Neuromuscular Coordination in Weightlifting. The YO-YO Analogy.
The process in educating oneself to understand how the human machine works in weightlifting can be confusing and frustrating. Long...
How to improve recovery, wellness and minimize risk while progressing in weightlifting.
Most athletes don’t want to invest in their health until pain makes it a priority. I have seen this play out in a number of sports...
U.S. VS China 4 main differences in training.
It is the opinion of well-known coaches in the U.S. that when it comes to training methodollogy, the U.S. largely develops weightlifters...
How should we then train without drugs?
One can go deep down into many different rabbit holes in attempting to answer this question. I will address two main topics in answering...
Don't Look Back.
Weightlifting and Sprinting have a lot in common. Both activities rely on steady nerves and supreme focus. At the start of a 100 meter...
The principle of "tenty" and it's uses for weightlifting.
In recent years, countless videos have surfaced on youtube and Instagram of weightlifters doing partial movements to improve structural...
Truth VS Feelings. What will take you farther in weightlifting.
This is not intended to be a philosophical nor theological post. It simply is some advice to help lifters achieve goals and reach his or...
How to achieve optimal transition to the 2nd pull/phase for the Snatch and Clean.
This particular phase in weightlifting is crucial in order to position the bar efficiently so a lifter can generate enough vertical...
Never say "Never."
In weightlifting as in any sport, you often find what works by discovering what doesn’t. In the quest to snatch your own body weight or...
An Explanation of 2 Russian Terms. "Padriff" and "Padriff bez Prishka."
A long time ago, St. Thomas of Aquinas stated we use language in 3 basic ways to convey meaning. Equivocally, univocally and analogically. The second way univocally is what we will focus on to understand these Russian terms. Let's begin with "padriff", which means to thrust/extend the legs when pulling. It does not mean to jump up. There are dozens of words in Russian that do mean to jump up. "Prygat" means to forcefully push oneself off the ground into the air. "Vskochit"
