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Choosing openers
by Scott Bird | January 6, 2006
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More words of wisdom from Jim Wendler. This time he talks about something particularly relevant to anyone about to start training for their first or second meet : choosing opening weights, and training for them.
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A good read indeed! It was an interesting article since I am in the position of deciding on openers for my second meet right now.
Posted by: Stinn | January 7, 2006 11:43 PM
Cool. It was interesting to read that he trains for the openers, rather than the goal weight. Never really thought of it that way, but it makes sense.
Posted by: scott | January 8, 2006 12:53 AM