Posted by alexandra_k on August 1, 2016, at 5:48:21
In reply to Re: Who is working out currently?, posted by Lamdage22 on July 31, 2016, at 12:59:24
Oh yes, they practice it. I thought... It was very hard. Much harder than developing the muscle (with weights / external crutch).
But then developing it ain't necessarily any fun, either...
Same thing, really.
Work is work...
Maybe... Just as hard?
I always wondered that...
With Olympic Weightlifting (as in the movements for the Olympic Sport: The snatch, the clean, the jerk). There was this whole thing about doing the movements with a broomstick (aka next to no weight) and then 'mastering them' and then adding weight vs attempting the movements with weight and more successively mastering the movement...
Seemed to me that the best way of developing perfect form with no weight was to... Be able to do the movement with a certain amount of weight... Guys, in particular, seemed to need a certain amount of weight (with respect to their bodyweight) in order to help them learn to stretch themselves into positions... Girls seemed to need (rather less weight - with respect to their body weight) in order to learn to contract their muscles around the weight in the postions (rather than relaxing their muscles and slamming their joints)...
But weight vs no weight... with technique... Muscle contraction protects the joints...
I found this swedish gymnastics book from the late 1800's in the library the other day... I'ts just beautiful. PHysiological reccommendations, even. Eating more nitrogen for building muscle. Laying off the carboniferous...
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