View Full Version : Kara, many of us want to know...
Jesse Marunde
03-16-2005, 11:57 AM
How you train for olympic lifting and powerlifting. and how do rock both worlds! I do alot of both training as well, maybe we can get a good discussion going here.
also, do you have any pics or videos of yourself olympic lifting? If you have mini-DV video send it to me and I'll upload videos onto the forum if you want.
Forum members, would you like to see some videos of Kara? Callie has been doing some supurb snatching, squatting and push pressing lately, I'll get some of those videos put together as well.
Jesse
james rude
03-16-2005, 01:42 PM
It would be nice to see their routines for sure.
Brian Brouwer
03-16-2005, 03:43 PM
I second that
TEXAS STONEMAN
03-16-2005, 06:32 PM
Lot's of pics and lot's of videos :)
Jesse Marunde
03-16-2005, 08:18 PM
any particular lifts you'd guys would like to see ;)
Jesse
james rude
03-16-2005, 08:56 PM
i'd like to see some snatches from the side, profile view. there are all kinds of videos around from the front but i've never seen one from the side.
and like travis said, any pics or videos would be appreciated. Kara can videotape herself washing dishes and i'll watch it at least three times.
Ryan Phillips
03-16-2005, 09:16 PM
yeh i'd love to see some of the girls lifting. i swear it only for technique reasons though ;)
Lot's of pics and lot's of videos :)
anything for you travis :p
actually i do have tons of OL pics and some videos i will post up. give me a day or two on those dishes james. looking very forward to seeing callie's vids!
jesse you're right...this is an awesome discussion topic since so many people cross-lift between strongman, OL, PL and other sports. i'd love to hear how everyone balances the different forms of training.
with the exception of benching, my entire training regimen is straight OL. deep front and back squats, power clean&jerks, snatches, regular and high pulls, etc. i feel you get superfluous leg and back strength for a suited PL squat and deadlift. all the snatching gives me the ability & stability to go max legal grip on the bench bar, yielding an ultra short stroke and extra illegitimate looking lift ;)
can't say this is the best method of training for PL but it's the one i enjoy the most. i like the challenge and athleticism of moving a barbell quickly and efficiently in OL. however i also like the brute caveman-esque feel of PL :P
lemme go peruse my collection for y'alls viewing pleasure ;)
Steve Mac
03-17-2005, 01:05 AM
This thread is hilarious when you read it on the forum index page, it says "Kara, may of us want to....." LOL, man there is at least 1000 endings to that title I'm sure !!!
Jesse Marunde
03-17-2005, 06:55 AM
When I was powerlifting I powercleaned before squatting and powersnatched before deadlifting. I benched twice a week and jerked on a seperate day. I was basicly doing an abreviated OL program with a squat, bench, and dead thrown in as assistance.
Currently I'm focusing on improving my squat and dead and am using the olympic lifts as assistance for those. Everyone in powerlifting is doing speed training it seems like. The fastest lifts are the OL though. So I've always used OL as the means for achieving greater speed and more fast twitch muscle. My power lifts aren't that great, but I've found that when my power clean goes up so does my deadlift, but not visa versa.
Jesse
Ryan Phillips
03-17-2005, 07:35 AM
J wat are ur max's in the big three PL
SqeezeMasterFlash
03-17-2005, 08:14 AM
My power lifts aren't that great
Don't you dead around 8 and squat around 7? I'd consider that pretty great! You also ohp more than most people bench.
james rude
03-17-2005, 08:33 AM
Kara it would be cool to see more videos of you beating the crap out of people too. This video is sweet. Notice Kara is hitting Ryan so hard she wears a wristwrap. Also notice Ryan is so intense that he is bleeding from his eyes.
http://www.irongodz.com/ryan01.wmv
everyone was all about the gore! :eek: i got stopped in the atlanta airport by a guy who was like...you're the slapper!! lol! next time i'm gonna take a hit of ammonia before i clock him :D i'll see if i can get the footage of me backhanding him sunday before his raw bench demo. that was fun :p
This thread is hilarious when you read it on the forum index page, it says "Kara, may of us want to....." LOL, man there is at least 1000 endings to that title I'm sure !!!
lol...gosh i love this board!!! :D
AaRoNSnider
03-17-2005, 10:22 AM
http://www.irongodz.com/ryan01.wmv
:eek: DAYUM!I thought my training partners hit me hard.Cool pictures btw
Callie Marunde
03-17-2005, 10:30 AM
Great pics Kara!! Gosh you beat the crap outta ryan!! I would hate to get on your bad side!! hahaha
CM
patrick w.
