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True or False: Caffeine is Bad For You
Full disclosure: I’m writing this while drinking my 3rd coffee of the day. I’ve tried not to let this influence my judgment. Caffeine has long been pigeonholed as a “sin,” alongside things like alcohol, fast food, and suga... Continue reading
Full disclosure: I’m writing this while drinking my 3rd coffee of the day. I’ve tried not to let this influence my judgment. Caffeine has long been pigeonholed as a “sin,” alongside things like alcohol, fast food, and suga... Continue reading
Conditioning and Weightlifting: Some Thoughts on the Confusion
There’s a lot of talk about weightlifting, conditioning, CrossFit, and how they can all fit together if you want to do everything. The goal of this article is to help people make good choices for themselves with the amount of information out th... Continue reading
There’s a lot of talk about weightlifting, conditioning, CrossFit, and how they can all fit together if you want to do everything. The goal of this article is to help people make good choices for themselves with the amount of information out th... Continue reading
Your Checklist for a Weightlifting Comeback (You’re Gonna Need It)
Let’s talk about comebacks, shall we? A comeback is any situation where you return to success after being knocked down to the bottom. Those knockdowns can take many forms…defeat, injury, or any of the various types of failure we can all ... Continue reading
Let’s talk about comebacks, shall we? A comeback is any situation where you return to success after being knocked down to the bottom. Those knockdowns can take many forms…defeat, injury, or any of the various types of failure we can all ... Continue reading
Ask Greg: Issue 153
Jonathan Asks: When performing a lift, many lifters jump forward instead of back on their heels. What is a good way to fix this issue? Greg Says: How you fix this problem depends on what’s causing it, which can vary considerably among ... Continue reading
Jonathan Asks: When performing a lift, many lifters jump forward instead of back on their heels. What is a good way to fix this issue? Greg Says: How you fix this problem depends on what’s causing it, which can vary considerably among ... Continue reading
True or False: Foam Rolling Doesn’t Work and is a Waste of Time
Foam rollers first appeared in the 1980s. They started out life as tools used by practitioners of the Feldenkrais method to support the body in certain positions and for balance work until PT and Feldenkrais student Sean Gallagher began using them fo... Continue reading
Foam rollers first appeared in the 1980s. They started out life as tools used by practitioners of the Feldenkrais method to support the body in certain positions and for balance work until PT and Feldenkrais student Sean Gallagher began using them fo... Continue reading
How to Destroy Your Gym on Social Media
It's no secret that social media presence can help make a newly opened gym successful. Marketing with Facebook and Instagram is free, so there's no reason gym owners shouldn't be utilizing it. There's an old adage that says, "all... Continue reading
It's no secret that social media presence can help make a newly opened gym successful. Marketing with Facebook and Instagram is free, so there's no reason gym owners shouldn't be utilizing it. There's an old adage that says, "all... Continue reading
Using Bodybuilding for Olympic Weightlifting…Seriously
Let me describe a standard path-towards-Olympic-weightlifting that happened frequently during the era I started in the sport. Back in the 1980s and 90s (before the internet), it was extremely common for people who were interested in lifting weights t... Continue reading
Let me describe a standard path-towards-Olympic-weightlifting that happened frequently during the era I started in the sport. Back in the 1980s and 90s (before the internet), it was extremely common for people who were interested in lifting weights t... Continue reading
Ask Greg: Issue 152
Sam Asks: When programming leading up to a meet. What should your program look like 2 weeks out and 1 week out? Greg Says: This can vary quite a bit depending on a few things, such as the skill level of the athlete, the types of ... 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: This can vary quite a bit depending on a few things, such as the skill level of the athlete, the types of ... Continue reading
Weightlifting News: Issue 152
Upcoming National Meets September 8-10 AO Series 3 (Grand Rapids, MI) December 7-10 AO Championships (Anaheim, CA) Upcoming International Meets October 21-28 Youth Pan Ams (Cali, Colombia) November 28-December 6 IWF World Championships (... Continue reading
Upcoming National Meets September 8-10 AO Series 3 (Grand Rapids, MI) December 7-10 AO Championships (Anaheim, CA) Upcoming International Meets October 21-28 Youth Pan Ams (Cali, Colombia) November 28-December 6 IWF World Championships (... Continue reading
Interview: Phil Andrews
Administrators come and go in Olympic weightlifting. I’ve been in the sport since the late 1980s, and it would take some effort to remember all the people who have been involved in running USA Weightlifting since then. I was on the USAW Board o... Continue reading
Administrators come and go in Olympic weightlifting. I’ve been in the sport since the late 1980s, and it would take some effort to remember all the people who have been involved in running USA Weightlifting since then. I was on the USAW Board o... Continue reading
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