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Pulling Technique- No Laughing Matter
Matt Foreman
| January 3 2013 |
Weightlifting
No funny business this time. We need to talk about technique. This one is gonna run a little long, but it’ll be worth it. Some of this is from an old PM article I wrote, along with a few changes.
We’re going to look at finishing the pull in the snatch and clean. More specifically, we’re going to do an analysis of the question “Should the lifter extend up on the toes or stay flat-footed at the top of the pull?” This is a confusing question for intermediate lifter...
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Performance Menu Journal Reader Survey
Greg Everett
| January 1 2013 |
General
As we start our 9th year of publishing the Performance Menu journal, we'd like to get some feedback from our readers to see how we can continue to improve. It should be fairly quick and painless, and your time will help us a great deal in determining how we can provide you with a better publication. Thank you for you help and your support of the Performance Menu and Catalyst Athletics!
Please take the survey here...
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A New Year At Catalyst Athletics
Greg Everett
| January 1 2013 |
General
I’m starting off 2013 sitting in my backyard with a cup of coffee enjoying the sun and a rare day off. I tend not to be a very publicly sentimental fellow, but I have to say 2012 was an incredible year and I’m more excited for 2013 than I have been for any other year previously. I don’t make New Year’s resolutions, but there is something undeniably meaningful about beginning a new phase of life each year that I won’t pretend doesn’t affect me.
This last yea...
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A Public Apology For Some Things I Said
Matt Foreman
| December 19 2012 |
Weightlifting
It’s time for me to apologize, people. I’ve been a jackass, and I need to make it right.
A few weeks ago, I wrote some posts on this blog where I made controversial comments about cardio and nutrition. Many of you read them, and apparently I’ve done some damage with the things I said. After being informed by some people that the information I wrote was incorrect and, in some cases, potentially destructive, I’ve decided I need to write something to set the record strai...
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Get It Behind Your Neck
Greg Everett
| December 17 2012 |
Weightlifting
The overhead position for the snatch and jerk is critical both for successful lifting and safety. Lifts from behind the neck can be a big help in improving these overhead positions through increased strength, mobility and consistency in position.
Overhead lifts starting from behind the neck allow a straight bar path to the overhead position, simplifying the movement and making it easier for the athlete to get the bar into position properly. This helps ingrain the feeling of the correct positi...
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Catalyst At The American Open... Amaze Balls
Matt Foreman
| December 10 2012 |
Weightlifting
What a meet for Catalyst Athletics…
Most of you probably read the write-up Greg did on the American Open last week. I don’t want to repeat the stuff he told you, so I’ll try to find some fresh thoughts about the things I saw in Palm Springs. When Greg described the awesomeness of the whole experience, he wasn’t exaggerating or overblowing it. I’m telling you straight up…that was one hell of a weekend for the Catalyst team.
Between the American Open, J...
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The 2012 American Open, Or The Weekend I Almost Killed Matt Foreman
Greg Everett
| December 5 2012 |
Weightlifting
The dust has settled for the most part after the 2012 American Open in Palm Springs, California, so I’m going to see if I can do a recap of the weekend. This year we had 12 lifters competing—I believe that made us the second largest team there behind the juggernaut East Coast Gold (technically 11 since Caleb lifts unattached—details).
Normally the American Open is somewhere in the Midwest or on the East Coast. Getting to spend a December weekend in Palm Springs was incredib...
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Now Available! Weightlifting Programming: A Winning Coach's Guide
Greg Everett
| November 28 2012 |
General
I'm extremely excited to release this book, and am very proud to have published it. Weightlifting Programming: A Winning Coach’s Guide by Bob Takano is the most thorough English-language book available on the subject of program planning for Olympic-style weightlifting. Takano covers the theoretical and practical issues, the biological and mathematical underpinnings, and provides a straightforward process for developing training programs with plentiful examples.
You can order the book...
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Okay, Here's The Thing About Cardio...
Matt Foreman
| November 20 2012 |
Weightlifting
I’ve been thinking I should start doing some cardio.
My doctor told me I should. I think he said it would help me avoid death or something like that. But the whole idea doesn’t make any sense to me, because doing cardio makes me wish I was dead anyway. So what’s the point?
I probably wouldn’t need to do much of it. Absolutely anything would be an improvement over what I’m doing now. I could jog to the end of my yard and back, and that would be a dramatic incre...
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How To Coach Women
Matt Foreman
| November 6 2012 |
Weightlifting
Okay, does anybody want some useful little tidbits about coaching women? I hope so, because I’ve got plenty of them. And before you start flinching, this isn’t designed to be one of my sarcastic funny posts. I’ve actually got legit things to say about this.
First of all, you have to start with the basic outlook that what the ladies are doing is just as important as what the men are doing, and it deserves the same level of respect. I think we all know that sports have histor...
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