Manhattan Olympic Weightlifting
I have a love hate relationship with YouTube. The video channel has a LOT of great information and because of this sprouts “YouTube Professionals” = watch a few videos and you’re instantly an expert! Ok…moving on from that stupidity, the main issues I find with YouTube is that some weightlifters, and sadly some “coaches”, will watch competitions and world records, analyze it and try to emulate it…
Soooo I’ve been a bit slow on posting, sorry about that guys. As of now I plan to be able to hit one a week, hopefully down the road we can offer more content. But today we have a great post by one of own lifters, James M.
I’ll interject some points with an (*)
I’ve been having difficulty with proper bar placement in the rack position in Continue Reading
I’m a big fan of Tommy Kono, he’s a bare bones weightlifting coach that focuses on quality training. He’s not only a successful weightlifting coach but also a very Continue Reading
I believe selecting a qualified coach is key to the development of any athlete. In a rapidly growing sport like Olympic weightlifting, this can be a difficult task as there isn’t too much quantifiable data other than results but even then those have many variables. Take for instance “Coach A” works at a high school vs “Coach B” who’s a police officer and volunteers his time to coach weightlifters. “Coach A” will have a lot more weightlifters coming out of his gym and therefore Continue Reading