What do you guys think of weight lifting?

Agree :good

 

http://www.t-nation.com/free_online_article/most_recent/a_bodybuilding_program_for_athletes

 

the other side of argument

http://jasonferruggia.com/5-ways-to-be-a-bigger-better-athlete/

 

It slows you down and makes you muscle bound.

 

and yes running makes you weak, scrawny with no muscles...lol

 

Not anymore it doesn't. .

 

ohh yeah we gotta love the affect long steady state cardio like jogging
has on your knees and ofocurse

http://news.google.com/newspapers?n...psyAAAAIBAJ&sjid=0-gFAAAAIBAJ&pg=5418,5598542

as a man
i found this important lol

 

Theres other ways, Honest. plus it gets you fitter than normal Running, without impact.

 

I love lifting weights. I love the feeling of getting stronger/fitter.

 

Personally I don't rate it for transfer to athletic performance... for powerlifters it's great but most sporting movements have the shank moving forward during movements. So I believe that a more 'weightlifting' style should be used, it has a greater correlation with jumping performance and having a more upright trunk would be closer to the position in a boxing stance. I'm of the school of thought that a squat should primarily be a leg/quad exercise, not a hip/lower back exercise.

 

What did you get banned for ROACH?

 

No athlete should ever be doing bodybuilder style training. Hypertrophy in itself isn't bad (depending on how tight you are at a weight) but the type of hypertrophy and how it was achieved is very important. The typical high volume-low intensity training performed by a bodybuilder is every bit as detrimental to athletic performance as a typical boxing trainer believes about weightlifting in general.

 

The more anaerobic your training = the higher your basal levels of testosterone. Aerobic training and overtraining of any sort has the opposite effect. There is a correlation between fast twitch fibres and testosterone levels.

 

Fitter in what way? Fitness is very specific to the mode of training.