Weightlifting: sport for all sports. Ebook

ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
FOREWORD
CHAPTER 1 – WEIGHTLIFTING. PAST AND PRESENT
1.1 The origins of weightlifting
1.2 The technical-stylistic evolution of weightlifting
1.3 The reason behind the categories
1.4 Women’s weightlifting
CHAPTER 2 – QUALITATIVE BIOMECHANICAL ANALYSIS OF OLYMPIC WEIGHTLIFTING
2.1 Means and limits
2.2 Qualitative biomechanical models of olympic exercises
2.3 Technical considerations from a mechanical viewpoint
CHAPTER 3 – WEIGHTLIFTING TECHNIQUES
3.1 General remarks
3.2 The barbell trajectory in the first and second pull
3.3 The trajectory in the jerk
3.4 Dynamics and kinematics in the snatch and clean & jerk
3.5 Dynamics and kinematics of the jerk
CHAPTER 4 – USING THE BARBELL
4.1 The grip
4.2 The pitch
CHAPTER 5 – TYPES OF EXERCISES
5.1 Competition exercises: the snatch
5.2 The clean & jerk: the clean
5.3 The jerk
5.4 Auxiliary exercises for the snatch
5.5 Auxiliary exercises for the jerk: competition exercises
5.6 Auxiliary exercises for the jerk
5.7 Exercises to develop specific strength in the snatch
5.8 Exercises to develop specific strength in the clean and jerk
CHAPTER 6 – MAIN TECHNICAL FAULTS AND HOW TO CORRECT THEM
6.1 Conditions that favour faults
6.2 The most frequent and important faults
6.3 Cause of faults in the snatch
6.4 Cause of the fault in the clean
6.5 Cause of the error in the jerk
6.6 Analyses of the possible causes of incorrect or incomplete movements
CHAPTER 7 – TRAINING THE TECHNIQUE. LEARNING THE TECHNIQUE
7.1 Training the technique
7.2 Learning the technique
7.3 Learning in evolution
7.4 Teaching principles
7.5 Steps to be followed
CHAPTER 8 – GENERAL PROGRAMMING ELEMENTS OF MODERN WEIGHTLIFTING
8.1 Programming
8.2 Structure of the training session
8.3 Structure of the macrocycle
8.4 Structure of the mesocycle
8.5 Structure of the microcycle
8.6 Classification of microcycles
CHAPTER 9 – TEACHING OLYMPIC EXERCISES
9.1 Snatch
9.2 Clean & jerk
CHAPTER 10 – EVALUATION OF A SPORTS TECHNIQUE
CHAPTER 11 – SIMILARITIES BETWEEN WEIGHTLIFTING EXERCISES AND MAIN SPORTS MOVEMENTS
11.1 The concept of biomechanical similarities between
exercises and various sports movements
11.2 Similarities with main sports movements
CHAPTER 12 – WEIGHTLIFTING FOR OTHER SPORTS
12.1 Introduction
12.2 Ontogenetic development of physical abilities
12.3 Table on the use of weightlifting in various sports
12.4 The use of weights in cyclic sports
12.5 The use of weights in acyclic sports
12.6 Weights in mixed sports
12.7 The use of weights in situation sports
CHAPTER 13 – BODY COMPOSITION IN WEIGHTLIFTING
Dr. Massimiliano Febbi
Dr. Carmine Orlandi
13.1 Studying body composition
13.2 Tricompartmental model
13.3 Our experience with italian olympic athletes
CHAPTER 14 – INJURIES IN WEIGHTLIFTING
Dr. Massimiliano Febbi
Dr. Stefano Spaccapanico
14.1 Introduction
14.2 Knee injuries
14.3 Spine pathologies
14.4 Shoulder pathologies
14.5 Recommended therapies for weightlifting pathologies