Weightlifting
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A Quick Thought About Coaching People Who Think They Suck
Matt Foreman
| October 10 2012 |
Weightlifting
Several years ago, I was hanging out in the warm-up room at a meet, chatting with a guy who was a two-time Olympian. Neither of us were competing in this contest, so we were just relaxing backstage and watching the other lifters get ready. One of the athletes warming up was a relatively new guy who trained with the Olympian dude I was talking to. Here is the conversation we had:
Me (pointing at the new guy as he warmed up): “That guy trains with you, right?”
Two-time Olympian: ......
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Stop And Smell The Chalk
Mike Gray
| October 8 2012 |
Weightlifting
Those of you who are reading this are probably now or have been in your life pretty passionate about Olympic lifting. I want you to stop and think about this chapter in your life; for some it will be quick and for others it might very well be a lifetime.
We have all at one time hated and or loved it for myriad reasons. Those days when you feel like absolute crap and getting out of bed is a freaking chore, driving to the gym and you hit every bit of traffic in the city and warming up feels lik......
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10 Things New Women Weightlifters Should Know
Aimee Anaya Everett
| October 1 2012 |
Weightlifting
1. Lift with other girls. Lifting with men is motivating; however, they just don’t understand certain things. Such as why we act crazy in the gym. Only girls can understand why you have to turn up Fergalicious or Beat It on Pandora to pump you up and/or have you break out in your PR dance. I think other girls, especially those who you have built a strong friendship with and have a sense of loyalty to, will keep you motivated even on the worst of days, and be smiling and cheering with you o......
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A Letter To Catalyst Athletics (and Everybody Else)
Matt Foreman
| September 24 2012 |
Weightlifting
Do you ever get embarrassed when you think about some of the stupid things you said when you were younger? I think we all probably do. We remember some idiotic comments we made, things we knew we shouldn’t have said out loud, and we wonder how our heads ever got jammed so far up our butts. I cringe sometimes when I think about stuff that came out of my mouth when I was in my twenties.
Over the years, I’ve changed a lot. That’s normal, I guess. We all grow up and mature, and......
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Competition Anxiety...it Never Goes Away
Matt Foreman
| September 10 2012 |
Weightlifting
You’re a weightlifter at a national championship. It’s the night before you compete, and you’re alone in your hotel room. These are the thoughts that go through your mind.
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I wish I had my own room. I would totally get my own room if I had any money. I have to room with four of my teammates, and they all competed already because they’re in the lighter weight classes and those go first at nationals. So now they’re out looking for drinks an......
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Spread The Bar, But Not That Way
Greg Everett
| August 29 2012 |
Weightlifting
A lot of people have been cued to "spread the bar" or "pull the bar apart" when overhead in the snatch. I'm not a big fan of this cue, because in my mind, the effort to pull a bar apart means gripping it tightly. A tight grip on the bar overhead and/or as you're trying to finalize the lockout will slow the elbow extension down and limit how well the elbows can ext
end.
If you want to think of spreading the bar, do it by pushing the bar apart through youir palms. Push the ......
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Athlete Selection For Weightlifting
Bob Takano
| August 29 2012 |
Weightlifting
One of the topics touched upon by national coach Zygmunt Smalcerz was the selection of candidates for the national weightlifting program in Poland. To many readers this may sound like a novel concept since we don’t practice it in this country, and there is a considerable bias against selection for elite programs in general. In an effort to counter ageism, sexism, racism and any number of other “-isms”, there is a fair percentage of the general public that believes that anyone......
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Keeping Your Gym Environment Strong
Matt Foreman
| August 27 2012 |
Weightlifting
When you’re a coach, one of your responsibilities is protecting your gym’s mojo.
What the heck am I talking about? Let me explain. First, we have to understand what “mojo” is. The mojo in your gym is a collective feeling of teamwork, enthusiasm, positive energy, and work ethic. Some gyms have incredibly strong mojo. You can see it when you’ve trained in one of these places for a little while. You look around and notice things.
Everybody is training hard, locke......
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10 More Things New Weightlifters Should Know
Mike Gray
| August 22 2012 |
Weightlifting
1. More isn’t always better, it’s just more.
2. After a PR, you get 24 hours to enjoy it. Then get your ass back to work. If you are anything like me, sleeping that night will be hard.
3. If you feel great full lifts, if you feel a bit off then do power versions, if you feel really bad do some pulls. What I am saying here is if you feel busted up and can’t quite perform a full lifts then do power movements, if you feel really busted up then do pulls.
4. You should tr......
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Something We Learned At The Olympics
Matt Foreman
| August 13 2012 |
Weightlifting
Hopefully, you all got to watch a lot of weightlifting action at the Olympics over the last couple of weeks. NBCOlympics.com is like a gift from the heavens, showing complete replay coverage of every weight class. This is the first Olympics in my life when I’ve been able to see the entire competition. When I sit down at the computer to watch one of these replays, I practically go into a trance. The whole world just tunes out for a while. One of my cats could be on fire and I wouldn’t......
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