It has passed the whole five years before secret of Bill Marcha, Luis Rike and other athletes, connected with «York Ba-bell Club» has been made public. People have learnt, what exactly anabolics, but not the isometric reductions, became the reason of so stunning progress. The epidemic began. Soon sports indicators of weight-lifters in Los Angeles, Seattle, Chicago, New York, Jacksonville and Minston-Saleme have sharply increased — the American athletes have opened for themselves “Dianabol”.

They have seen that by means of magic pink pills any training program showed stunning results. The system invented by doctor Ziegler and successfully popularized by Bob Hoffmann, has started to fade into the background. The weight-lifting community has guessed that Hoffman specially hid effects of steroids in order to successfully sell its training courses and power frames.

Sales of isometric courses and all types of power frames have instantly failed. I remember how I came to the warehouse in York to take a couple of copies of the magazine «Strength & Health» at the coaches’ convention, and saw a lot of power frames. Probably, they are still rusting at the moment.

Training in a power frame has ceased to enjoy confidence of athletes though competent use of this system is exclusively effective. Especially if it’s isotonic-isometric movements in which the weight moves on a short distance and then 12-second static deduction is carried out.

Before the moving to York from Maryland, using system of Ziegler and a power frame, I have improved result in bar lifting on a breast on 7 kg and on 5 kg in jerk. As you remember, training in a power frame influences on some parts of a body more than on others. In my case traction positions have helped me with knee-bends and presses. read »