I used to do oly lifts. No better workout. I was lucky there was a oly weightlifting team that taught at a local community college... I worked out with that for 1.5 years. I only got ~300 CJ and ~235 pwrsn but I loved it and it transferred to soccer pretty well. These workouts were awesome... Squat 2-3 sets as warm-up, then work sets of ~60-80% max snatches or Cleans, then Jerks from rack then either snatch pulls or clean pulls and then lots of back squats with ~75-80% max. I feel these workouts were excellent for circulation and power/strength. Oh, squats were ass as low as it can go. Make sure to use sturdy shoes with slight heal elevation. Helps keep back more vertical and makes it much easier to maintain proper form throughout squat.
I'm chicken shit now as I ruptured L4 disc witch burnt my S4 nerve 3 years ago (was not using my weightlifting shoes)... Worst pain in my life... I'm still numb on ass, behind knee and under half my foot. Good news I can still play soccer and bball, sprint, barrel lifting, and lots of other stuff in gym. No squating or regular DL. I do RDLs though. I'm still testing the waters slowly. So when I see "if you are not doing squats or DLs your not lifting", it makes me sad (said in a funny way). Good thing is there are so many things in the strength world... I still dapple from time to time with grip strength. Ripping decks of cards, phone books, bending nails and crazy grippers is fun as hell.
I'm chicken shit now as I ruptured L4 disc witch burnt my S4 nerve 3 years ago (was not using my weightlifting shoes)... Worst pain in my life... I'm still numb on ass, behind knee and under half my foot. Good news I can still play soccer and bball, sprint, barrel lifting, and lots of other stuff in gym. No squating or regular DL. I do RDLs though. I'm still testing the waters slowly. So when I see "if you are not doing squats or DLs your not lifting", it makes me sad (said in a funny way). Good thing is there are so many things in the strength world... I still dapple from time to time with grip strength. Ripping decks of cards, phone books, bending nails and crazy grippers is fun as hell.
