We were somewhere around Barstow on the edge of the desert when the Squats began to take hold … And suddenly there was a terrible roar all round us and the sky was full of what looked like huge bats, all swooping and screeching and diving around the car, which was going about a hundred… Continue Reading
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An Olympic Weightlifting Peaking Program – Our 4-Week Training Leading Up to the Oregon State Championships
The state championships this year went really well for us. Beth and Amy won their weight classes. Brandon set 2 Jr. State Records (Clean and Jerk and Total, the snatch record was already his, and he matched it). Chris hit life-time PR’s in the Snatch, Clean and Jerk, and Total. Jake hit PR’s so big… Continue Reading
Review of the CrossFit/USAW Open
The first ever CrossFit/USA Weightlifting Open event is now over; my Athlete, Beth, who competed in it, is home; and I’ve spent a fair amount of time watching the replays over on the CrossFit site. Now it’s time to review what I think (and hope) the impact of this groundbreaking event will be. The contest… Continue Reading
Tommy Kono Open
My friend, and fellow Portland Oly lifter, Mighty Kat blogs about her time at the Tommy Kono Open and includes the 10 things she learned while there. I particularly like the first: 1. Having tape at a meet is like having cigarettes around smokers. People will come out of the woodwork to bum some. Very… Continue Reading
Kendrick Ferris at the Arnold 2010
Here’s all three of his attempts at each lift compiled. Notice the wild way he misses his last clean and jerk. He gets driven down by the spring of the bar in the set up for the jerk, so that he can’t use the bounce to get the weight up. Shockingly, he still rides it… Continue Reading
