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Are You Taking Off-Seasons?: The Importance of Transition Periods, Unstructured Training, and Play
In the years that I’ve spent coaching and managing a weightlifting club, I noticed that most athletes that I end up working with, tend to train ... Continue reading
In the years that I’ve spent coaching and managing a weightlifting club, I noticed that most athletes that I end up working with, tend to train ... Continue reading
Virtual Competitions: Reflections and Lessons Learned
Needless to say, this past year has been a whirlwind for competitive weightlifters and coaches at all levels. Athletes and coaches scrambled to refocu... Continue reading
Needless to say, this past year has been a whirlwind for competitive weightlifters and coaches at all levels. Athletes and coaches scrambled to refocu... Continue reading
Mental Crash Between Snatches and Clean and Jerks in Competition: Maintaining Optimal Arousal
Stop me if you’ve heard this one before. An athlete is at a competition. The athlete is preparing for the snatch event and everything is going p... Continue reading
Stop me if you’ve heard this one before. An athlete is at a competition. The athlete is preparing for the snatch event and everything is going p... Continue reading
Mindfulness in Olympic Weightlifting: A Practical Guide, Part 3: The What and the How of Mindfulness, Bringing it All Together
In this last article in the three-part mindfulness series, I want to bring both the what (observe, describe, and participate) and the how (non-judgmen... Continue reading
In this last article in the three-part mindfulness series, I want to bring both the what (observe, describe, and participate) and the how (non-judgmen... Continue reading
Mindfulness in Olympic Weightlifting: A Practical Guide, Part 2
In the first article of this series, I discussed three steps that you should implement in order to bring some mindful practice into your Olympic weigh... Continue reading
In the first article of this series, I discussed three steps that you should implement in order to bring some mindful practice into your Olympic weigh... Continue reading
Mindfulness in Olympic Weightlifting: A Practical Guide, Part 1 What Can I Do to Be Mindful?
2020 was a whirlwind for many of us, be it in our professional, personal, or athletic lives. For those of you looking to hit the hard reset button to ... Continue reading
2020 was a whirlwind for many of us, be it in our professional, personal, or athletic lives. For those of you looking to hit the hard reset button to ... Continue reading
Religion, Faith, and Belief: Converting Spirituality into Performance Outcomes
One day, an athlete of mine asked, “have you ever noticed how there are so many high level CrossFitters that profess their religion on their Ins... Continue reading
One day, an athlete of mine asked, “have you ever noticed how there are so many high level CrossFitters that profess their religion on their Ins... Continue reading
Olympic Weightlifting as a Sport vs. as a Training Modality: Managing the Difference
I originally got into coaching Olympic weightlifting because as an athlete, I love the thrill of competition. I love the feeling of chasing this amorp... Continue reading
I originally got into coaching Olympic weightlifting because as an athlete, I love the thrill of competition. I love the feeling of chasing this amorp... Continue reading
The Protestant Work Ethic, PEDs, and Olympic Weightlifting: A New Perspective
A week prior to the time of writing, the secretariat of the IWF-Masters Weightlifting Federation published the most recent list of banned athletes as ... Continue reading
A week prior to the time of writing, the secretariat of the IWF-Masters Weightlifting Federation published the most recent list of banned athletes as ... Continue reading
How to Weather Any Crisis: Radical Acceptance and Flexibility
Back when I was an army paratrooper, we used to say “no plan ever survives first contact.” Heavyweight boxing legend Mike Tyson also famou... Continue reading
Back when I was an army paratrooper, we used to say “no plan ever survives first contact.” Heavyweight boxing legend Mike Tyson also famou... Continue reading
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