Choosing Powerlifting

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March 16, 2005

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Choosing Powerlifting

If you live in a Western country you might have heard about Powerlifting or you might confuse it for Olympic lifting. Powerlifting has an enticing popular name yet its basic foundation is seriously flawed.

Powerlifters perform the Deadlifting, Squat from behind the shoulders, and the Bench Press. The worst of all is that they believe that theses three styles are the ultimate boundaries of their world. You would not see a powerlifter jogging, doing aerobics, or swimming.

Limiting your training to such incomplete range-of-motion exercises is a grave mistake. Joints do not like to be left insecure in a portion of their range of motion. Sooner or later that insecure portion will incur injury. Ligaments shorten and harden when limited motions are practiced for long time with heavy resistance. The entire neuromuscular system does not fare well with limited mobility. If you cannot lift from the floor to above your head as often as you bench press, squat, or deadlift you set yourself for the troubles of immobility, imbalance, frozen joints, and life-long joint injuries.

1- Kramers Ruben Springer

2-Kramers Ruben Springer NL (Follow-up)