To Lift or Not?
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Topic: To Lift or Not?
Posted By: stormer
Subject: To Lift or Not?
Date Posted: 12/29/11 at 12:00am
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Are there any throwers about that do no lift weights and have some decent numbers on board? I know throwing weights hammers etc could be classed as lifting but im sure there must be some naturally very strong guys who dont need to lift and throw well. st
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Posted By: C. Smith
Date Posted: 12/29/11 at 12:54am
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None that I know of, or have ever really heard of, with any decent numbers. There are lots of guys "who don't need to lift to throw well", but why would anyone purposefully not do something that is pretty much a guarantee to make them better? ------------- |
Posted By: Sean
Date Posted: 12/29/11 at 1:46am
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I don't understand the question.
I'll be lifting long after I'm done throwing.
Throwing just gives me a little more direct focus in my lifting. But regardless of how much of a dumpster fire the rest of my life turns into, it all goes away when my hands wrap around a bar.
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Posted By: CHAD
Date Posted: 12/29/11 at 1:55am
| Not since us big, strong, muscleheads took their lunch money. |
Posted By: BrittneyBoswell
Date Posted: 12/29/11 at 2:30am
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Not even among the women throwers are there any I am aware of with good numbers that don't also spend some solid time lifting. ------------- Highland Games - The drama is so high, because the stakes are so low. |
Posted By: Wayne Hill
Date Posted: 12/29/11 at 7:54am
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Steve Santoli didn't really lift (or train, for that matter). He hasn't thrown in a while (life got in the way), but put up pretty good numbers and held the Am WR in WOB (17' 6" standing). If he had lifted and trained to his potential, he'd have been a great pro. ------------- "We may be small, but we're slow." - MIT Rugby |
Posted By: Silverback
Date Posted: 12/29/11 at 10:43am
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Sean is dead on there about the bar therapy. Long before I ever heard of throwing I got my fix in the gym. Gets your mind right. Why deny yourself the pleasure?
------------- Mule Sportkilt AST Sport Supplements |
Posted By: Borges
Date Posted: 12/29/11 at 11:37am
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Like Santoli, Charlie Kaptur never did any serious gym training prior to breaking the am WOB record and putting up a bunch of other incredible numbers. On the other hand, he is a roofer and spent day after day tossing bales of shingles up onto rooftops. Strong is strong, doesn't much matter how you get there. ------------- Cheers, Carlos "Live free or die" |
Posted By: Sammy68123
Date Posted: 12/29/11 at 11:17pm
Or even among those whose numbers are just okay <g>! I've been lifting for nearly 30 years and throwing for coming up on my 6th season. Throwing is a lot about skill, technique, and timing, which becomes a great application for the strength I work on in lifting and a great mental counterbalance to lifting. ------------- Teresa Merrick Bellevue, NE |
BrittneyBoswell wrote:Posted By: Sammy68123
Date Posted: 12/29/11 at 11:20pm
+1. You can say that now about any sport. ------------- Teresa Merrick Bellevue, NE |