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Loaded Carries for Total Body Strength
There is a running joke in the strength and conditioning world that coaches go through the following cycle: Basic -> Complicated -> Basic New coaches come in to the industry with little experience so they rely on basics to progress.... Continue reading
There is a running joke in the strength and conditioning world that coaches go through the following cycle: Basic -> Complicated -> Basic New coaches come in to the industry with little experience so they rely on basics to progress.... Continue reading
Retirement
The word retirement was never in my vocabulary. It still isn’t. When someone asks if I am retired from weightlifting, I say, “No, I’m not retired. I just don’t compete or train anymore.” I never submitted retirement pape... Continue reading
The word retirement was never in my vocabulary. It still isn’t. When someone asks if I am retired from weightlifting, I say, “No, I’m not retired. I just don’t compete or train anymore.” I never submitted retirement pape... Continue reading
Stop Stopping at the Bottom of Your Clean
One of the problems I experienced when I first started Olympic lifting was that I would often stop still at the bottom of a clean. This can become a habit if it is not resolved quickly. It’s unhelpful to pause at the bottom of a clean. It makes... Continue reading
One of the problems I experienced when I first started Olympic lifting was that I would often stop still at the bottom of a clean. This can become a habit if it is not resolved quickly. It’s unhelpful to pause at the bottom of a clean. It makes... Continue reading
Bigorexia: Male Body Issues in Weightlifting
You know who Jessica Lucero is, right? US National Champion, World Team member, one of our top American female weightlifters for a long time…I’m sure you know her. Well, a few years ago, Jess wrote an article for the Catalyst Athletics w... Continue reading
You know who Jessica Lucero is, right? US National Champion, World Team member, one of our top American female weightlifters for a long time…I’m sure you know her. Well, a few years ago, Jess wrote an article for the Catalyst Athletics w... Continue reading
Ask Greg: Issue 171
Ashley Asks: I have been weightlifting for 5 years and cannot seem to break the habit of rocking back on my heels between the first and second pull, especially on the clean. I see it every lift I record: my toes come completely off the ground. T... Continue reading
Ashley Asks: I have been weightlifting for 5 years and cannot seem to break the habit of rocking back on my heels between the first and second pull, especially on the clean. I see it every lift I record: my toes come completely off the ground. T... Continue reading
Coaching Under Constraints: Sprinting and Jumping
It was January in Illinois. The temperature outside was -22 with wind chills of -50 (or colder). Everything was closed, everyone was stuck inside, and we were two days away from an indoor track meet. All over the state, the Midwest really, coaches we... Continue reading
It was January in Illinois. The temperature outside was -22 with wind chills of -50 (or colder). Everything was closed, everyone was stuck inside, and we were two days away from an indoor track meet. All over the state, the Midwest really, coaches we... Continue reading
Motivational Tactics for Consistent Training and Nutrition
Do you like to exercise? Do you enjoy the feeling of sweat dripping off your nose, your muscles screaming for oxygen and the challenge of making it through a high volume set of back squats? Odds are, if you are visiting this site, you do or are conte... Continue reading
Do you like to exercise? Do you enjoy the feeling of sweat dripping off your nose, your muscles screaming for oxygen and the challenge of making it through a high volume set of back squats? Odds are, if you are visiting this site, you do or are conte... Continue reading
When It’s in Your Blood: Dealing with Internal Conflict in Weightlifting
Back when I was competing on the national scene in the 90s, I had a conversation with another lifter that I’ve never forgotten. Know what I mean? It was one of those times when somebody says something to you that stays in your memory for years.... Continue reading
Back when I was competing on the national scene in the 90s, I had a conversation with another lifter that I’ve never forgotten. Know what I mean? It was one of those times when somebody says something to you that stays in your memory for years.... Continue reading
Ask Greg: Issue 170
Matt Asks: It’s midnight and I can’t fall asleep because of the endless loop of mental snatch reps in my head. And it all crystallizes into this damning question, and it is driving me mad... do the hips come forward to meet the bar o... Continue reading
Matt Asks: It’s midnight and I can’t fall asleep because of the endless loop of mental snatch reps in my head. And it all crystallizes into this damning question, and it is driving me mad... do the hips come forward to meet the bar o... Continue reading
Social Media, Comparison, and Self Destruction
Social Media is a very powerful tool. It can either build you up or tear you down. 15 years ago, social media was a fairly new concept and Myspace was all the hype. Athletes would have to wait in suspense until a competition to see what thei... Continue reading
Social Media is a very powerful tool. It can either build you up or tear you down. 15 years ago, social media was a fairly new concept and Myspace was all the hype. Athletes would have to wait in suspense until a competition to see what thei... Continue reading
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