It's nice that Bud got to go to Colombia but though to be honest, I wish that he could have written something about the English language commentary. Mostly for entertainment value.
The actual fuck is he saying? I'm confused. Is he being a misogynistic and angry old man or is he simply writing unreadable English?There were about 50 platforms in the training hall. What was missing; for instance, were the number of disciplined teams from communist or post communist countries. In the well – lit training hall in Thailand, for example, the PRK team separated the female team from the men; likewise the Chinese, i.e., for the people who were there to do well; this is a very serious business. Why would it be a problem intermingling the sexes? I don’t know; with young fit girls stretching and twisting about in tights and halter tops; no distractions there?
A boom box playing music while a team trained?
I half agree with this.non-specific exercises are verboten
I don't think that as Charniga's assertion that snatch push press, straight leg snatches or static back extensions are the work of Satan.
But I do think they're largely unnecessary and should be used for exercise-induced analgesic effects to help lifters feel good, not to tire them or somehow add strength days before competition.
The big squats and pulls (lets be honest, deadlifts with a shrug) in training prior to competition are unnecessary as well and carry with them fatigue. But not inherently detrimental outside of the fatigue cost, on both a local and global level.
The nonsense of small muscle activation in push presses is a criticism I agree with. China's obsession with Western functional training and physiotherapists who appear decades out of date, is akin to Westerners being weeaboos. Altering the isolated muscular contributions and timing in a dynamic movement without altering the movement entirely is a foolish uphill battle.