{"id":2751,"date":"2020-08-20T12:01:12","date_gmt":"2020-08-20T18:01:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/strengthsenseiinc.com\/?p=2751"},"modified":"2021-08-31T15:04:03","modified_gmt":"2021-08-31T21:04:03","slug":"strength-sensei-bookshelf-supertraining","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/strengthsenseiinc.com\/2020\/08\/20\/strength-sensei-bookshelf-supertraining\/","title":{"rendered":"Strength Sensei Bookshelf: Supertraining"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-post\" data-elementor-id=\"2751\" class=\"elementor elementor-2751\" data-elementor-post-type=\"post\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-5d3c7f95 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"5d3c7f95\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-473b7133\" data-id=\"473b7133\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-4e7cfb9 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"4e7cfb9\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/strengthsenseiinc.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/group-of-athletes-sprinters-P2W8AA4-940x400.jpg\" title=\"group of athletes sprinters run speed on track of stadium\" alt=\"group of athletes sprinters run speed on track of stadium\" loading=\"lazy\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-92c6c3a elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"92c6c3a\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<h5 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Strength Sensei Bookshelf<\/h5>\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-91eacd9 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"91eacd9\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Supertraining<\/h2>\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-285cf8ca elementor-mobile-align-center elementor-align-center elementor-widget elementor-widget-post-info\" data-id=\"285cf8ca\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"post-info.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<ul class=\"elementor-inline-items elementor-icon-list-items elementor-post-info\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<li class=\"elementor-icon-list-item elementor-repeater-item-ba9c996 elementor-inline-item\" itemprop=\"datePublished\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/strengthsenseiinc.com\/2020\/08\/20\/\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-icon-list-text elementor-post-info__item elementor-post-info__item--type-date\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<time>August 20, 2020<\/time>\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t<\/li>\n\t\t\t\t<li class=\"elementor-icon-list-item elementor-repeater-item-d7670a7 elementor-inline-item\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-icon-list-text elementor-post-info__item elementor-post-info__item--type-time\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-post-info__item-prefix\">,<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<time>12:01 pm<\/time>\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/li>\n\t\t\t\t<li class=\"elementor-icon-list-item elementor-repeater-item-afbda51 elementor-inline-item\" itemprop=\"about\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-icon-list-text elementor-post-info__item elementor-post-info__item--type-terms\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-post-info__item-prefix\">,<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-post-info__terms-list\">\n\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/strengthsenseiinc.com\/category\/learning\/book-reviews\/\" class=\"elementor-post-info__terms-list-item\">Book Reviews<\/a>\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/li>\n\t\t\t\t<\/ul>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-3a26f8e elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"3a26f8e\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>\u201cA Brief History of Time\u201d by Stephen Hawking is a coffee table book in the sense that many people bought it to impress their friends, but never read it. The same could be said about \u201cSupertraining,\u201d which is unfortunate because it\u2019s one of the most important textbooks on the science of resistance training.<br \/><br \/>The latest edition of this athletic fitness training classic is \u201cSupertraining: Sixth Edition \u2013 Expanded.\u201d It was written by sports scientists Mel Cunningham Siff, PhD, and Yuri Vitalievitch Verkhoshansky, PhD. The previous versions of \u201cSupertraining\u201d were under 500 pages, but this one finishes at 578 thanks to an expanded section on plyometrics and an extensive index missing in earlier editions.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-inner-section elementor-element elementor-element-0eb378d elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"0eb378d\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-inner-column elementor-element elementor-element-7990569\" data-id=\"7990569\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-def007d elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"def007d\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<figure class=\"wp-caption\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"200\" height=\"259\" src=\"https:\/\/strengthsenseiinc.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/Authors.jpg\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-2755\" alt=\"\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<figcaption class=\"widget-image-caption wp-caption-text\">Supertraining authors Mel Siff, PhD (standing), and Yuri Verkhoshansky,  PhD.<\/figcaption>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/figure>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-inner-column elementor-element elementor-element-7a468c1\" data-id=\"7a468c1\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-2fe83d6 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"2fe83d6\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" width=\"225\" height=\"300\" src=\"https:\/\/strengthsenseiinc.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/Book-225x300.jpg\" class=\"attachment-medium size-medium wp-image-2754\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/strengthsenseiinc.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/Book-225x300.jpg 225w, https:\/\/strengthsenseiinc.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/Book-200x267.jpg 200w, https:\/\/strengthsenseiinc.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/Book.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 225px) 100vw, 225px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-90e4437 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"90e4437\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>To understand why \u201cSupertraining\u201d is such a remarkable book, you need to consider the background of the authors.\u00a0<\/p><p>Verkhoshansky is best known as the Russian track and field coach who developed plyometrics, specifically an advanced form that he referred to as the \u201cShock Method.\u201d He developed this type of training out of necessity, as his attempts to overload the legs of his jumpers with heavy partial squats were causing lumbar spine injuries.