“It is not the critic who counts; not the man who points out how the strong man stumbles, or where the doer of deeds could have done them better. The credit belongs to the man who is actually in the arena, whose face is marred by dust and sweat and blood; who strives valiantly; who […]
For those of you who have never heard of it, the Arnold Sports Festival is like Lollapalooza for athletics. Held in Columbus, Ohio, 50 some odd sports have exhibitions/contests and there is a giant arena of vendors with all things gym related. While the aesthetic sports predominate (because Arnold), it’s a Pan Am qualifier […]
I had a friend in a private Facebook group ask my advice on learning how to snatch. Like so many people, she was stuck with analysis paralysis. Every tutorial I’ve ever seen makes snatching seem sooooooo hard. And at some level, it is. For people who are trying to have technically proficient and maximally mechanically […]
If you look back through some old posts you’ll see that fixing my wonky squat has been a project for the last year. I have (I think, after much research and contemplation) weak thigh abductors relative to adductors and a weak glute on the left, weak quad on the right. These imbalances may be due […]
I had the pleasure of speaking with Andrew Vessey at OldPeopleSnatch.com recently and the interview is published HERE. It’s a wonderful site and I encourage you to visit if you never seen it. It’s always fun to talk about weightlifting with other masters!
Weight is a big deal in weightlifting. Yeah, that’s a “duh” kind of sentence, but for once I don’t mean what’s on the bar. Scale weight, specifically, YOUR scale weight, is a big deal, too. Weightlifting is a sport divided by weight classes. So how much you weigh determines in which of the 8 men’s […]
I’m in a lot of women’s fitness groups on Facebook. We talk about lifting, we talk about food and occasionally we talk about things unique to female lifters (I’m willing to bet no men’s group ever had an extended discussion on whether or not one should care about visible panty lines in spandex pants). Occasionally, […]
Yesterday I ignored what my body was trying to tell me and I kind of tweaked my knee doing squats. I don’t think it’s a bad injury but for once, I’m going to try to be an adult and lay off of it for a day (or two). Does this mean couch time? Nay nay!!! […]
I’ve often been asked by other women in lifting groups or in forums what supplements I take. Let me be the first to say that as an older female athlete I’m willing to try anything not on the WADA banned list if there is some proof that it will actually raise testosterone or growth hormone […]
You do if you’re reading this past the title. Wanna know how to be better? Lift every day. The more work you do, the stronger you will be. Yes, some of that “strength” will come from not-very-heavy technique work and some will come from heavy singles and some will come from accessory work. But you […]