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
Tag Archives: strength
The Dinosaur Paradox and the Muscle Size/Strength Ratio
Why the hell did Dinosaurs get so big? How could they? Wouldn’t it be impossible given Galileo’s square-cube law? In what has become known as the dinosaur paradox, a few key issues have plagued scientists. Inadequate bone strength to support the largest dinosaurs Inadequate muscle strength to lift and move the largest dinosaurs Unacceptable high… 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
Does Weightlifting Make You Big And Strong?
Duh!Check out this picture of my softball team. Take a wild guess which guy I am … If you guessed the short dude with big arms (and slicked back greaser hair) in the front, you’re right! If you are serious about turning your skinny, fragile body into the body of an athlete, you HAVE to… Continue Reading
Strength Plus Magazine – First Issue!
Check out the first issue of a new online strength magazine focused on Olympic Weightlifting, Strength Plus. Scroll to the bottom and right click the image of Kendrick Ferris to ‘save as’. It looks like this: This issue is ‘inside the French system’. Oooh, sexy! It’s pretty massive (70 pages). It also includes an interview… Continue Reading
Everything You Know About Fitness is Wrong – Zen Quote of the Day
Oscar Wilde, from The Importance of Being Ernest Everything popular is wrong That may not sound very Zen, but it is. It comes down to being aware of the natural human instinct to jump on bandwagons. The more aware you are of any natural tendency the more rationally you can react to them. And jumpin’… Continue Reading
Apolo Ono: Olympic Workout
Apolo Ono is no slouch on the ice. No surprise then that he is no slouch in the gym. Check out this video of one of his workouts that not only includes some great squatting, but some intense one-leg plyo jumping. Very cool.
Olympic Weightlifting for a Tight Tone Body
Here’s Cara Heads, the 2000 Olympian taking someone off the street and teaching them the Olympic lifting movements to prove her point that anyone can get into this sport for fun and fitness. I have proven over and over in my coaching practice that I can show ANYONE how to do the basic Olympic lifts… Continue Reading
Basket Ball Conditioning
Robert Taylor discusses the importance of actually using basketball as a part of a basketball players conditioning. I know that may sound obvious, but the fact is, we weightlifting coaches are rather weightroom centric. Unfortunately, the way sports performance is approached today, strength coaches almost never have any contact with sport coaches. Be sure to… Continue Reading
