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How to Handle the Motivational Struggles of Weightlifting
Every once in a while, I like to write articles that are based on memorable quotes I’ve heard throughout my weightlifting career. After 30 years in the game, I’ve heard some doozies, both positive and negative. I’ve heard pearls of ... Continue reading
Every once in a while, I like to write articles that are based on memorable quotes I’ve heard throughout my weightlifting career. After 30 years in the game, I’ve heard some doozies, both positive and negative. I’ve heard pearls of ... Continue reading
Ask Greg: Issue 175
Charlie Asks: Thanks for putting all of your knowledge out there and making it accessible. My question pertains to body type. Specifically long limbed people with short torsos who struggle getting their knees out of the way in the first and seco... Continue reading
Charlie Asks: Thanks for putting all of your knowledge out there and making it accessible. My question pertains to body type. Specifically long limbed people with short torsos who struggle getting their knees out of the way in the first and seco... Continue reading
Being an athlete with Polycystic Ovarian Syndrome
What do Victoria Beckham, Jillian Michaels, Emma Thompson, Dara Torres and I have in common? We all have Polycystic Ovarian Syndrome (PCOS). PCOS is one of the most common metabolic disorders among women. It is difficult to diagnose because of the... Continue reading
What do Victoria Beckham, Jillian Michaels, Emma Thompson, Dara Torres and I have in common? We all have Polycystic Ovarian Syndrome (PCOS). PCOS is one of the most common metabolic disorders among women. It is difficult to diagnose because of the... Continue reading
How Knowing the Rules Makes a Difference in Competition (Or: Never Be a Jackass to a “Flight Attendantâ€)
Remember when you were a kid running at the pool and you slipped on the deck, and your mom yelled across the entire shallow end, “I’ve told you a thousand times not to run!!!” You knew for sure that never in your whole life had your... Continue reading
Remember when you were a kid running at the pool and you slipped on the deck, and your mom yelled across the entire shallow end, “I’ve told you a thousand times not to run!!!” You knew for sure that never in your whole life had your... Continue reading
Strategies for Coaching Deaf and Hard of Hearing Athletes
As a weightlifting coach, you want to help your athletes improve as much as possible. You probably have an entire playbook of cues, tips and tricks, drills and complexes. You have probably developed a particular coaching style. However, your style of... Continue reading
As a weightlifting coach, you want to help your athletes improve as much as possible. You probably have an entire playbook of cues, tips and tricks, drills and complexes. You have probably developed a particular coaching style. However, your style of... Continue reading
Interview: Mattie Sasser
Lots of weightlifters have interesting back stories and colorful journeys, but I don’t think I’ve heard many that can compare with the life of Mattie Sasser. How often have you known of a lifter who starts her career on a tiny island near... Continue reading
Lots of weightlifters have interesting back stories and colorful journeys, but I don’t think I’ve heard many that can compare with the life of Mattie Sasser. How often have you known of a lifter who starts her career on a tiny island near... Continue reading
Ask Greg: Issue 174
Sam Asks: When programming leading up to a meet, what should your program look like 2 weeks out and 1 week out? Greg Says: I can answer this is mostly general terms, but it does become pretty specific depending on how exactly an athlete trai... Continue reading
Sam Asks: When programming leading up to a meet, what should your program look like 2 weeks out and 1 week out? Greg Says: I can answer this is mostly general terms, but it does become pretty specific depending on how exactly an athlete trai... Continue reading
Not Quite New, Not Quite Intermediate...
I still remember the first time I ever picked up a barbell. I wanted to “get stronger” because after having my daughter, I realized I could not carry all eight pounds of her up and down the stairs without huffing and puffing like I had ju... Continue reading
I still remember the first time I ever picked up a barbell. I wanted to “get stronger” because after having my daughter, I realized I could not carry all eight pounds of her up and down the stairs without huffing and puffing like I had ju... Continue reading
Coaches Coaching Coaches: Say That Three Times Fast!
I have always had a firm stance on coaches in a sport like ours; everyone needs one. Whether it be a remote coach or the preferred in-person experience offering critique with every drop of the bar, a watchful eye is necessary to turn out a good lifte... Continue reading
I have always had a firm stance on coaches in a sport like ours; everyone needs one. Whether it be a remote coach or the preferred in-person experience offering critique with every drop of the bar, a watchful eye is necessary to turn out a good lifte... Continue reading
Bottoms Up Snatch Balance: Combating Soft Elbows in the Snatch
When performing a snatch, there is nothing more irritating than elevating the barbell high enough and committing to getting under it, only to miss it because of some foolish mistake. In the sport of weightlifting, the snatch is deemed the ‘fine... Continue reading
When performing a snatch, there is nothing more irritating than elevating the barbell high enough and committing to getting under it, only to miss it because of some foolish mistake. In the sport of weightlifting, the snatch is deemed the ‘fine... Continue reading
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