech.net) -- Tuesday, January 2, 2007, @ 7:45 p.m.
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      Edwin (cache-ntc-ab10.proxy.aol.com) -- Tuesday, January 2, 2007, @ 8:17 p.m.
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        Douglas E. Heeren (iowa-asc1-cs-26.dial.hickorytech.net) -- Wednesday, January 3, 2007, @ 2:18 p.m.
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          Edwin (cache-ntc-ab10.proxy.aol.com) -- Wednesday, January 3, 2007, @ 3:58 p.m.