About Catalyst Athletics
Since 2006
Since 2006
Catalyst Athletics is a USA Weightlifting National Champion team and is the world's leading source of educational material for Olympic weightlifting.
We publish online content from articles to videos and photos to Olympic weightlifting training programs and the largest online weightlifting exercise library; books in print and digital format; video in DVD, downloadable and streaming format; a monthly journal; and produced the first feature-length documentary film on the sport of weightlifting in the US. Additionally, we provide seminars, training camps and coaching certification both in the US and internationally.
We publish online content from articles to videos and photos to Olympic weightlifting training programs and the largest online weightlifting exercise library; books in print and digital format; video in DVD, downloadable and streaming format; a monthly journal; and produced the first feature-length documentary film on the sport of weightlifting in the US. Additionally, we provide seminars, training camps and coaching certification both in the US and internationally.
Who We Are
Catalyst Athletics was founded in 2006 by Greg Everett, who shortly after took over The Performance Menu journal, started in February 2005 with partners Robb & Nicki Wolf. Everett is the author of the books Olympic Weightlifting: A Complete Guide for Athletes & Coaches and Olympic Weightlifting for Sports, co-host of the Weightlifting Life Podcast, and publisher of The Performance Menu journal. He has coached over 40 national and international level lifters, including multiple national champions and national record holders, Pan Am and European Championships competitors and medalists, and World Championships competitors from multiple countries. He’s a USA Weightlifting International Coach, and was named 2021 Danish Coach of the Year—the first non-Danish coach to be awarded the honor. As an athlete, he is a fifth-place finisher at the USAW National Championships, masters national champion, masters American Open champion, and masters American record holder in the clean & jerk. Follow him on Instagram, Facebook, Threads, YouTube and TikTok.
Co-owner and coach of the competition team with Greg is Aimee Anaya Everett. She is a USAW senior international coach, the first female coach in the US to coach a weightlifter at the Olympics, a national champion weightlifter and former Olympic Training Center resident athlete, and masters American record holder. She has coached Olympic Weightlifting across all levels—she has youth athletes, National level athletes, Masters athletes, and has coached athletes at the World Championships, Pan Am Championships and Olympics, including a multiple American and Pan Am record holder, World Championship multi-medalist, and a Youth World Champion. She is also the head weightlifting coach for HWPO Training. Follow her on Instagram, Threads and TikTok.
We relocated in 2016 from the San Francisco Bay Area in California to central Oregon, closing our commercial gym business and transitioning into a private training facility exclusively for our weightlifting team.
Greg's training programs and methodology are used by athletes, coaches and gyms around the world—currently having been used by over 104,457 athletes.
Catalyst Athletics was founded in 2006 by Greg Everett, who shortly after took over The Performance Menu journal, started in February 2005 with partners Robb & Nicki Wolf. Everett is the author of the books Olympic Weightlifting: A Complete Guide for Athletes & Coaches and Olympic Weightlifting for Sports, co-host of the Weightlifting Life Podcast, and publisher of The Performance Menu journal. He has coached over 40 national and international level lifters, including multiple national champions and national record holders, Pan Am and European Championships competitors and medalists, and World Championships competitors from multiple countries. He’s a USA Weightlifting International Coach, and was named 2021 Danish Coach of the Year—the first non-Danish coach to be awarded the honor. As an athlete, he is a fifth-place finisher at the USAW National Championships, masters national champion, masters American Open champion, and masters American record holder in the clean & jerk. Follow him on Instagram, Facebook, Threads, YouTube and TikTok.
Co-owner and coach of the competition team with Greg is Aimee Anaya Everett. She is a USAW senior international coach, the first female coach in the US to coach a weightlifter at the Olympics, a national champion weightlifter and former Olympic Training Center resident athlete, and masters American record holder. She has coached Olympic Weightlifting across all levels—she has youth athletes, National level athletes, Masters athletes, and has coached athletes at the World Championships, Pan Am Championships and Olympics, including a multiple American and Pan Am record holder, World Championship multi-medalist, and a Youth World Champion. She is also the head weightlifting coach for HWPO Training. Follow her on Instagram, Threads and TikTok.
We relocated in 2016 from the San Francisco Bay Area in California to central Oregon, closing our commercial gym business and transitioning into a private training facility exclusively for our weightlifting team.
Greg's training programs and methodology are used by athletes, coaches and gyms around the world—currently having been used by over 104,457 athletes.
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- 794 Videos
- 495 Exercise Demos
- 54 Podcast Episodes
- 4843 Weightlifting Photos
- 11 Training Programs
- 1363 Journal Articles
