Who is regarded as the "best" strength and conditioning coach in the U.S.A.? When I say the best I mean the person who has the reputation as the most knowledgable, and/or has produced olympic, or collegiate, or some kind of champions or results? thanks, thehamma
Is there one that is regarded as the most well regarded? Or maybe a top 5 or 10 list? thanks, thehamma
Yea Ive heard of Bill Starr and Pendelay as well...are they still alive? Who are a few of the highly respected trainers today? Im sure no matter how numerous they are someone can post a few Joe G
Starr is still alive from memory, Pendlay is relatively young and still alive. Depends on what you are looking for. Pure strength from a powerlifting front (like louie simmons) or more of a sports specific strength coach (joe schoeder) or somebody in between. each does a differen thing and you cant say one is better than another per se, Theres a lot of whacky coaches like you could go Chucky P, and learn about fire water and sand or whatever he goes on about Then you can go with Chek and measure the length of your dumps
Olympic Weightlifters are the most powerful athletes in sport. Olympic Weightliftings execute ballistic resistence movements with their feet on the ground and using the entire body. Although not the only way to train for power, Weightlifting has been around for so long, is so well studied and so effective that it has become the core training method of virtually every serious post prep school athletic training program in the US. Speed is an expression of power. You have 300 lb. plus football linesmen running sub 4.5 40's primarily due to the power developed executing Olympic lifts. It is not possible to do Weightlifting without full range of motion of the joints. Weightlifters develop tremendous strength and power through a full range of motion because their training forces them to. This is a reflection of the Specificity of Training Principle. So is the fast twitch muscle fibre training and nervous system adaptation inherent in lifting ballistically. Weightlifting's multi joint, standing erect movments, as a result of lifting dumbells or barbells from the floor ballistically to overhead, requires synchronous use of the entire body's musculature, improving coordination. All of which properly applied through a well designed program will, in fairly short order, profoundly improve the athletic performance of virtually any athlete. Example: Karch Kiraly won the 1996 Olympic Beach Volleyball Championship at 37 yrs. old. In winter 1994 he put on 20 lbs of lean muscle mass in four months doing predominately muscle hypertrophy training initally and progressively moving to a combination of 20% strength, 20% plyometrics and 60% Weightlifting. In 1996, prior to the Olympic tournament, Kiraly had won 13 tournaments and the King of the Beach round robin. In Atlanta he weighed in at 220 lbs, was 37 yrs. old, had a well documented 40" vertical jump, could routinely power snatch 120 kilos three times in succession, and could traverse the 30x30 sand court in two strides. Kiraly was generally recognized by his competitors to be the best conditioned ahtlete in the AVP tour and the Olympic Tournament. The Gold medal confirmed it. UBERCOACH
