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Nick Garcia

Shot Put Specific Strength Exercises

March 30, 2014/by Nick Garcia

In addition using heavy shot puts a great way to develop specific strength is through the use of specific developmental exercises. These are exercises that Bondarchuk defines as exercises that use the same muscles, same systems, and parts of the competitive movement.

There are lots of specific developmental exercises you can use for the shot put, but here are 7 exercises I have been using in my own training or with my athletes lately.


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  1. HMMR Podcast Episode 29: Specific Development « HMMR Media says:
    December 21, 2015 at 04:18

    […] Nick demonstrating some of his favorite SDEs for shot put. […]

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  2. Looking Back at 2014: Best Training Posts « HMMR Media says:
    December 28, 2014 at 08:10

    […] Jason Young had some great posts this year including the most popular training post discussing the difference between working out and training and how the difference affects your training. His first post of the year about managing variables in training is applicable to training towards any goal. Nick Garcia gave a detailed breakdown of how he classifies exercises for throwers, selects implements to use, and even put together a great video on specific strength exercises for the shot put. […]

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  3. Exercise Classification for Throwers « HMMR Media says:
    November 3, 2014 at 10:44

    […] → Watch my video with more specific strength exercises for shot putting […]

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