Pre Olympics

     Hey everyone, greetings from Hungary!!  In the last few weeks and continuing through the time we leave we have and will continue to observe many athletes getting ready for the olympics.  Some notable names are Adrian Annus, Kristian Pars, Stuart Rendell, and Robert Fazekas who will all be heading to Athens in just a few more weeks.  We have seen Pars more often than the others, and we have both found his training intrieging.  He has been throwing between 15 and 35 throws 6 days a week, and has dropped a good portion of conventional weight lifting(which is code for all as far as we can tell) which he has been replaced by occasional static lifting and a plethora of explosive excersizes.  These include 5 jumps, 3 jumps, standing long jump, medicine ball throws(Verticly as well as hammer releases and shot throws from the shoulder) overhead shot put and under hand shot throws.  The shot throws and all jumps have been measured consistently through the year and have steadily improved since fall.  The multiple jumps start with the feet together and then they alternate left, right, ect. after the start.  With the throwing he will always end the practice with 16lb, but about every other day he starts the 6kg then goes to competition weight.  Pars will begin throwing with about 80% effort for the better part of the work out, then for the last few he takes up the intensity.  In these throws we have seen the 6kg go 87 meters and the 16lb go about 83 meters.  Just for the record, Pars is 6' 1" and about 235.  If you have any questions we could answer feel free to ask, naterolfe1@yahoo.com

Nate