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Hot Streaks In Weightlifting, Volume Two
Matt Foreman
| March 9 2012 |
Weightlifting
Have you ever sat down and written out your lifting goals on paper? I think it’s part of being on a hot streak. When your lifts are going through the roof, you start to think about how much progress you’re going to make in the future months based on what you’ve done recently. So you plan out a month-to-month max out schedule, or maybe you plan out a whole year of meets if you’re a competitive lifter. You write a timetable where you’re going ......
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Hot Streaks In Weightlifting, Volume One
Matt Foreman
| February 28 2012 |
Weightlifting
Let’s talk about “hot streaks.”
Plainly stated, a hot streak is a time period where you’re making major progress. Training is basically perfect, competitions are huge successes, and personal records are falling like Irishmen on payday. It’s a phase you hit where you’re just kicking serious ass, plain and simple. You’re en fuego!
Both athletes and coaches have hot streaks from time to time. As an athlete, it’s p......
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The Pusher Don't Care: Ibuprofen And Weightlifting
Matt Foreman
| February 16 2012 |
Weightlifting
What’s your opinion about ibuprofen?
I know it’s a subject that some of you probably aren’t hip to. Based on what I’ve seen on Catalyst Athletics, I think we’ve got pretty educated readers. It’s obvious from the comments I see on this website that many of you do thorough research on things, so I’m sure there are a lot of you who have done some reading on ibuprofen.
Consequently, I’m betting that many of you have ne......
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What A Lovely Bottom
Matt Foreman
| February 2 2012 |
Weightlifting
Okay, a little personal information is necessary to write this post. I have to talk about myself so I can transition into talking about you. For those of you who don’t know, I had a major knee surgery back in June 2011. It was ACL reconstruction, which is the big kahuna. My surgeon told me that I would be able to expect the following recovery progression after the operation:
- Six weeks post-surgery- box squats above parallel
- Ten-twelve......
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Dilemmas Of Competition And Retirement
Matt Foreman
| January 29 2012 |
Weightlifting
I love it when I read things that get me thinking, because that’s when I get ideas for stuff to write.
One of the recent posts on this blog was from my friend Aimee Anaya Everett Fergie Madonna Spears, and one of the big questions in it was whether or not she wants to continue competing in weightlifting. Powerful writing with tons of heartfelt honesty, as is always the case with her. However, I was also really interested in all the comments that followed her blog. ......
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Motivation
Aimee Anaya Everett
| January 24 2012 |
Weightlifting
What do you do when the thing you thought you loved is actually making you miserable? You find the reason. You have a good way of lying to yourself… I think that is where the old saying came from: your heart wants one thing but your mind wants another.
Here is my life story. And I am choked up and my eyes are clouded with tears, because I have to admit what I have known all along.
When I train I listen to Vanilla Ice. I bounce around to Britney Spears and Michael Jackson. I stre......
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Coach, I Totally Get It Now! Coaching Cues
Matt Foreman
| January 20 2012 |
Weightlifting
Here’s a weird little phenomenon to think about, because it’s something that works as a blessing for an athlete and an irritation for a coach.
In your time as a lifter, have you ever had a situation where somebody gives you a technical piece of advice that totally makes everything click? This is probably a small suggestion, usually from a random person who isn’t your regular coach, and you feel like the secret of the universe has been unlocked when you hear ......
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New Weightlifting Class
Greg Everett
| January 19 2012 |
Weightlifting
We've had such an overwhelming response to our new non-competitive weightlifting class that we're going to open a second section if response is adequate. This new section will be at 6 pm on Tuesdays and Fridays.The current class filled and ended up with a waiting list very quickly, so if you want to sign up, contact us as soon as possible. We will be starting Friday February 3rd.This is a 2-day/week program involving both technical and strength work.Contact us ASAP to get signed up......
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The Point: Technique For Olympic Weightlifting
Greg Everett
| January 17 2012 |
Weightlifting
I spend a lot of time on this website and elsewhere discussing weightlifting technique, often in intolerably boring detail. Why technical proficiency is necessary and important is been mentioned with regard to things like CrossFit™ and athletic training, but it occurred to me last night that I can’t think of a time when I’ve said explicitly why it’s important for… weightlifters.
Maybe this is unnecessary and I’m concerned for no reason, but presumably you&......
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Maybe They're Not That Bad: Personalities In The Gym
Matt Foreman
| January 11 2012 |
Weightlifting
I’m just going to ask you a blunt question, okay? Here it goes.
How often do you have to spend time in the gym with people you don’t like?
Think about the times, present or past, when you have to be around somebody you basically can’t stand. This might be somebody you have to train with as an athlete, somebody you coach, or maybe somebody you have to work with in some other way. Whatever the situation, this person bugs the hell out of you. I hate to ......
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