It was 73F today here in Northeast Texas. On December 12. On the one hand this was great because I got to do farmers carries in a t-shirt and shorts. On the other hand, I had to go to a semi-formal holiday party this evening. So what you are asking yourself. Well I am a […]
Archive | December, 2015
Internal Rotation in the Lockout
As I start to teach classes to beginners in the olympic lifts, it is becoming very clear to me that different cues work differently for different people. I’m a surgeon. When I heard somebody explain the position of the arms when locked out overhead as, “internally rotating your humerus” that resonated with me. I understood […]
Masters at the American Open
Last week the senior American Open was held in Reno just one week after the World Championships in Houston. So much great weightlifting in America this year!! For once I was not glued to the live feed because I was worried that I had reached the limits of my family’s tolerance of my weightlifting obsession […]
What To Wear in Olympic Weightlifting Competitions
I think we’re incredibly lucky in olympic weightlifting that we do not have to buy singlets or equipment from specific manufacturers like the lifters in some powerlifting federations. Looking at those pictures, there is just a sea of similar looking singlets and belts. USAW and the IWF are much more liberal about what you can […]
Olympic Weightlifting with the PUSH Band
NOTE: I AM NOT AFFILIATED WITH PUSH STRENGTH NOR IS THE LINK IN THIS ARTICLE AN AFFILIATE LINK. THIS IS JUST MY PERSONAL EXPERIENCE AND OPINION USING THE DEVICE. As you may know, I train largely by myself. Which means I video a lot of my lifts to dissect afterwards. But an even more useful […]