Training: Weightlifting Articles
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Sample Weightlifting Flexibility Program
Greg Everett
| October 1 2010 |
Training: Weightlifting
Flexibility is easily the biggest limiter for athletes starting to use the Olympic lifts. Of course, stretching is also the most boring thing you can possibly do. Getting someone flexible is less about what works and what doesn't, and more about what the individual will actually do consistently for the time it takes to get the job done. I've found too that giving suggestions is rarely adequate; people need to be told exactly what do to and be held accountable, or that fancy stretching pro......
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The Role of Strength in Weightlifting
Greg Everett
| August 1 2010 |
Training: Weightlifting
While the premise of this article may at first strike readers as odd, considering that weightlifting, despite considerable elements of skill and speed, is very clearly a strength sport, there exist quite a few perspectives regarding the role of strength in the training of weightlifters; or, more accurately, regarding the appropriate degree of emphasis of what might be considered non-specific strength work.
The spectrum is represented on one end by Bulgarian-style training, involving little o......
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Weightlifting Program Design Case Study
Greg Everett
| June 29 2010 |
Training: Weightlifting
Program design is one of those topics that is overwhelming both to read and write about. Most literature is necessarily nebulous and vague, and individuals interested in learning more often find themselves inundated with a collection of concepts that fail to fit together easily than with a set of practical rules they can implement.
So instead of talking about ideas in this article, I want to run through the process of actually designing a real program and discuss the rationale for various de......
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Championship Weightlifting by Tommy Kono: Book Excerpt
Tommy Kono
| March 31 2010 |
Training: Weightlifting
We were fortunate enough to get a preview from Tommy Kono of his upcoming second book, expected out later this year. As the following article explains, this new book will delve into the mental game of weightlifting—lessons that can surely be applied to any sport. Kono was one of the greatest weightlifters in the sport, and his insights are invaluable.
—Greg Everett
I won two Olympic gold medals, one silver, was eight consecutive years World Champion, set 26 world records sprea......
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Back Training for Weightlifting
Greg Everett
| February 27 2010 |
Training: Weightlifting
Because the classic lifts and common supplemental exercises such as squats and pulls naturally provide a considerable workload for the muscles of the lower and middle back, generally this area will require somewhat less specific training than the anterior and lateral aspects of the torso.
For convenience, we can classify core work in terms of body regions, type of muscle activation, and type of movement, and do so in a manner that facilitates effective training. The two broadest categories a......
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Controlling the Tornado: Planning Your Weightlifting Training
Matt Foreman
| October 28 2009 |
Training: Weightlifting
This article will be focused on planning out your training program. And you’re out of your mind if you think I’m going to start with a slogan that you’ve already heard a million times like "Failing to plan is planning to fail." This slogan is a proven truth, but it should be painfully obvious. I shouldn’t have to remind you that planning is important any more than I should have to remind you not to eat yellow snow.
However, there is obviously a good reason w......
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The Olympic Lift Starting Position
Greg Everett
| February 28 2009 |
Training: Weightlifting
Before we continue, let’s first establish what exactly we’re talking about.
Most importantly, we need to understand this: The purpose of the starting position (and first pull) is to allow an optimal second & third pull.
If you take away only one point from this entire article, it should be that one. If you don’t understand that, none of the following details explaining or describing the starting position will matter.
The second pull of the snatch and clean is the ......
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Lessons from Romania: Nicu Vlad at the Olympic Training Center
Matt Foreman
| December 31 2008 |
Training: Weightlifting
Nicu Vlad is one of the greatest weightlifters of all time. The Romanian legend won the Olympic gold medal at the 1984 Los Angeles games when he was only twenty-one years old, and that was only the beginning of his amazing career. Vlad went on to win the silver medal at the 1988 Olympics, the bronze at the 1996 Olympics (when he was thirty-three), and three world championships in 1984, 1986, and 1990. However, the accomplishment that Vlad is probably most famous for is his all-time world record ......
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The Romanian Deadlift
Gabe Rinaldi
| January 31 2007 |
Training: Weightlifting
History
The Romanian Deadlift (RDL) is one variation out of several to lift or pull the barbell up the body. Other pulls include conventional deadlifts, sumo deadlifts, snatch pulls, clean pulls, straight leg deadlifts, stiff leg deadlifts, and high-pulls to name a few. Due to the seemingly infinite number of ways to pull the barbell and the variety of naming systems employed for this family of exercises, the Romanian Deadlift is often misunderstood or criticized.
From my readings and discussi......
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The Olympic Weightlifting Squat
Greg Everett
| November 15 2006 |
Training: Weightlifting
The squat is foundational to the Olympic lifts as a position, a movement and a strength exercise. Without a well-developed and consistent squat, neither pulling technique nor pulling power will produce entirely successful Olympic weightlifting. The great natural physical variation among athletes dictates that there will never be a universally perfect prescription for body positioning, but irrespective of this variation, the fundamental principles remain consistent. Continued reliance on them wil......
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