New Thing For This off season

M-BAAB wrote: Mixed nuts(greater variety), cheeses (lo-fat is better of course), dark fishy fish(salmon,sardines,etc) , good ole peanut butter , eggs .....anyone else?

Eggs, Skim milk, yogurts, not the frozen kind. You older folks over 50 need to watch the nuts, diverticulitis almost killed and old coach of mine.  Some meal replacement shakes have some great alternatives as well. High protein low carb shakes, watch the ones with high cholesterol. Natures best makes a zero carb version that's pretty good and EAS light used to be a good one.

Peter Ingleton wrote: What is a Burpee Hip Snatch?  I know what a burpee is and what a hip snatch is, but I cannot picture what a combination of these movements looks like.

Peter, I worked in some snatch grip burpees into my latest training video.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v4wzMOq5lRY

Greg,

Got it.  Arguably more of a Burpee Power Snatch, but whatever.  They look ... tiring.  Just out of interest, what is your regular Hip Snatch max?  Is that onto straight legs, a quarter squat, or into split?

How did you find the jump squats?  I know some people on the board are interested in them but are apprehensive about trying them.  Did you stick with the 135 for 4-5 reps?  Where in your workout did you do them?  Is this the first year you have included them in your program?  Any issues you encountered or words of advice to those who have not tried them? 

You are looking strong.  Keep up the good work.

Greg Hadley wrote: Seeing Darius Slowik hip snatch 345 on youtube has been some major inspiration.

Darius has some very impressive power, no doubt about it.  I wonder how far he might have thrown the discus this year if he had not torn his pec last Spring (not to mention if he actually had a throwing coach)?  A very unfortunate thing to happen in an Olympic year.  A cautionary tale perhaps?  He is obviously strong on several of the "key" lifts, but also seems to focus a lot more on heavy supplemental movements than would be typical for a discus thrower.  However, his jumping results and overheads are excellent too, based on what he has listed on his website http://www.dario2004.com/ (although several of these results are rather old, suggesting a greater focus on lifting recently).

I wonder what he could accomplish in the HG if he really concentrated on them for a year or two?

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l9TbvCb8I08

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vCJjAq5CBP0

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rnsGmABo73g

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0DdADcMqAHk&feature=chann el

Based on the following video, even I can tell his snatching power is not the problem with respect to his caber tossing ability.  That and the fact that he already snatches more than almost (?) any other serious HG competitor.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3nVqbSGkPd0&feature=chann el

Further to Dave's point, I suspect the same is true with respect to his discus throwing, as his lifting, heaving, and jumping results, combined with his size (6'5") are at a level that should allow him to throw much farther than he has be able to do on a consistent basis.