Monday, November 16, 2009
Arm DevelopmentBeach muscles? Perhaps, but these three individuals are some of the strongest men who ever lived... and they got that way by training for "strength" first and foremost. The impressive arm development shown here was a matter of basic exercises done well and constant improvement over time. From the top down Dave Sheppard, Ike Berger and Chuck Vinci.
Labels: Arm Development, Chuck Vinci, Dave Sheppard, Ike Berger
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Wednesday, July 29, 2009
Training at The York GymYears ago, lifters didn't argue about what was "functional" and what wasn't... they didn't worry about working their white fibers or red fibers... and they sure didn't jump over any little plastic hurdles...
What they DID do was to pick a few basic exercises and focus on just getting strong. Here's the great lifter Chuck Vinci training at the Old York Gym. Vinci is shown bench pressing over 300 lbs. while weighing only 125 lbs (at a height of 4' 11"). At the time this picture was taken, at the Pan American Games, Vinci had recently broken Vilkhovsky's world record snatch with a lift of 223 lbs.
The spotters are Yas Kazuhara and Dave Sheppard.
Labels: 300 Bench Press, Chuck Vinci, Dave Sheppard, olympic weightlifter, Upper Body Exercise, Yas Kuzuhara, York Gym
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Tuesday, November 18, 2008
Tendon and Ligament Training: Chuck VinciA "secret weapon" of many strength athletes is specific training for tendons and ligaments using very heavy supports. Here Olympic Champion weight lifter Chuck Vinci does heavy supports in the rack position with 500 pounds. Chuck Vinci set twelve world records in his career so he knew a thing or two about getting strong.
Labels: Chuck Vinci, Olympic Weightlifting, Supporting Feat, Tendon and Ligament Training, Tendon Strength
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Thursday, February 14, 2008
Chuck VinciChuck Vinci was another great olympic weightlifter from York, Pennsylvania. Though he stood only 4'11" and weighed 123 pounds, he could clean & jerk well over 300 pounds and snatch 220+.
Vinci was a Two-time Olympic Gold Medalist (1956 and 1960), Seven-time world Senior National Champion (1954-1956,1958-1961) and set Twelve World Records during his career.
Labels: 1956 Olympics, 1960 Olympics, Chuck Vinci, Clean and Jerk, Gold Medal, Olympic Weightlifting, Snatch, weightlifter, weightlifting, York Pennsylvania
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