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Interview: TJ Greenstone
It’s getting more and more rare to hear about a weightlifter who wins national championships while working a full-time job and raising a family. These days, most of our top lifters are receiving some kind of financial help that keeps them from ... Continue reading
It’s getting more and more rare to hear about a weightlifter who wins national championships while working a full-time job and raising a family. These days, most of our top lifters are receiving some kind of financial help that keeps them from ... Continue reading
Distorted Thinking, Distorting Lifting
I have more or less been writing a series on mindfulness, which has included how to become more aware of your thoughts. More specifically, I have been encouraging you to recognize how your thoughts directly influence your mood and ultimately your lif... Continue reading
I have more or less been writing a series on mindfulness, which has included how to become more aware of your thoughts. More specifically, I have been encouraging you to recognize how your thoughts directly influence your mood and ultimately your lif... Continue reading
Energy Systems Approach to Nutrition and Supplementation for Olympic Weightlifting
Olympic weightlifting is one of the most athletic activities an individual can participate in. Like all sports, both training and nutrition are critical to athlete success; therefore this article aims to provide additional nutrition and supplementati... Continue reading
Olympic weightlifting is one of the most athletic activities an individual can participate in. Like all sports, both training and nutrition are critical to athlete success; therefore this article aims to provide additional nutrition and supplementati... Continue reading
Developing Power for Sports with Olympic Weightlifting and Its Relation to Sport Athletes
Throughout my life as an athlete and coach I have performed and implemented some variation of Olympic weightlifting into my programing. In most power sports such as football, basketball, track, hockey, lacrosse, etc., the better athletes are the ones... Continue reading
Throughout my life as an athlete and coach I have performed and implemented some variation of Olympic weightlifting into my programing. In most power sports such as football, basketball, track, hockey, lacrosse, etc., the better athletes are the ones... Continue reading
Conditioning Will Make You Stronger
General physical preparation is needed if you want to take your maximal strength to its furthest potential. GPP is the base that your special skills sit on. A small, weak base will sabotage your sports performance. Training your competition movements... Continue reading
General physical preparation is needed if you want to take your maximal strength to its furthest potential. GPP is the base that your special skills sit on. A small, weak base will sabotage your sports performance. Training your competition movements... Continue reading
Things You Need to Know Before the 2020 Olympics
A few months from now, the world will gather once again for the Olympic Games. The 2020 Games will take place in Tokyo, and weightlifting will be there as usual. As you probably know, weightlifting is one of the original Olympic sports, going all the... Continue reading
A few months from now, the world will gather once again for the Olympic Games. The 2020 Games will take place in Tokyo, and weightlifting will be there as usual. As you probably know, weightlifting is one of the original Olympic sports, going all the... Continue reading
Ask Greg: Issue 182
Thomas Asks: Are back squats necessary for weightlifting and in what situation should a lifter only program front squats? Greg Says: Technically nothing is necessary for weightlifting other than the snatch and clean & jerk—everythi... Continue reading
Thomas Asks: Are back squats necessary for weightlifting and in what situation should a lifter only program front squats? Greg Says: Technically nothing is necessary for weightlifting other than the snatch and clean & jerk—everythi... Continue reading
Training Masters Athletes for Successful Weightlifting Outcomes: Part Two
In part one of this article, we discussed the concepts of prehabilitation and equipment use strategies. Both tools allow for masters athletes to maintain their training, competitiveness, and minimize risk. In this second part, we’ll present spe... Continue reading
In part one of this article, we discussed the concepts of prehabilitation and equipment use strategies. Both tools allow for masters athletes to maintain their training, competitiveness, and minimize risk. In this second part, we’ll present spe... Continue reading
Longevity in Weightlifting
Olympic weightlifting can be a brutal sport. The keyword there is can, but it does not have to be. Olympic weightlifting has one of the lowest injury rates out of any other sport contested at the summer Olympic games. There is no statistical... Continue reading
Olympic weightlifting can be a brutal sport. The keyword there is can, but it does not have to be. Olympic weightlifting has one of the lowest injury rates out of any other sport contested at the summer Olympic games. There is no statistical... Continue reading
Selling Your Soul to Coach Talented Weightlifters
You know what blues music is, don’t you? Maybe you’re a fan, maybe not. But I’m sure you’ve at least heard the blues at some point, probably from BB King or Eric Clapton or some other blues player who’s had mainstream su... Continue reading
You know what blues music is, don’t you? Maybe you’re a fan, maybe not. But I’m sure you’ve at least heard the blues at some point, probably from BB King or Eric Clapton or some other blues player who’s had mainstream su... Continue reading
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