If the fencer is also an advanced strength trainee and is not training for fencing. Most are not.
If the fencer is also an advanced strength trainee and is not training for fencing. Most are not.
I seem to recall Rip write am article on the subject. I think it was in the NSCA S&C Journal.
Thank you! So, if I understand well, most competitors will be fine with an intermediate Split model.
Would you consider barbell lunges as good accesory work for olympic fencers?
Another questionWhat about historical fencers? They need more strenght (heavier weapons, grappling situations) and use harder positions. Would you consider good mornings as a good accesory to strenghten them? I say good mornings because this kind of fencing is very hard on the lower back, but maybe I'm missing something.
A couple of examples
http://josephswetnam.files.wordpress...1/fabris57.jpg
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KKA-FRuDuLQ
You don't seem to have read anything we've written about training for strength. I'd suggest the 2 books we sell on this topic.