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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
Interview: Meredith Alwine
I’m proud to say we’re on a hot streak with our athlete interviews for this magazine. The last few lifters we’ve interviewed have hit new PR numbers in competition shortly afterwards. As I’m writing this introduction, it&rsquo... Continue reading
I’m proud to say we’re on a hot streak with our athlete interviews for this magazine. The last few lifters we’ve interviewed have hit new PR numbers in competition shortly afterwards. As I’m writing this introduction, it&rsquo... 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
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
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
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
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