Katzberg does it again! 84.70 #5 performer of all time for Gold

Flo’da boy wrote:

An insane series from the Canadian:

82.66

84.70 (#5 thrower all time)

82.01

81.86

83.07

83.7

His third best throw would have taken gold

i found a great discussion from back in 2023 with his coach Dylan Armstrong (bronze in the shot in Beijing) on Ethan’s development:

Link:www.hmmrmedia.com/2023/09/hmmr-podcast...

Armstrong trained under Bondarchuk and implements his methods in Katzberg’s training. This seems to be primarily technique focused with most of the work being done in the field with minimal emphasis on the weight room

Armstrong emphasizes that Katzberg is very fast and coordinated but weak in the gym, something like a 175 bench and a 80-90kg snatch, and he never has him, at least as of 2023, squat more than 250lbs for quarter squats for fear of aggravating a knee issue. Presumably Ethan could put up better numbers in the weight room but his coach views this as potentially counterproductive, which he discusses in greater detail in the above podcast

Flo’da boy wrote:

An insane series from the Canadian:

82.66

84.70 (#5 thrower all time)

82.01

81.86

83.07

83.7

His third best throw would have taken gold

i found a great discussion from back in 2023 with his coach Dylan Armstrong (bronze in the shot in Beijing) on Ethan’s development:

Link:www.hmmrmedia.com/2023/09/hmmr-podcast...

Armstrong trained under Bondarchuk and implements his methods in Katzberg’s training. This seems to be primarily technique focused with most of the work being done in the field with minimal emphasis on the weight room

Armstrong emphasizes that Katzberg is very fast and coordinated but weak in the gym, something like a 175 bench and a 80-90kg snatch, and he never has him, at least as of 2023, squat more than 250lbs for quarter squats for fear of aggravating a knee issue. Presumably Ethan could put up better numbers in the weight room but his coach views this as potentially counterproductive, which he discusses in greater detail in the above podcast

great post wrote:

Flo’da boy wrote:

An insane series from the Canadian:

82.66

84.70 (#5 thrower all time)

82.01

81.86

83.07

83.7

His third best throw would have taken gold

i found a great discussion from back in 2023 with his coach Dylan Armstrong (bronze in the shot in Beijing) on Ethan’s development:

Link:www.hmmrmedia.com/2023/09/hmmr-podcast...

Armstrong trained under Bondarchuk and implements his methods in Katzberg’s training. This seems to be primarily technique focused with most of the work being done in the field with minimal emphasis on the weight room

Armstrong emphasizes that Katzberg is very fast and coordinated but weak in the gym, something like a 175 bench and a 80-90kg snatch, and he never has him, at least as of 2023, squat more than 250lbs for quarter squats for fear of aggravating a knee issue. Presumably Ethan could put up better numbers in the weight room but his coach views this as potentially counterproductive, which he discusses in greater detail in the above podcast

Fascinating, thanks for posting. I would have expected that serious weight room strength is needed. Obviously much different from the shot and discus.

CO Coach wrote:

Flo’da boy wrote:

An insane series from the Canadian:

82.66

84.70 (#5 thrower all time)

82.01

81.86

83.07

83.7

His third best throw would have taken gold

i found a great discussion from back in 2023 with his coach Dylan Armstrong (bronze in the shot in Beijing) on Ethan’s development:

Link:www.hmmrmedia.com/2023/09/hmmr-podcast...

Armstrong trained under Bondarchuk and implements his methods in Katzberg’s training. This seems to be primarily technique focused with most of the work being done in the field with minimal emphasis on the weight room

Armstrong emphasizes that Katzberg is very fast and coordinated but weak in the gym, something like a 175 bench and a 80-90kg snatch, and he never has him, at least as of 2023, squat more than 250lbs for quarter squats for fear of aggravating a knee issue. Presumably Ethan could put up better numbers in the weight room but his coach views this as potentially counterproductive, which he discusses in greater detail in the above podcast

Super interesting post, thank you. My understanding is Bondarchuk is really big on using different weight implements, sometimes lighter, sometimes heavier to continue to provide training stimulus. Bondarchuk’s book series “The Transfer of Training in Sport” show how little transfer there is between weight lifting and most track and field events so it’s no surprise they wouldn’t focus on strength training a whole lot.