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This Is The Last Thing I'll Ever Write
Matt Foreman
| April 1 2013 |
Weightlifting
This is going to be the last thing I write for Catalyst Athletics. It’s actually going to be the end of my whole journey in the iron sports. I didn’t think I was ever going to say this, but it’s time to finally get it over with.
I’m giving up weightlifting, and everything involved with it. Training, competing, coaching, all the work and the sweat and the pain…screw it. I’m sick and tired of it. After all these years, I just can’t see the point in lyi......
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Spasm!! Spasm!! Dang it!!
Matt Foreman
| March 25 2013 |
Weightlifting
We’re all such a bunch of little go-getters, aren’t we?
We love to train hard. One of the big pleasures in our lives is going to the gym and working our asses off until we’re drained, sore, and completely shot. We want to feel like we made ourselves better, conquered obstacles, or whatever. Everybody who reads this blog knows what I’m talking about, so I don’t need to explain it much more.
And we get sore, right? Actually, it often goes way past “sore.&......
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What the #@%! just happened?
Matt Foreman
| March 12 2013 |
Weightlifting
Let me tell you about a little conversation I had recently. This is an exchange between me and one of the gals I coach after she attempted a heavy snatch and missed it.
Me: “Okay, do you know what you did wrong on that one?”
Her: “Yeah.”
Me: “What did you do?”
Her: “I f-----d up.”
I love people. They’re my favorite.
We all know things aren’t always going to be perfect, right? We’re going to miss attempts occasi......
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Some Words From The Olympic Champions
Matt Foreman
| February 25 2013 |
Weightlifting
The London Olympics finished up a few months ago. Recently, I got the new issue of World Weightlifting in my mailbox. For those of you who haven’t heard of it, World Weightlifting is the official magazine of the International Weightlifting Federation. It’s published in Europe and comes out about four times a year. I’ve been subscribing to it since the eighties.
Anyway, this latest issue had the Olympic Games coverage. One of the parts I dug the most was the post-meet interv......
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We Need More Disciplinarians
Matt Foreman
| February 11 2013 |
Weightlifting
Do you want to know one of the things I find most pathetic in weightlifting, and sports in general?
It’s when coaches let their best athletes get away with crappy behavior, simply because they’re the best athletes.
This makes me want to puke. It’s even worse when the coaches make excuses for the athletes and their shenanigans, defending them and playing the “they didn’t do anything wrong” card.
It’s sad to say, but I’ve seen this more tha......
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You Got a Lot of Freakin Problems
Matt Foreman
| January 28 2013 |
Weightlifting
Okay, I’m gonna make a list of common problems weightlifters have. Read this and keep a running tally of how many you A) have right now or B) have had in the past. I’ll write them as quotes so they sound authentic.
1) “My lockout sucks. I can pull snatches pretty high and clean a lot of weight, but my lockout when I get the bar over my head is terrible.”
2) “I jump forward in the snatch. I didn’t used to do it, but now I do it all the time and I can’......
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Motivation, Inspiration, and Stabbing
Matt Foreman
| January 14 2013 |
Weightlifting
I want you to think of someone who’s a good motivator.
Know what I mean? This has to be somebody with a really strong ability to get you fired up, feeling positive and ready to rage. You’ve probably got the name of a coach in your head right now. Hopefully it’s the coach you’re currently working with, or maybe it’s somebody from your earlier years.
Now, I have to shift gears for a second. Let me tell you a story about the worst motivator I’ve ever known.......
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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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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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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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