Is there a legitimate weightlifting alternative to Olympic lifts for explosiveness, or do they still reign supreme?

Is there a legitimate weightlifting alternative to Olympic lifts for explosiveness, or do they still reign supreme?

Notice how I said weightlifting alternative - I already know of plyometrics and the like.

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  1. 2 years ago
    Anonymous

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    • 2 years ago
      Anonymous

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  2. 2 years ago
    Anonymous

    Olympic lifts train 'explosive' power and CNS because that's what needed to be effective at that lift.

    But if you assume the perspective of the muscle fibre itself, it has no idea what lift is being performed, it only reacts to the type of contraction

    So you can train any lift explosively and reap the benefits of training fast twitch fibres.

    • 2 years ago
      Anonymous

      yes, true. bench, squat, etc can be trained explosively.

      i guess kettle bells could be used as an alternative to barbell Olympic lifts but it would only make sense to do this if the exercise was easier on the wrist

    • 2 years ago
      Anonymous

      I think a better question for OP to ask is there exercises superior to Olympic lifts for explosiveness?

      • 2 years ago
        Anonymous

        For what? If you want higher jump, jump squats are surely superior to Oly lifts.

        • 2 years ago
          Anonymous

          What about a more explosive upper body for punching?

        • 2 years ago
          Anonymous

          And what about kicking power? I guess jump squats would be superior to Olympic lifts.

  3. 2 years ago
    Anonymous

    Trap bar jumps. Load about 20 percent of your one rep deadlift max and jump as high as you can for 5 sets of 3-4 reps

    • 2 years ago
      Anonymous

      seems good.

  4. 2 years ago
    Anonymous

    There's some merit to banded work for power production. The carryover to raw lifting is questionable but athletics and geared lifting really benefit from it. Throwing a kettlebell is good too, tears up your grass tho

    • 2 years ago
      Anonymous

      banded work when squatting and benching?

      • 2 years ago
        Anonymous

        Yeah. You can do banded push press too, and trap bar deads are great w bands

        • 2 years ago
          Anonymous

          Thanks.

  5. 2 years ago
    Anonymous

    thx for the advice, anons

  6. 2 years ago
    Anonymous

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    • 2 years ago
      Anonymous

      indeed

    • 2 years ago
      Anonymous

      Mhmm!

  7. 2 years ago
    Anonymous

    Watch sika strength.

    You need to get 2x bw back squat (1.5x minimum) before you start plyometric training. But basically loaded jumps.

    • 2 years ago
      Anonymous

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    • 2 years ago
      Anonymous

      Just finished the first video it was VERY good and informative. Thanks again.

  8. 2 years ago
    Anonymous

    kettlebell stuff

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    Anonymous

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      Anonymous

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  10. 2 years ago
    Anonymous

    You can do plyos with weights, eg. bench throws in the Smith Machine.

  11. 2 years ago
    Anonymous

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