Builderofmuscle
04-04-2003, 03:43 PM
I guess this would also fall into the idea of Roadwork. If anyone has lived around longer than I have, than you have probably heard of Dr. Len Schwartz. Dr. Schwartz was the Pavel Tsoutsaline of the 1980’s. He published a book titles Heavyhands in 1982 (I was born in 1986). I won’t tell you how I found out about this, but it has to do with surfing crossfit.com. Look in the archives, you will see hundreds of workouts and links to training sites.
His idea was that by doing aerobics using 1-15 pound weights produced greater strength-endurance than JUST weight training, or JUST aerobic training. You see infomercials about WALK AWAY THE POUNDS and 6-WEEK MAKEOVER and other **** like that. But the truth is, Dr. Len Schwatrz deserves all the credit for these programs.
We won’t get into the fat loss and body changes resulting from this type of training, although that is definitely the benefit. But I want to talk about strength-endurance, and what this truly means. In truth, there are three forms of strength: maximal strength, power, and muscular endurance.
Maximal strength is lifting the most weight as possible. This can be developed through olympic movements, such as the one-arm snatch (which I wrote about, I’ll wring everyone’s neck you viewed that post, but did not comment), and the clean and jerk. This would benefist powerlifters, Olympic weight lifters, and power and strength athletes.
Power is speed-strength. This can also be developed through Olympic lifts, as well as medicine ball training and Plyometric.
Muscular endurance is our focus. The other name for this is strength endurance. Don’t even ask my why strength endurance is important. Because strength endurance is EVERYTHING in a fight situation. If you don’t have more endurance than you’re opponent, than you will be too tired to beat him up.
Let’s approach this in a self-defense situation. Lets say you have seven guys attacking you. That’s right, 7 guys! Lets say you live in the city and you’re in some sort of gang warfare. You can’t run, you can’t hide, because that would be your best bet. The next thing you would do is to keep a clear mind. There are two guys to your left. Three guys in front of you, and two guys to your right. Behind you, is a wall.
They all have one of three weapons: their fists, metal chains, or metal bars. A guy on your left comes at you with the bar, you duck, and kick him in the hips, or kidneys. You block an unarmed attacker from your right, and back leg snap kick another guy in the face. You than run a little, and jump spin kick a guy with a chain in the face, and kick some other guys and punch a guy or two in the face.
You have won the fight, everyone is on the floor, clutching his or her jaws. Now, do you have enough endurance to run away, because if their gang members, a broken jaw won’t stop them from chasing after you.
Now, what does this have to do with strength endurance? Think about it, you’ve expended not only energy, but also you’ve worked you muscles, especially your lats and your legs, by beating these seven *******s. Not only that, but your heart rate is beating frantically not only because you beat them up, but also because you were a bit scared before the fight. So, can you run away with tired muscles, and an increase heart rate?
If your answer to the above question was no, than, you’d better do something about it.
His idea was that by doing aerobics using 1-15 pound weights produced greater strength-endurance than JUST weight training, or JUST aerobic training. You see infomercials about WALK AWAY THE POUNDS and 6-WEEK MAKEOVER and other **** like that. But the truth is, Dr. Len Schwatrz deserves all the credit for these programs.
We won’t get into the fat loss and body changes resulting from this type of training, although that is definitely the benefit. But I want to talk about strength-endurance, and what this truly means. In truth, there are three forms of strength: maximal strength, power, and muscular endurance.
Maximal strength is lifting the most weight as possible. This can be developed through olympic movements, such as the one-arm snatch (which I wrote about, I’ll wring everyone’s neck you viewed that post, but did not comment), and the clean and jerk. This would benefist powerlifters, Olympic weight lifters, and power and strength athletes.
Power is speed-strength. This can also be developed through Olympic lifts, as well as medicine ball training and Plyometric.
Muscular endurance is our focus. The other name for this is strength endurance. Don’t even ask my why strength endurance is important. Because strength endurance is EVERYTHING in a fight situation. If you don’t have more endurance than you’re opponent, than you will be too tired to beat him up.
Let’s approach this in a self-defense situation. Lets say you have seven guys attacking you. That’s right, 7 guys! Lets say you live in the city and you’re in some sort of gang warfare. You can’t run, you can’t hide, because that would be your best bet. The next thing you would do is to keep a clear mind. There are two guys to your left. Three guys in front of you, and two guys to your right. Behind you, is a wall.
They all have one of three weapons: their fists, metal chains, or metal bars. A guy on your left comes at you with the bar, you duck, and kick him in the hips, or kidneys. You block an unarmed attacker from your right, and back leg snap kick another guy in the face. You than run a little, and jump spin kick a guy with a chain in the face, and kick some other guys and punch a guy or two in the face.
You have won the fight, everyone is on the floor, clutching his or her jaws. Now, do you have enough endurance to run away, because if their gang members, a broken jaw won’t stop them from chasing after you.
Now, what does this have to do with strength endurance? Think about it, you’ve expended not only energy, but also you’ve worked you muscles, especially your lats and your legs, by beating these seven *******s. Not only that, but your heart rate is beating frantically not only because you beat them up, but also because you were a bit scared before the fight. So, can you run away with tired muscles, and an increase heart rate?
If your answer to the above question was no, than, you’d better do something about it.