Great interview with Donny Shankle. Best quote, “You gotta pull on the bar like your ripping the head off of a God-damned lion!”
Category Archives: Weightlifting
Weightlifting World Team Announced
USA Weightlifting has announced the world team for 2010. Here’s the list of people representing the US in Antalya Turkey from September 17th till the 26th. This years worlds, and next years will determine the number of “slots” or people we get to have in the 2012 Olympic Games in London. So, it ain’t no… Continue Reading
Zen Quote of the Day – Joe Mills
Don’t think, you’re ill-equipped. You can get a lot more of Joe Mills’ quotes in the new issue of Strength Plus Magazine here.
Strength Plus Magazine – July Issue!
Another great issue of Strength+ magazine is out. You can go here to download it. Inside are articles on the 2010 Nationals, including the Burgener couple making the world team. (As a side note, I was sad not to see Oregon’s Sarah Bertram not making the team, but that’s another story.) The issue also has… Continue Reading
Tom Platz – 23 Reps with 500 Pounds!
Pay close attention here, folks. This is a Bodybuilder, not a weightlifter or powerlifter. He’s training for size, not specifically strength. He’s also credited with having the best legs of any Bodybuilder – ever. Did he spend lots of time on the leg press machine? Leg extensions? Machines? Nope! He squatted – a ton. And… Continue Reading
Glenn Pendlay on How to Become a Great Coach – Plus 5 Things I’ve Learned
Here’s a link (pdf file) of a great interview Glenn Pendlay did on Strength training for sports. For me, as a strength coach, this was the key quote: If you really want to know how to get people stronger, train yourself like a madman, learn all you can from that, seek out people who know… Continue Reading
315 Deadlift by a 120 Pound Girl
Nia Shanks hardly looks like she works out … but boy does she!! Here’s her sumo deadlifting 315: And here she is doing 275 for 3 reps!
USA Weightlifting Goes CrossFit! Pro or Con?
One of my lifters, Beth, tipped me off to this new development at USA Weightlifting: A new hybrid USAW/CrossFit competition: The event will join weightlifting – one of the oldest Olympic sports – with CrossFit – one of the most popular strength and conditioning programs in the nation that combines weightlifting, sprinting and gymnastics. Yep,… Continue Reading
The Importance of the Strength Coach
Check out this ESPN article on the rise and the development of the Strength Coach’s role in sports. Click here. “It used to be that it almost was a boutique thing if you had a strength coach, a luxury,” Kelly said. “It’s now become a leadership position. The strength and conditioning coordinator is on parallel… Continue Reading
