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Training Advice from a 60-Year-old Masters Lifter
Strength training can provide benefits at any age, but training the Olympic lifts in your 50s, 60s, and beyond presents some additional challenges. However, with proper attention to five key areas you can experience improved fitness levels and better... Continue reading
Strength training can provide benefits at any age, but training the Olympic lifts in your 50s, 60s, and beyond presents some additional challenges. However, with proper attention to five key areas you can experience improved fitness levels and better... Continue reading
Training Considerations for Masters Lifters at the National Level
Masters, old folks, geezers…The definition of “master” can mean a lot of things. According to Merriam-Webster, it can be a noun, an adjective or a verb. However, in the weightlifting world, it means just one thing. It means you&rsq... Continue reading
Masters, old folks, geezers…The definition of “master” can mean a lot of things. According to Merriam-Webster, it can be a noun, an adjective or a verb. However, in the weightlifting world, it means just one thing. It means you&rsq... Continue reading
What I Learned from Participating in 12 Local Weightlifting Meets in 2019 as a Masters Lifter
I started Olympic weightlifting in September 2017 when I was 62 years old. I had lifted weights continuously for the past 25 years, competing in a few powerlifting meets, but generally just consistently lifting weights three to four days a week. But ... Continue reading
I started Olympic weightlifting in September 2017 when I was 62 years old. I had lifted weights continuously for the past 25 years, competing in a few powerlifting meets, but generally just consistently lifting weights three to four days a week. But ... Continue reading
Interview: Aria Bremner
The streak continues! We’ve had yet another month where the athlete we interviewed for this magazine produced a tremendous lifetime best performance right after the interview. Last month, it was Meredith Alwine. This month, it’s Aria Brem... Continue reading
The streak continues! We’ve had yet another month where the athlete we interviewed for this magazine produced a tremendous lifetime best performance right after the interview. Last month, it was Meredith Alwine. This month, it’s Aria Brem... Continue reading
Ask Greg: Issue 183
Randy Asks: I have been interested in opening a small local weightlifting gym to the public in a garage. I have no intention of running it like a head coach but rather an open gym to create a community and small passive income. Any tips on how to get... Continue reading
Randy Asks: I have been interested in opening a small local weightlifting gym to the public in a garage. I have no intention of running it like a head coach but rather an open gym to create a community and small passive income. Any tips on how to get... Continue reading
Trying to Coach Weightlifting and Compete at the Same Time
I never understood how hard coaching was until I started doing it myself. I’ve been a coached athlete since I was 13 years old. High school football, wrestling, track…and then Olympic weightlifting. I’ve had a lot of coaches throug... Continue reading
I never understood how hard coaching was until I started doing it myself. I’ve been a coached athlete since I was 13 years old. High school football, wrestling, track…and then Olympic weightlifting. I’ve had a lot of coaches throug... Continue reading
Absolute Zero: A Mathematical Approach to Training
You enter a gym with particular goals in mind and decide to speak with a trainer to discuss them. You explain that you want to lose weight, get strong and tone up. The trainer or coach puts you on a meal plan to help you with your weight loss and sta... Continue reading
You enter a gym with particular goals in mind and decide to speak with a trainer to discuss them. You explain that you want to lose weight, get strong and tone up. The trainer or coach puts you on a meal plan to help you with your weight loss and sta... Continue reading
Training and Coaching in the Time of Coronavirus
When I first sat down to write this story, the World Health Organization had just classified novel coronavirus as a pandemic. Days later, many gyms either ramped up their cleaning schedules or announced temporary closures Sporting events, conferences... Continue reading
When I first sat down to write this story, the World Health Organization had just classified novel coronavirus as a pandemic. Days later, many gyms either ramped up their cleaning schedules or announced temporary closures Sporting events, conferences... Continue reading
Writing the Book on Coaching an Adaptive Weightlifter
“She’s an adaptive athlete.” That is all I knew about Genny Tidwell before I stalked her Facebook page last August. Genny called Whole Strength CrossFit wanting to join our newly formed barbell club, to get better at the Olympic lif... Continue reading
“She’s an adaptive athlete.” That is all I knew about Genny Tidwell before I stalked her Facebook page last August. Genny called Whole Strength CrossFit wanting to join our newly formed barbell club, to get better at the Olympic lif... Continue reading
The Feedback Loop: Developing Habits and the Self
Take what you do seriously, but yourself lightly. Despite the apparent simplicity of such an adage, many people struggle with this. The relationship between who we are and what we do is a complicated one. What we do habitually informs how we see ours... Continue reading
Take what you do seriously, but yourself lightly. Despite the apparent simplicity of such an adage, many people struggle with this. The relationship between who we are and what we do is a complicated one. What we do habitually informs how we see ours... Continue reading
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