Manhattan Olympic Weightlifting
Knee sleeves are commonly used amongst Olympic weightlifters for a few different purposes. Some like the warmth the knee sleeve gives, for others they like a little extra bounce out of the hole, and for the rare weightlifters they like the slight limit range of motion it gives in the bottom of the squat. Below I’ll review the Inzert XT, Rehbands, and EltiFTS knee sleeves.Continue Reading
Over the many years I’ve been coaching athletes, not just weightlifters, it’s interesting how each athlete conceptualizes your cues. The pride for me is when an athlete “gets” what I’m asking of them and it clicks. This Continue Reading
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A few weeks ago, Hook Grip posted up this video asking “why do you think Yuan Chengfei missed the jerk?”
Some of the answers I read kind of threw me off a bit. Especially those that had stated it was his torso lean. While yes this is technically true, the torso leaned caused a missed lift, it was a bit Continue Reading
My coaching philosophy, regardless of sport, is to stick to the core movements that have the biggest carry over to sport. Auxiliary movements and for this post, weightlifting complexes, are a Continue Reading