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Sports Sciences

Sacred Heart University

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2016

Weightlifting

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Strengthening The Springs: Improving Sprint Performance Via Strength Training, Brad H. Deweese, Christopher Bellon, Eric Magrum, Christopher Taber, Timothy J. Suchomel Feb 2016

Strengthening The Springs: Improving Sprint Performance Via Strength Training, Brad H. Deweese, Christopher Bellon, Eric Magrum, Christopher Taber, Timothy J. Suchomel

All PTHMS Faculty Publications

How the inclusion of properly sequenced weightlifting derivatives into the strength-training program can improve sprint performance.


Pull From The Knee: Proper Technique And Application, Brad H. Deweese, Timothy J. Suchomel, Ambrose J. Serrano, Jarrod D. Burton, Steven K. Scruggs, Christopher B. Taber Feb 2016

Pull From The Knee: Proper Technique And Application, Brad H. Deweese, Timothy J. Suchomel, Ambrose J. Serrano, Jarrod D. Burton, Steven K. Scruggs, Christopher B. Taber

Exercise Science Faculty Publications

The pull from the knee is a weightlifting movement derivative that can be used in the teaching progression of the clean and snatch exercises. This exercise emphasizes positional strength during the transition phase and the triple extension of the hip, knee, and ankle joints that is characteristic of weightlifting movements.