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Second Skin: Part I
Which bodies are allowed on the platform? In the May and June, 2021 issues of Performance Menu, I explored attitudes surrounding trans athletes in strength sports, and discussed USA Weightlifting’s Policy for Transgender Inclusion. (Notably, tw... Continue reading
Which bodies are allowed on the platform? In the May and June, 2021 issues of Performance Menu, I explored attitudes surrounding trans athletes in strength sports, and discussed USA Weightlifting’s Policy for Transgender Inclusion. (Notably, tw... Continue reading
Ask Greg: Issue 199
Hussam Asks: How and when do you think Hypertrophy styled training or a hypertrophy block should be incorporated in a weightlifter’s programming? I don’t think you’ve ever discussed this topic before. Greg Says: I don&rsquo... Continue reading
Hussam Asks: How and when do you think Hypertrophy styled training or a hypertrophy block should be incorporated in a weightlifter’s programming? I don’t think you’ve ever discussed this topic before. Greg Says: I don&rsquo... Continue reading
Performance Menu End
About a week ago, I found out this magazine is going to be ending in a few months. Today is July 7, 2021, and December will be the last issue. I’m not letting the cat out of the bag by announcing this. The news has gone public. For som... Continue reading
About a week ago, I found out this magazine is going to be ending in a few months. Today is July 7, 2021, and December will be the last issue. I’m not letting the cat out of the bag by announcing this. The news has gone public. For som... Continue reading
Providence or Merit: How to Think about your Training Progress (or Lack Thereof)
Lately, I’ve been thinking about the concept of fairness a lot. We often uphold fairness as the gold standard principle by which society should be organized. Even though we may disagree on the parameters of what constitutes “fair” (... Continue reading
Lately, I’ve been thinking about the concept of fairness a lot. We often uphold fairness as the gold standard principle by which society should be organized. Even though we may disagree on the parameters of what constitutes “fair” (... Continue reading
Targeted Walking and Dr. Sarnos Philosophy Healed Me from Two Years of Back Pain
By 2019 my acute back pain morphed into sciatica tinkling legs and got me fired from a grueling job (the very job that gave me the back pain in the first place). I gobbled $100 in dodgy eBay “Beat-back-pain” books and hoarded packets of A... Continue reading
By 2019 my acute back pain morphed into sciatica tinkling legs and got me fired from a grueling job (the very job that gave me the back pain in the first place). I gobbled $100 in dodgy eBay “Beat-back-pain” books and hoarded packets of A... Continue reading
Interview: Andy Coggins
Want to know one of the most common qualities you’ll see from great coaches? They spend a lot more time talking about other people than themselves. Another one is when they establish themselves through athlete production in meets instead of pos... Continue reading
Want to know one of the most common qualities you’ll see from great coaches? They spend a lot more time talking about other people than themselves. Another one is when they establish themselves through athlete production in meets instead of pos... Continue reading
Ask Greg: Issue 198
Kerri Asks: From what I've heard, you coach beginners with the same cues/ technique, and then as they progress, they develop their own ways of lifting (like you always coach split over squat jerk, different feet position, etc). At what point woul... Continue reading
Kerri Asks: From what I've heard, you coach beginners with the same cues/ technique, and then as they progress, they develop their own ways of lifting (like you always coach split over squat jerk, different feet position, etc). At what point woul... Continue reading
Weightlifters Comparing Themselves to Their Old Level
A few months ago, boxing legends Mike Tyson and Roy Jones Jr. got in the ring to fight an exhibition bout. For those of you who don’t know, Tyson and Jones are widely considered two of the greatest fighters of all time. Back in the 80s and 90s,... Continue reading
A few months ago, boxing legends Mike Tyson and Roy Jones Jr. got in the ring to fight an exhibition bout. For those of you who don’t know, Tyson and Jones are widely considered two of the greatest fighters of all time. Back in the 80s and 90s,... Continue reading
Nothings (Un)fair in Love and Weightlifting: The Case for Trans Inclusion
It’s time for us to say it out loud: Weightlifting as an Olympic sport has an inclusion problem. It always has. For a sport that considers itself one of the most democratic in the world because it has 192 National Federations worldwide, its tra... Continue reading
It’s time for us to say it out loud: Weightlifting as an Olympic sport has an inclusion problem. It always has. For a sport that considers itself one of the most democratic in the world because it has 192 National Federations worldwide, its tra... Continue reading
From the Archives: Back Training for Weightlifting
Because the classic lifts and common supplemental exercises such as squats and pulls naturally provide a considerable workload for the muscles of the lower and middle back, generally this area will require somewhat less specific training than the ant... Continue reading
Because the classic lifts and common supplemental exercises such as squats and pulls naturally provide a considerable workload for the muscles of the lower and middle back, generally this area will require somewhat less specific training than the ant... Continue reading
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