Supertraining

--- In [EMAIL PROTECTED], [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
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> The rest component between sets is a total individual thing. Some  
require 
> more and some require less. The one main component I always use is  
one's 
> composure (mental/physical). It should never  become (your  
workout) a race against 
> the clock. Arbitrary time elements, such like the  "so called" 
popular 30 
> seconds between sets don't allow for individual recovery  factors. 
When you are 
> composed and ready to continue, get after it and  don't look ahead 
or look 
> behind.  Never ever should your training be  ruled by arbitrary set 
times between 
> your exercises.  

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Members may enjoy reading the below excerpts from Carl Miller's book 
regarding Olympic Lifting:

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The preparation phase brings the bódy to the point where it is able 
to go into peak phase and maintain it. It is important to know that 
in this phase much of the time the lifter is lifting while tired. He 
traíning to a tired point and then trains more. He is actually doing 
more work at higher intensity than during the phase that follows 
which la the contest phase. This idea of training while tired during 
the preparation period is a concept developed by the Bulgarians to 
good success, but it is not limited to weightlifting. 

When I say the lifter is doing more work during the preparation 
phase, I mean actual time training. This time concept was developed 
by the Bulgarians.  They recognized that work as measured by existing 
tonnage measurements was grossly in error, so why add it up. This is 
something I have pointed out in past clínics, based on my experience 
in Japan, and I was glad to see it confirmed by the Bulgarians; they 
have not used the tonnage system for years. What they measure is time 
spent per type of exercise par lifting rating (class). It is taken 
for granted that a lifter will rest two to three minutes between 
lifts. This is also a way of scheduling workouts which other sports 
such as football and basketball have used with success. It means 
scheduling time for drills in accordance with each drill's importance 
to the final result so that each workout is as productive as possible.

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Jamie Carruthers
Wakefield, UK