Becoming an Olympic Weightlifter is like becoming a Samurai. CrossFit is like hunting dinosaurs with a canon. Both are awesome, but in totally different ways! Despite this, the two groups seem to find themselves in bed together quite often. And, increasingly, CrossFit athletes are become ever hungrier for knowledge about how they can train to… Continue Reading
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Your Monday Moment of Zen #11 AND Rest in Peace Jack Lalanne!
Zen Quote of the Week: “Your age is the sum total of your physical condition, the condition of your mind, and how you feel.” – Jack Lalanne This week in the world of weightlifting: Jack Lalanne dies at the age of 96 (New York Times piece, NPR piece and here’s Mike T. Nelson’s 5 things… 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
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
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
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
USAW Level 1 Coaching Course in Vancouver, Washington
A nearby weightlifting club is running a level 1 coaching course on May 23rd right here in the Metro-area of Portland – specifically in Vancouver (known as “the ‘couve”). It’s being organized by Bridget Raach, and the coach will be Harvey Newton. It’s a good certification to get if you have any interest in coaching… Continue Reading
5 Things to Look for in a Strength Coach
Bob Takano has a new article up at his blog in which he mentions a talk he gave to a bunch of parents of volleyball athletes about the importance of determining whether your son’s or daughter’s strength coach is qualified to do what it is your child needs done. Good strength coaching is becoming a… Continue Reading
