So Saitiev says American-like training gave him the edge this year

Big · 08-20-2008, 07:13 AM

Before the finals Saitiev gave an interview and said he got a new coach in April who prepared him very well physically. He says he had never before trained with free weights but for the past 6 months has been training with weights a lot and feels it made a big difference in his victories over murtazaliev and at olympics.

The point is, weight training is good when you have technique and other skills.

grecowrestler13 · 08-20-2008, 07:50 AM

Interesting

quick_single · 08-20-2008, 09:40 AM

Originally Posted by Big

The point is, weight training is good when you have technique and other skills.

Exactly. When you don't have the "right stuff" all the conditioning and weight lifting in the world ain't gonna help you. Just look at Doug Schwab.

goferphan · 08-20-2008, 09:55 AM

Schwab looked awful. Two half-shots, backing up and actually looked scared. What was up with that?

5pointcrossankle · 08-20-2008, 10:43 AM

to be honest i never saw anything special with schwab, i think zadick would have done better casue at least zadick pulls the trigger

vaisforlovers · 08-20-2008, 10:51 AM

i'm ready for some changes for our team next year...schwab and zadick first of all..

grecowrestler13 · 08-20-2008, 07:10 PM

Did it say anymore about his training?

Big · 08-20-2008, 07:31 PM

Originally Posted by grecowrestler13

Did it say anymore about his training?

Yeah it says he is pretty good at miniature golf.

grecowrestler13 · 08-20-2008, 07:35 PM

Well there you go!

mac 'n cheese · 08-20-2008, 07:41 PM

This dude is a stud, especially for being thirty-three years old. He has six world titles and now three Olympic titles. Thats pretty impressive if you ask me.

So Saitiev says American-like training gave him the edge this year

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