03-17-2005, 10:53 AM
Great pics!!
I saw you bench at the Arnold this year!!
haha, I loved when that guys eyes bled! :)
GDolan
03-17-2005, 01:42 PM
Kara, do you still train at Coffee's Gym in Marietta? Does John still help out lifters any more? I need technical help and I've been meaning to head down there and check it out - it's kind of got a famous reputation around the southeast, with big name lifters like yourself coming out of there ;)
Thanks,
Geoff
Steve Kirit
03-17-2005, 03:51 PM
Hey Dolan....you already have some of the prettiest jerks around!!!!
Kara....that is some serious front quad development!!!!!!
Brendan
03-17-2005, 04:13 PM
I've found that when my power clean goes up so does my deadlift, but not visa versa.
Jesse
Same thing here. My deadlift goes up just from squatting and powercleaning. If i did only deads tho, I think I'd lose weight on squats and cleans.
Ryan Phillips
03-17-2005, 04:15 PM
she looks nice :D
GDolan
03-17-2005, 04:35 PM
Hey Dolan....you already have some of the prettiest jerks around!!!!
Thanks Steve, but with my complete lack of pressing strength, they could still use some work :eek: And my snatch too, need to get that up to par as well :o
Scott Tully
03-17-2005, 05:14 PM
John Coffee is a neat guy, I just saw him at Collegiante nationals a couple months back, and he was animated as ever, probably has forgotten more about olympic lifitng than most of us will ever know, that awsome that you get to train at that gym.
Scott
Steve Shafley
03-17-2005, 09:26 PM
That video where Kara slaps the shit out of Kennally is far beyond hot. HOLY CRAP. It's better than porn.
That video where Kara slaps the shit out of Kennally is far beyond hot. HOLY CRAP. It's better than porn.
hell yea...i thought the exact same thing! :D move over belladonna ;)
Great pics Kara!! Gosh you beat the crap outta ryan!! I would hate to get on your bad side!! hahaha
CM
:p my favorite part of the weekend. beside meeting steve of course ;)
Kara, do you still train at Coffee's Gym in Marietta? Does John still help out lifters any more?
i sure do! hit snatches, overhead squats and high pulls there tonight. john is my coach and loves helping everyone out! come on down!
Kara....that is some serious front quad development!!!!!!
which spawned my other nickname..."overhang" ;)
Jesse Marunde
03-18-2005, 06:51 AM
overhang? haha they call me the same thing... actually no one calls me that.
damn overhang...you're up early as hell! :p
Jesse Marunde
03-18-2005, 06:58 AM
the life of a working man... my 6am client just canceled, so I got up at 5am just for giggles...
Grant Higa
03-18-2005, 07:21 AM
I thought is was "OVERHUNG" Jesse?? Oh, I'm sorry...I confused you with Corey.
DaneGarreau
03-18-2005, 08:36 AM
Kara, how crowded in Coffees on Saturdays? I only live an hour a way and would like to come up there and train strongman one saturday soon.
not too crowded after about noon. let me know what day you wanna come and i'll make sure all the cool people are there to train with ya ;)
TEXAS STONEMAN
03-20-2005, 11:30 PM
Holy Shit, the slaps.
that's all I have to say
Jesse Marunde
03-20-2005, 11:36 PM
you know you want some of those... :D
oh he's gettin some of those :D
travis....slaps.....whew!!!! no further comment ;)
B Campbell
03-24-2005, 03:18 PM
I remember the first time I was slapped by a girl....strange, but I kinda liked it! :D
okay here's some videos from my first meet back after a 4 year break. it was halloween, hence the black&orange socks ;) i'm not doing full squat style lifts, just power snatches and power clean&jerks. the weights are 70kg, 75kg on snatch and 90kg, 92.5kg on c&j. my form is grotesque to say the least but i'll post videos from nationals when i'm more technically sound :)
patrick w.
03-25-2005, 03:48 PM
Cool videos. Just curious (if you don't mind me asking), why the 4 year lay off? Also, do you always power jerk or do you ever split jerk?
took the layoff to have my affair with powerlifting :p i always split jerk when i squat clean.
Paul Sazy
03-25-2005, 07:01 PM
All this talk of split jerks and power jerks is making my naughty parts tingle. LOL,
Jesse Marunde
03-25-2005, 07:02 PM
good stuff. your're 2nd pull is pretty good. on that last one all you needed to do was get your elbows up sooner. you pulled it high enough to nail it. my feet jump wide like that too when I'm out of practice. as my speen and comfort improves that stay in close.
thanks for posting those!
Jesse
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