Language matters. Every weightlifting coach who has ever used verbal cues to change a lifter’s movement has an implicit belief in the power of words to change actions. So does every weightlifter who re-tools their understanding of the movement with a few words from their coach. When they are primed for it, the right phrase …
Bad days happen. In this sport, bad weeks, bad months, and possibly, bad years happen. This does not mean progress is completely absent, but there probably is not a meaningful amount of it. The competition total just floats around the same point, maybe dips, and anything higher seems elusive. Each meet performance is sub-par, bordering …
This is a series in which we will attempt to collect, reflect on, and make sense of the great information given to us by the growing number of coaches and athletes we have interviewed on the podcast. The podcast this article is based on is embedded at the bottom of this page. You can see …
INTRODUCTION A study recently published (2019) in PLOS ONE, conducted by Serrano et al, examined the muscle phenotype of twenty-one World/Olympic and National-caliber weightlifters. The researchers aimed to establish an understanding of the fiber type profiles of elite strength/power athletes. The influence of muscle fiber types on athletic performance is well known, but data profiling …
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This is a series in which we will attempt to collect, reflect on, and make sense of the great information given to us by the growing number of coaches and athletes we have interviewed on the podcast. The podcast this article is based on is embedded at the bottom of this page. You can see …
SETTING THE STAGE Two days in Cincinnati, Ohio – a total of 16 hours with Vladimir Safonov, Russian National coach, and a lot of lifting. Steven D’s gym hosted Vladimir and it was more than equipped to handle the number of people attending. There were plenty of platforms and all of the equipment was Eleiko. …
This is a series in which we will attempt to collect, reflect on, and make sense of the great information given to us by the growing number of coaches and athletes we have interviewed on the podcast. You can see the rest of the series here Travis Mash stands out as being the most frequently …
This article is one of our podcast-to-article features that we will be doing here at Weightlifting House – taking the most interesting podcast information from the greatest athletes and coaches around the world and turning them into the written form. Podcast link at the bottom of the page Cortney Batchelor snatching 86 kg at the …
This is a series in which we will attempt to collect, reflect on, and make sense of the great information given to us by the growing number of coaches and athletes we have interviewed on the podcast. You can see the rest of the series here We have been able to speak with Max on …
This is a series in which we will attempt to collect, reflect on, and make sense of the great information given to us by the growing number of coaches and athletes we have interviewed on the podcast. You can see the rest of the series here Before we dig into exactly what I learned, a …