Olympic Weightlifting: Catalyst Athletics

	Athlete Interview: Caine Wilkes Matt Foreman \| March 1 2014 \| Interviews 400 kilos is a lot of weight. It’s 881 pounds. Totaling 400 kilos in an Olympic weightlifting competition is extremely hard to do. How close are you to this number, personally? You’re probably a long ways away. Don’t feel bad about it. Only seven American weightlifters in the history of the sport have achieved this result. Caine Wilkes is very close to becoming th...

	True or False: You can't build muscle with body weight exercises Beth Skwarecki \| March 1 2014 \| Gymnastics & Bodyweight They're equally perfect for cramped hotel rooms, sunny days in the park, and snowy days when you can't leave your house. They're cheaper than any gym membership, and allow zero excuses for missing a workout. Bodyweight exercises have a lot going for them. But how effective are they? Can you really build muscle from a bodyweight regimen? First let's talk about what counts as a bodywe...

	Forging Better Lives Kyle J Smith \| March 1 2014 \| CrossFit We all have different reasons for becoming CrossFit coaches. CrossFit changed your life and you want to help others… Exercising is the most fun part of your day, might as well get paid to do it… You got into health and fitness because you love it but personal training really sucks (this is my story.) After spending some time as a coach, having yelled “3...2...1...GO!” mor...

	Recipes: Issue 110 Scott Hagnas \| March 1 2014 \| Recipes Orange Amaretto Eggs This unusual but delicious combination is great for a Sunday morning! Time: 10 minutes • 3 eggs • 2 tsp. coconut oil • 1 Mandarin orange • 1 Tbsp. slivered almonds • 1 tsp. amaretto • sea salt Peel and segment the orange, and th...

	Weightlifting News: Issue 110 Sam Holmes \| March 1 2014 \| Olympic Weightlifting Upcoming National Meets Youth National Championships and Youth Olympic Games Trials: Daytona Beach, Florida, June 12-15 National Championships: Salt Lake City, Utah, July 17-20 Upcoming International Meets

	The 30-Day Meal Plan: Pros and Cons Yael Grauer \| March 1 2014 \| Nutrition So you've decided to bite the bullet and do a month-long Paleo challenge, but it’s not your first time. You’ve already done the super strict version years ago, trying to prove to yourself that eating grains really does (or doesn’t) get you completely out of whack. This time, maybe you're trying to win a challenge at your gym, or tighten up your diet to make weight (or maximize pe...

	Hyping Up vs. Calming Down: What’s the Best Method? Matt Foreman \| March 1 2014 \| Olympic Weightlifting Do you want to know one of the things that always bothers me when I watch weightlifting? It’s when lifters perform some kind of elaborate, showy psyche-up ritual before they walk up to the bar and attempt a lift. You see this a little bit in Olympic weightlifting, but not much. In powerlifting, you see it all the time. I’m talking about these situations where the athletes are on the pl...

	Specificity In Training for Strength Chad Wesley Smith \| March 1 2014 \| Strength For the powerlifter, sport practice is the squat (to depth with competition stance and equipment), bench press (with a pause on the chest with competition grip and equipment), and the deadlift (from the floor with competition stance and equipment). For the weightlifter, sport practice is the snatch (from the floor with your competition grip) and the clean & jerk (from the floor...

	Complexes Greg Everett \| March 1 2014 \| Olympic Weightlifting The excitement seems to be waning a little already, but at least momentarily, weightlifting complexes were the coolest thing on the internet. People had a cure for everything involving a lifting complex, and many blurred the line considerably between weightlifting and conditioning. Many articles included something about “getting shredded” in the titles, which to me is a sure sign that ...

	Ask Greg: Issue 110 Greg Everett \| March 1 2014 \| Ask Greg *Emily Asks:* Hey Greg... do you have any suggestions for assistance exercises to help improve my clean and jerk? Right now I am following your strength by feel cycle—and for my 4RM jerk from the rack I am easily able to hit 90%+ without an issue... however on Saturdays when it comes to maxing out the Clean and Jerk after snatches, I can barely hit over 90%... wh...