Many lifters make the mistake when first learning to snatch and clean of having NO grey area. What do I mean by that? They catch every lift either straight-legged or at rock-bottom! They treat each lift as if it was way too light, or super heavy. It’s time that you learned how to be a… Continue Reading
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Your Monthly Moment of Zen # 21
Zen Quote of the Day “They can because they think they can” – Virgil This Month in the World of Weightlifting USA Weightlifting announces that we’ll have 5 female and 6 male lifters representing America at the Pan Am Games being held in Guadalajara, Mexico. Oct. 23-27. WOMEN: Sarah Robles, Chioma Amaechi, Kelly Rexroad-Williams, Hilary… Continue Reading
Zen Mind, Big Snatch, Part II: Yang
This is the second part of a two-part series on Zen Weightlifting, Yin vs Yang, and Becoming a Samurai on the Platform. Read the first part about your inner Yin, here. Most of the time on this blog I emphasize the need for you to develop a calm and tranquil mind. Given the stress levels… Continue Reading
Zen Mind, Big Snatch, Part I: Yin
This is part 1, read Part 2 here. Most lifters are one-sided. They are either aggressive, able to finish the pull hard, will go after anything, but throw the bar all over the place and miss the big weights because they can’t control the trajectory of the bar. Or, they are mellow, have nice (even… Continue Reading
The 20/20 Weightlifting Workout ala Joe Mills: 20 reps in 20 minutes, on the minute
“Perfect Practice make Perfect” – Joe Mills Sometimes it’s good to shake things up. This week at PDX Weightlifting we’re doing exactly that. It’s the second of two loading weeks (read here for some idea on what that means), and we’re doing a variant of an old Joe Mills workout that has become known as… Continue Reading
Samurai Strength Episode 0 – Ask Me Your Weightlifting Questions
I get a lot of emails from readers asking me questions about how to do this or that in weightlifting. How do I rack a front squat? How do you stop from jumping forward during a clean/snatch? Why can’t I seem to lock out my arms? Etc. So, I’ve decided to start a new video… Continue Reading
Fitness Book Review: FIT by Lon Kilgore, Michael Hartman, and Justin Lascek
You know that guy in the gym who has been showing up everyday for the last 5 years, works hard, and yet never seems to get anywhere? There’s a reason for that. The poor guy THINKS he’s doing everything right. He thinks this because he read it in a book or magazine at some seminal… Continue Reading
Weightlifting in Paradise: Kaua’i Snatch Clinic Videos
When Leslie and I checked into our hotel in Kaua’i for our honey moon the first thing we did was inquire about the workout facilities. To our chagrin the only option at the hotel was a bowflex. That’s it. Let me tell you, there is only so much two Olympic lifters are going to be… Continue Reading
Your Monthly Moment of Zen #20
Zen Quote of the Month: “The whole problem with the world is that fools and fanatics are always so certain of themselves, and wiser people so full of doubts.” – Bertrand Russell This Month in the World of Weightlifting: Lon Kilgore, Michael Hartman, and Justin Lascek have published a new book, FIT. I’ve already grabbed… Continue Reading
Intermittent Fasting, The Vodka Diet, OR How I Got Skinny For My Wedding Like a Real Man
Call me girly, but I had no intentions of being fat at my wedding. Unfortunately, with only a few months to go, that was exactly the situation I was facing. I needed to take drastic measures, measures most will find insane. And, because of my experimental personality, I took them! Lo and behold, it worked! … Continue Reading
