Iowa Lift

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Actually the only thing wrong with that video is one or two guys were wearing weight belts. Weight belts actually compress you core muscles and dont allow stability. The core is much stronger without belts. Also, one guys was doing rows with a rounded back. With every lift, the back should stay in neutral position with a slight arch in the lower back. All strength coaches and serious athletes should read this book and do their own research:
Ultimate Back Fitness and Performance by Dr. McGill

http://www.backfitpro.com/html/books.htm

so i guess they don't pay much attention to form...

I admire their intensity but if they slowed down their movements, used a more practical weight training program (full body, heavy emphasis on the 5 basic lifts, 3days per week), they could considerably increase their physical strength.

Perry was probably hurt during this lift. What are those curls called? Curl Cleans? Or Brandses?

The hand motion at 2:59 was him saying that you need to have "guts".

whats with the hand motion at 2:59? i just dont get it.

"Disciplined weight lifters" I've seen them in "gyms" and got a ton of em here in the school where I work. They all talk about form and the proper way "scientific way" to perform the exercises. They show up in their little tight shirts and their speedos, do some intense reps, then admire themselves in the mirror, and then do their "dynamic stretching" routines. They look great and they are very good at lifting "properly" and they speak with much authority about fitness and athleticism.....And none of them are accomplished at any given sport...except for the sport of sculpting themselves. As far as some of you guys talking about who the Iowa technique isn't that great.. How is it that Iowa with its so called lack of technique can churn out NCAA All-Americans and send people to the olympics and have been doing for quite a long time? Iowa's wrestling style and approach in all positions and their training system is the best in the country hands down, period. No compromises,no frills, no short cuts.

dont get the hand motion at 2:59?? and why is perry putting his wrestling shoes on and not lifting

i love he iowa work ethic, just not the wrestling style, they need to be more technical

All I'll say is...after you herniate a couple disks performing this "sport-specific" weight training approach....how the hell can you wrestle?

Yes, I think it's a great routine...as long as your goal is to destroy your body or get an early start at degenerative joint disease. Why wait until you're 60? Start at 20! Run a marathon with ty mechanics while you're at it.

This lift only works if your a darn Iowa wrestler. Otherwise, scary.

If any of you "discipline lifters" would stop looking at yourselves in the mirror when you lift, you might understand that this is a championship team with champion coaches throughout. Gable's intensive training camps throughout my youth preached this type of lifting along with all of my coaches along the way in high school, college and MMA. Stop staring at how well proportioned you are and train for what you do in life.

"commrorade"?

the best ever

You must look at this video objectively..in that, aside from the lack of technique (and fyi - it's not heavy hand cleans..it's HANG cleans they were trying to perform) the intensity and commrorade alone is worth it's weight. Every movement shown is explosive and will result in hormone secretion and muscle activation/contraction to a degree. However, some of the techique with heavy load shown can and does put the athlete at a high level of risk of either injury or worse yet, their bodies and motor untis will start to develop poor patterns..ie, if correct technique is not taught eary on, their bodies will morph into performing irregular patterns because it believes that they are correct.- Watch someone who bench presses heavy weight and bounces it off their chest with each rep...after awhile they are almost incapable of doing it any other way at the risk of lessening the weight and ego's. My suggestion is two things, first...olympic lifting should be done eary in the pre-season and maintained somewhat throughout but with less load and volume. Hang cleans are great but pulling from the floor is not only more wrestling specific but will recruit more muscle fiber contraction, more hormone secretion and will result in greater stress on the body (in a good way). Jerk presses and pull snatch are just as important. The intensity shown here is amazing and should be respected, however, muscle fiber contraction gopes by an all-or-none principle- meaning this-MUSCLES DON'T PARTIALLY CONTRACT. MUSCLES CONTRACT OR THEY DO NOT. EXECUTING PROPPER TECHIQUE WILL NOT ONLY ENSURE OPTIMAL MUSCULAR CONTRACTION BUT WILL YEALD THE BEST OVERALL RESULTS. Tom Brands is a legend and should be commended for what he has done for the sport, however, the addition of not only a strength and conditioning coach but a heavy eye on technique will make the workout most efficient!

where is Perry????

won anything...excuse me

theyre not lifting to look like bodybuilders, theyre lifting to get their body used to the strain of wrestling and getting it stronger in those positions. Tom seems to be walking around ok, and i believe he won some world titles and an olympic title. The people that wrote all those textbooks on lifting have probably never one anything but a looks contest in their life.

IF YOU REALLY THINK ABOUT IT THE WEIGHT THERE DOING REALLY ISN"T THAT MUCH FOR THEM AND THEY PROBABLY COULD DO DOUBLE THE WEIGHT THEIR DOING IN THE VIDEO WHEN THEIR DOING A REGULAR WORKOUT