Olympic Weightlifting: Catalyst Athletics

	Ask Greg: Issue 101 Greg Everett \| June 1 2013 \| Ask Greg *Rob Asks:* Recently at our local crossfit box, we were practicing the push press. Our trainer politely corrected our flaws and then we did a 7x3 at a fixed weight. One of his pet peeves was that people’s heels came off of the ground as they generated the hip extension. Looking at your poster (hanging in my garage gym) and then watching your demo video clearly sho...

	Programming CrossFit NYC Jason Lapadula \| June 1 2013 \| CrossFit When I began coaching at CrossFit NYC in the Flatiron district of Manhattan two years ago, we had around 500 members. This made us one of the biggest CrossFit boxes in the world. Since members only ever appeared in groups of 10 to 300 in classes, it still felt cozy. Today, with membership verging on 1300, on any given night there will be upwards of 110+ people milling about between those WODing an...

	Recipes: Issue 101 Scott Hagnas \| June 1 2013 \| Recipes Fish 'n Mango Time: 15 minutes • 1 lb. cod or similar white fish (shrimp or scallops work too) • 1 Tbsp. coconut oil • 1 large mango, peeled, seeded, and diced • 4 green onions, chopped • 4 stalks celery, chopped • 1 cup cabbage, chopped • 1 Tbsp. fish sauce &...

	Providing Feedback to Your Coaching Peers Kyle J Smith \| June 1 2013 \| Business In the past year at CrossFit NYC, our membership has more than doubled, as has our coaching staff. As new faces join the coaching crew, we have looked for ways to organically teach and indoctrinate the noobs. One approach we are experimenting with is quite simple: as a coach, you can take any others coach’s class and provide them with feedback when it’s over. In order for the class and...

	This Lifter Has No Talent. Now What? Matt Foreman \| June 1 2013 \| Olympic Weightlifting I was pretty fortunate in the beginning of my weightlifting career because I got to meet Dragomir Cioroslan not too long after I started the sport. For those of you who don’t know, Dragomir is a former Olympian from Romania who became a coach after his competitive career ended. He was hired to take over the USA resident weightlifting program at the Olympic Training Center in Colorado Springs...

	Learning From Setbacks: 12 Process-Based Lessons Yael Grauer \| June 1 2013 \| Health & Wellness Let me fill you in on a secret. Hidden away in a folder on my laptop is a hit list of sorts. (Don’t worry; it’s not what you think.) Allow me explain. A big part of writing for and editing the Performance Menu is trying to land the best interviews we can find. These are names that come up again and again in reader surveys or on the forums, or people that I feel would be uniquely poised...

	Vitor Belfort and the UFC’s TRT Dilemma Cameron Conaway \| June 1 2013 \| Combat Sports At 36-years-old, UFC light heavyweight Vitor Belfort is the best mixed martial artist he’s ever been. On May 18th, he knocked out Luke Rockhold, a 28-year-old rising star who had won nine straight, with a spinning heel kick that will go down as one of the greatest knockouts in UFC history. But this heel kick isn’t what’s firing up the MMA community. It’s Belfort’s bod...

	Supplemental Bodyweight Training Matthew Miller \| June 1 2013 \| Olympic Weightlifting As the owner of Horsepower Strength and Conditioning and creator of the Powerology training system, I work with athletes of all levels, ranging from complete beginners to professional athletes competing at the highest levels. No matter which client I am working with, my programs are focused on barbell training, jumping, sprinting and bodyweight training.