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Competing Often: Great Opportunity or Recipe for Disaster?
It’s the summer of 2019, and the international weightlifting scene is red hot. Athletes from all around the world are starting to put together their highest results in preparation for 2020 Olympic qualification. In decades past, this wasn&rsquo... Continue reading
It’s the summer of 2019, and the international weightlifting scene is red hot. Athletes from all around the world are starting to put together their highest results in preparation for 2020 Olympic qualification. In decades past, this wasn&rsquo... Continue reading
Bottoms Up Snatch Balance: Combating Soft Elbows in the Snatch
When performing a snatch, there is nothing more irritating than elevating the barbell high enough and committing to getting under it, only to miss it because of some foolish mistake. In the sport of weightlifting, the snatch is deemed the ‘fine... Continue reading
When performing a snatch, there is nothing more irritating than elevating the barbell high enough and committing to getting under it, only to miss it because of some foolish mistake. In the sport of weightlifting, the snatch is deemed the ‘fine... Continue reading
Coaches Coaching Coaches: Say That Three Times Fast!
I have always had a firm stance on coaches in a sport like ours; everyone needs one. Whether it be a remote coach or the preferred in-person experience offering critique with every drop of the bar, a watchful eye is necessary to turn out a good lifte... Continue reading
I have always had a firm stance on coaches in a sport like ours; everyone needs one. Whether it be a remote coach or the preferred in-person experience offering critique with every drop of the bar, a watchful eye is necessary to turn out a good lifte... Continue reading
Being an athlete with Polycystic Ovarian Syndrome
What do Victoria Beckham, Jillian Michaels, Emma Thompson, Dara Torres and I have in common? We all have Polycystic Ovarian Syndrome (PCOS). PCOS is one of the most common metabolic disorders among women. It is difficult to diagnose because of the... Continue reading
What do Victoria Beckham, Jillian Michaels, Emma Thompson, Dara Torres and I have in common? We all have Polycystic Ovarian Syndrome (PCOS). PCOS is one of the most common metabolic disorders among women. It is difficult to diagnose because of the... Continue reading
Strategies for Coaching Deaf and Hard of Hearing Athletes
As a weightlifting coach, you want to help your athletes improve as much as possible. You probably have an entire playbook of cues, tips and tricks, drills and complexes. You have probably developed a particular coaching style. However, your style of... Continue reading
As a weightlifting coach, you want to help your athletes improve as much as possible. You probably have an entire playbook of cues, tips and tricks, drills and complexes. You have probably developed a particular coaching style. However, your style of... Continue reading
How Knowing the Rules Makes a Difference in Competition (Or: Never Be a Jackass to a “Flight Attendant”)
Remember when you were a kid running at the pool and you slipped on the deck, and your mom yelled across the entire shallow end, “I’ve told you a thousand times not to run!!!” You knew for sure that never in your whole life had your... Continue reading
Remember when you were a kid running at the pool and you slipped on the deck, and your mom yelled across the entire shallow end, “I’ve told you a thousand times not to run!!!” You knew for sure that never in your whole life had your... Continue reading
Interview: Mattie Sasser
Lots of weightlifters have interesting back stories and colorful journeys, but I don’t think I’ve heard many that can compare with the life of Mattie Sasser. How often have you known of a lifter who starts her career on a tiny island near... Continue reading
Lots of weightlifters have interesting back stories and colorful journeys, but I don’t think I’ve heard many that can compare with the life of Mattie Sasser. How often have you known of a lifter who starts her career on a tiny island near... Continue reading
Not Quite New, Not Quite Intermediate...
I still remember the first time I ever picked up a barbell. I wanted to “get stronger” because after having my daughter, I realized I could not carry all eight pounds of her up and down the stairs without huffing and puffing like I had ju... Continue reading
I still remember the first time I ever picked up a barbell. I wanted to “get stronger” because after having my daughter, I realized I could not carry all eight pounds of her up and down the stairs without huffing and puffing like I had ju... Continue reading
Ask Greg: Issue 173
Patrick Asks: I have searched the internet, purchased several Olympic weightlifting books including Greg Everett's, and I can't find anything that covers this topic. Hoping you can shed some light! Do you have to have your feet in the pu... Continue reading
Patrick Asks: I have searched the internet, purchased several Olympic weightlifting books including Greg Everett's, and I can't find anything that covers this topic. Hoping you can shed some light! Do you have to have your feet in the pu... Continue reading
USA Weightlifting at the 2019 Pan Ams: Then and Now
Many of you are weightlifting fans, in addition to being athletes and/or coaches yourself. You’re actively involved in the sport in your own way, but you probably also keep current on the top competition results from around the world. That mean... Continue reading
Many of you are weightlifting fans, in addition to being athletes and/or coaches yourself. You’re actively involved in the sport in your own way, but you probably also keep current on the top competition results from around the world. That mean... Continue reading
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