While others drop heavy singles forward and behind, over and over, we quietly nail triples and doubles with ease, throwing weight above our head consistantly and with perfect form. Five hundred repetitions per week? Bare minimum. We are always lifting. We don't wait to fail, unsure of our strength, we build it quickly, effectively, perfectly, with repitition, just as the old Soviets did. And we obtain the same success, as is evident in every competition we wipe through. We are hardened, prepared, un-phased by the heavy stuff. It is instinctual, the technique forged in the fire of pure, unfaltering, repetition.

Volume is the name of the game. I learned that quickly under Ivan's coaching. We as American weightlifters are flawed in believing that heavy singles are what creates success and confidence under the bar. Failing heavy weight does not teach you how to lift heavy weight, it only severely taxes the central nervous system and will, undoubtedly, cause injury. In the words of the famous Coach Rojas, "It doesn't matter how much you lift, but how many times you lift."
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