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The Effects Of Leg Length & Gut Size On The Olympic Lifts: Ask Greg
Greg Everett | May 15 2012 | Ask Greg
Josh Asks: What changes, mainly in the starting positions of the lifts, will people with long legs/short torso have to make compared to people with short legs/long torso? To what extent will these variations alter the execution of the lifts as well?
Similarly, if an individual has an excessively large stomach, clearly the bar path won't be as vertical because the bar must travel around their gu...
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How To Avoid Sucking When You Get Older
Matt Foreman | May 15 2012 | General
How many of you have seen a movie called Vision Quest? It’s a 1985 flick about a high school wrestler who wants to make his mark in life by accomplishing something huge, so he decides to drop two weight classes and challenge the toughest undefeated grappler in the state. Along the way, he falls in love for the first time and has to weave through all the confusion and frustration that go alon...
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Olympic Weightlifting For Sports: Pre-order New Book Now
Greg Everett | May 8 2012 | General
My new book, Olympic Weightlifting for Sports, is now available for pre-order. This book focuses on athletes and coaches outside of the competitive weightlifting world to present a method of teaching the Olympic lifts and their variants simply, safely and effectively to all types of athletes. Also includes information on program design and flexibility training to prepare athletes to perform the li...
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Grip Strength Program for Weightlifting
Greg Everett | April 30 2012
I've written about grip strength for weightlifting before, but have remained fairly vague with regard to actual training protocols. This time, I’m going to give you a simple program that you can start using right away as is, or modify a bit to suit your training schedule or individual needs.
When it comes to grip strength for weightlifting, really what we’re talking about is the sna...
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