<\/p><p><span style=\"letter-spacing: 0px;\">In 1964 Verkhoshansky published his first research paper on plyometrics,\u00a0<\/span><span style=\"letter-spacing: 0px;\">but his body of work included over 500 scientific papers that were\u00a0<\/span><span style=\"letter-spacing: 0px;\">translated into 22 foreign languages. Much of his work on plyometrics\u00a0<\/span><span style=\"letter-spacing: 0px;\">was translated into English, and his ideas were put into practice at first by\u00a0<\/span><span style=\"letter-spacing: 0px;\">American track coaches, and then expanded to other sports.<\/span><\/p><p>Siff is a native of South Africa who has a PhD in physiology and a masters in applied mathematics. He served many years as a professor of mechanical engineering at the University of Witwatersrand in Johannesburg. Siff competed in karate, trampolining, track and field, powerlifting, and weightlifting. He was a national coach in weightlifting and could perform a standing Olympic press of 275 pounds at a bodyweight of about 200 pounds. Siff often trained with the Belgian behemoth Serge Reding, the first man to snatch 400 pounds and the second to perform a standing Olympic press of 500 pounds. He reportedly squatted 880 pounds for 5 reps and performed multiple jumps a foot off the floor holding 286 pounds!<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-1a2a7c6 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"1a2a7c6\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<figure class=\"wp-caption\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/strengthsenseiinc.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/Man-with-4-Thighs-610x900.jpg\" title=\"Man with 4 Thighs\" alt=\"Man with 4 Thighs\" loading=\"lazy\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<figcaption class=\"widget-image-caption wp-caption-text\">Belgian weightlifter Serge Reding, the first man to snatch 400 and the second to standing Olympic press  500, often trained with Dr. Mel Siff. (Bruce Klemens photo).<\/figcaption>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/figure>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-2d2ed31 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"2d2ed31\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Scientists from around the world often came to South Africa to work with Siff. He spent a considerable amount of time researching electromuscular stimulation (EMS), a method Reding believed helped him achieve his<br \/>greatest gains in strength.<br \/><br \/>Siff was especially impressed with the work of Russian sports scientists, but he said American translations of their work were often poorly done (often by a single person, such as a grad student). For example, here is a passage from an English translation of Verkhoshansky\u2019s textbook \u201cProgramming and Organization of Training\u201d:<br \/><br \/>\u201cIndispensable conditions of training organization which provide extensive and relatively prolonged disturbance of homeostasis, are the precise dosage of loading, as well as rehabilitation stages necessary for triggering a compensatory reaction, elimination of the hetero- chronicalness phenomenon in the dynamics of the various functional\u00a0<span style=\"letter-spacing: 0px;\">indicators and stabilization of the organism at the new functional level.\u201d<br \/><\/span><span style=\"letter-spacing: 0px;\">Got that?<\/span><\/p><p>In contrast, East Germany formed teams of scientists and linguists devoted to properly translating Russian research so that their sports coaches could apply this knowledge to developing superior athletes. For many years, East Germany was a powerhouse in Olympic sports due in part to their advanced training methods.<br \/><br \/>Eventually, Siff teamed up with Verkhoshansky to produce the textbook \u201cSupertraining.\u201d It was first published in 1993 and covered the theory and application of sports science research. The current edition, published in<br \/>2009, is divided into these nine sections:<br \/><br \/>1. Strength and the Muscular System<br \/>2. Sports Specific Strength Training<br \/>3. Factors Influencing Strength Production<br \/>4. The Means of Special Strength Training<br \/>5. General Principles of Special Strength Training<br \/>6. Organization of Training<br \/>7. Strength Training Methods<br \/>8. Designing Sport Specific Strength Programs<br \/>9. Addendum: Laws of Sports Mastery: Principles of Training and the<br \/>Shock Method for Developing Power<br \/><br \/>\u201cSupertraining,\u201d dispels many of the myths about weight training found in popular bodybuilding and general fitness magazines. Here are 10 gems from the book:<br \/><br \/><b>Fallacy 1<\/b>: Lunging and squatting are dangerous if the knees move in front of the foot.<br \/><b>Fallacy 2<\/b>: Seated exercises are safer than standing.<br \/><b>Fallacy 3<\/b>: Calf raises on machines are the best way to develop the calves.<br \/><b>Fallacy 4<\/b>: Machines are better than free weights.<br \/><b>Fallacy 5<\/b>: The arms should not be raised past horizontal during dumbbell laterals.<br \/><b>Fallacy 6<\/b>: The pec dec is a safe isolation exercise for the muscles of the chest.<br \/><b>Fallacy 7<\/b>: Wrist curls are the best exercises to develop the forearms.<br \/><b>Fallacy 8<\/b>: Static stretching is the best type of stretching.<br \/><span style=\"letter-spacing: 0px;\"><b>Fallacy <\/b><\/span><span style=\"letter-spacing: 0px;\"><b>9<\/b>: Seated back machines place less stress on the lumbar spine\u00a0<\/span><span style=\"letter-spacing: 0px;\">than deadlifts.<br \/><\/span><span style=\"letter-spacing: 0px;\"><b>Fallacy 10<\/b>: You should be able to squat 1 \u00bd times your bodyweight\u00a0<\/span><span style=\"letter-spacing: 0px;\">before performing depth jumps<\/span><\/p><p>Take Fallacy 4, for example. Siff and Verkhoshansky say those who make exercise machines often \u201ctreat the body as a machine, when in fact the primary principle of all muscle training is that all muscles are controlled<br \/>by a central computer, the brain. All training involves the central nervous system, so although the patterns of those machines may be similar, it is not analogous to the way the body behaves in free space or how the<br \/>central nervous system behaves controlling those movements.&#8221; There\u2019s more.<br \/><br \/>Regarding innovated cams that create a resistance curve designed to match a person\u2019s strength curve, the authors say strength curves constantly change during a set. As such, even if the resistance could correctly match a person&#8217;s strength curve on the first repetition of a set, it would be inappropriate for subsequent repetitions. [FYI: Charles Poliquin believed that David provided the best resistance curves for exercise<br \/>machines.]<br \/><br \/>\u201cSupertraining\u201d is not an easy read, but it\u2019s a book that shouldn\u2019t be left to collect dust on a coffee table. Be aware, however, that much of the material will have to be read several times to understand it, especially the<br \/>early sections that focus on anatomy, physiology, and biomechanics. <br \/><br \/><\/p><p>If you are a strength coach or personal trainer, you might prefer to start with Section 5, as this and the later sections focus more on practical applications of the theory presented in the first four sections. 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