small man's shot put

[Guest]

Re: small man's shot put

I read an article on Nelson and others last year that talked about their competition warmup. It talked about how little they warmup actually throwing anymore, saving it for the competition; but what was relevant to this discussion is that they talked about going into a nearby gym and dunking basketballs before they went out and threw. They said the explosiveness prepared them before they competed!!

[Guest]

Re: small man's shot put

Makes sense to me but I'd be newvous that I would sprain an ankle or something. I dont throw to warm up either, maybe stand/power throw or 2 but thats it. I do quick short sprints free squats and jump a little.

Pretty impressive that the big men can slam it in the hoop huh?
I can barely, its rough.

[gh]

Re: small man's shot put

When 5-8/152 Jeff Bennett finished 4th in the '72 Olympic shot he threw a PR 42-0.75

[Guest]

Re: small man's shot put

Methinks gh thinks that everybody knows that Jeff Bennett was a stud decathlete.

[KEL]

Re: small man's shot put

Last summer I attended a 3 day seminar for professional strength and conditioning coaches sponsered by the NSCA. James Radcliffe was one of the primary presenters (he is the long time strength coach for the U of Oregon and the foremost authority in the US on plyometrics). Jimmy stated that they have almost eliminated the high depth drop jumps, the gains were not significant when compared to lesser heights and much less incidents of injuries. I believe this would be doubly true for masters level athletes. He also stated that they rarely allow even their elite levels athletes to perform the most demanding plyometric exercises with less than 3 years experience training with plyometrics.

[The Flash]

Re: small man's shot put

A few years ago, when I was a senior in high school, I trained a little for the decathlon, which I never competed in. I was 5-8, 145, and I threw the 16-pounder 31-4--whether that is good or not, I don't know, but if you want to set aside the whole argument that this sport is "absolute" and not "relative" and try to invent a method of comparison, try this (I know there would be a better mathematical model for this, this is just for fun, right?):

throw-ft / weight-lbs = score

265, 57-3 = .21603774 You
155, 33-6 = .21612903 Your friend

Your friend would need to throw 33-6 to out-throw you, pound for pound. I wouldn't put any stock in this, though. It's just interesting.

145, 31-4 = .21609195 Me
285, 72-3 = .25350877 John Godina
319, WR = .23778736 Randy Barnes