[Sport Performance] Breaking Down the NSCA Position Paper on Olympic Lifting and Sport Performance w/ Anders Varner, Doug Larson, and Coach Travis Mash #692
Barbell Shrugged
Doug Larson
4.7 • 2.8K Ratings
🗓️ 26 April 2023
⏱️ 47 minutes
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Welcome to the Barbell Shrugged Podcast! In this episode, we dive into the NSCA's position paper on Olympic weightlifting for sport performance.
Olympic weightlifting is a complex sport that requires a high level of skill, strength, power, and speed. It has become increasingly popular among athletes and coaches as a training tool to improve sport-specific performance.
The NSCA's position paper provides a comprehensive overview of the scientific evidence on the benefits and risks of Olympic weightlifting for sport performance. The authors discuss the biomechanics of Olympic weightlifting, which involve the snatch and the clean and jerk, and emphasize the importance of proper form and coaching.
The paper reviews the evidence on the benefits of Olympic weightlifting, including improvements in strength, power, speed, and jump performance. The authors also note that Olympic weightlifting can improve bone density, which is especially important for female athletes who are at higher risk of osteoporosis.
However, the authors also discuss the potential risks of Olympic weightlifting, including the risk of injury. They note that injury rates in Olympic weightlifting are relatively low compared to other sports, but caution that proper form and technique are critical to minimizing the risk of injury.
The paper provides guidelines for coaches and athletes on how to incorporate Olympic weightlifting into their training programs. The authors recommend starting with lighter weights and gradually increasing the load as athletes improve their skill and strength. They also recommend incorporating Olympic weightlifting into a comprehensive strength and conditioning program that includes other exercises such as plyometrics, agility drills, and resistance training.
Overall, the NSCA's position paper on Olympic weightlifting for sport performance is a valuable resource for coaches and athletes looking to incorporate Olympic weightlifting into their training programs. By emphasizing the importance of proper technique and coaching, and providing guidelines for safe and effective training, the paper helps ensure that athletes can reap the benefits of Olympic weightlifting while minimizing the risk of injury.
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| 0:00.0 | Shrck Family this week on Barbell Shrud, we are digging into Olympic lifting and as it relates to a training methodology for sport performance. |
| 0:09.0 | The NSCA, the National Strength and Conditioning Association recently put out a position paper on Olympic |
| 0:17.2 | lifting and its role in training for sport performance. |
| 0:21.6 | And there's been tons of controversy over the years, especially |
| 0:23.8 | with the popularity of Olympic lifting. A lot of that as it pertains to how CrossVac kind |
| 0:29.6 | of got made Olympic lifting, especially in the United States a very popular sport |
| 0:34.3 | which then created all kinds of controversy on when do we use it how do we use it |
| 0:40.6 | what athletes do we use it for What athletes do we use it for? Is it good for general population? And this |
| 0:45.0 | position paper solely focused on sport performance and should athletes interested in |
| 0:52.1 | performing or increasing their performance and should they be using the |
| 0:54.0 | increasing their performance in sports, |
| 0:56.1 | should they be using the snatch and clean and jerk |
| 0:58.4 | as a methodology to increase that performance. |
| 1:01.6 | And this paper resoundingly came up with it being a very, very |
| 1:06.4 | good tool for coaches to be using, but we wanted to spend the show digging |
| 1:10.5 | into the details of it because I think it's a really interesting topic that as as |
| 1:16.8 | anything new I mean the statute clean and jerk been around forever but as anything |
| 1:21.2 | gained popularity it starts to hit the mainstream, call it Cross Fit, |
| 1:25.6 | call Olympic lifting. You may have heard Andy Galpin say these two works together a zillion times in a row, |
| 1:31.2 | but it really depends and a lot of the stuff depends upon are you |
| 1:34.4 | learning the lifts the right way or do you have the mobility, do you have the |
| 1:38.9 | athleticism, are you able to understand the positions of the lifts so that you're able to do them well, using the proper |
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