Team Schedule

Greg Shepard on the Olympic platform preparing to do the Snatch.

Rick Anderson lifting in the Olympic gym preparing to do Hang Cleans.

Stretch: 15 Jump: 5-10 Lift on motion technique Medicine Ball Jog - Sprints Long Jump Agility work Stretch Remedial work General body building Same as Tuesday plus Genera I fitness Throwing Swimming Off at 1000 Work out Explosive movements Power Snatches Power Cleans Jerk from Rack General fitness Heavy Free Weight Exercises Good Mornings Lunges 2:30 to 5:00 Compusite type movements Snatches Clean and Jerks Squilts and Pulls OFF at 5:00 p.m.

Rick Anderson doing jumping or Plyometrics in Olympic Weighllifting Gym Olympic Weightlifting Team Veteran Olympic Weightlifting Coach Harvey Newlon will be ill the helm again for the summer Olympic gaml's ilt Los Angeles. He gave us the grand tou I' of the Weightl ifti ng Te,l m' s facil ity a nd answered milny questions. The milximum number of lifters at anyone time at the OTC is 15 with 10 to 12 being the average The program is paid for by the Olympic CommittL'e. However, the lifters do provide their own tr,1I1sportation to the OlympiC TrClining Center Clnd G1I1 stay through ,16 month semester. The Olympic team is chosen at the Olympic triClls.

QUCllification for the team must be accomplished at this ml'et. Ten wl'ight c!,lsses comprise a team with an addition,ll two illterIliltes. There is il greClt deClI of str,ltegy involved during CI meet It is like a game of chess dl'cid ing ()fl wh ich pou ndilges to select for each <1ttempt while trying to psyche out the other compditors. Coach Newtull St,ltL'S "You c,ln't go out on the pl,ltfurm like ,1 crazy wild m,ln, you must havt' a controlk'd psvche" We ,1skea Co,lch Newton ,1S to who dl'cides on Wh,11 puulllLlge is to be sl'lected for ,1n ilttempt. He replica, "It iS,l joint decision on what to lift.

You haw !u be very C<Hdul, if Y\lU miss 365 for eXClmple, you Ciln', trv350 on thL' nextilttempt. You've gut to trv365 or mor'l'," hl' furthl'r expl,lin,,'d. There Me two lifts in OlympiC lifting: the sn,ltch ,1na the cleiln and Il'rk E,Kh lifter only gt'ts three Cltlempts on eClch of thl' two lifts. ThereforL', it becumes absolutely critical un selecti ng the right pound'lge. A coach has got to know his lifters and e,Kh lifter has got lo know himself. We <1sked ChlCh Nt'wton what happens if a lifter in the heat of competition ciliis for 450 pounds ilnd vou knuw he C<ln' t milke it and it would be f,n smMter instead to attempt 435 pounds.

"It's not like football, where a coach calls all the shots. Naturally, I'd try to talk it over, but if the lifter demands to try it, he can. It's that simple" "Does Nautilus orany other machine have a place in your training regimen)" we asked. "Absolutely not" Coach Newton emphatically stClled. "Well then coach, how about one set of 8 to 12 or 15 reps as a training system)" we queried again. Coach Newton looked at me funny and said, "No way, we Clre ranked 11 th as a team in the world standings and I can assure you that absolutely no one trains that way who is ahead of us." Coach Newton gave us some other thoughts.

"The higher the calibre of performance of an athlete, the more important nutrition becomes." For the United States to move up from its 11 th spot, Coach Newton suggests three areas of improvement: First, we need help on motivation Our lifters do not get any attention, no recognition like other countries. In fact, much of our competition will receive super gifts for winning; but not here. Athletes need rewards' Our lifters are motiv'lted for intrinsic reasons. Second, we have to do a better job in selecting available talenl Especially in developing our younger talent. Third, we must develop a scientific application to our lifting and technique.

This is one area where the OlympiC Training Center is being very heJpfuL The Biomechanics Lab elnd other viaeo and physiological testing are proving to be of great benefit here elt the OTe We ilsked Coach Newton what he thought 'lbout record keeping He stated, "j think it's tremendously important; some of our lifters keep records and some don't. However, they all should'" We wish to thank Cmch Harvey Newton for the tour ,lna we express our best to him and his team for the '84 summer games in Los Angeles l Sports Medicine At the OTC Continued from page 7 The analysis can precisely depict movement patterns, velocity of each body segment and resultant muscular forces.

The study of the athlete's movement provides specific data that can be used to improve the discus thrower's performance. Analysis may show thM by ri1ising the elbow orangling the body slightly, the Clthlete's power is increased NEWS FLASH! EE Smith High School in Fayetteville/ North Carolina had a super clinic, tied a record with six athletes dead lifting 500 lbs. or more. Strength Coach Glenn Draughon was ecstatic.

From BFS Magazine — May/June 1984. Part of the BFS Magazine Archive (1980–2014).