Interview with Jim Schmitz

Thanks to Barry Kinsella at Weightlifting Epiphanies for this 3 part interview with the great American weightlifting coach Jim Schmitz.

Part 1

Part 2, technique

Part 3, programming and competitions

Glenn Pendlay Interview

ExRx has an interview with Glenn Pendlay here. In it he covers all kinds of stuff including a discussion about some of his athletes (including a 60 year old masters world champion), his own history, and training philosophy.

Important quote:  “The quicker you are, the less strong you have to be to make the same lift.”

He also discusses how there is no such thing as any one exercise to measure how strong someone is.