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The Deadlift: Part II

When a weightlifter does either a deadlift or a pull, the movement is being done to aid in pulling strength. This pulling strength will be used in the snatch or clean, so it makes sense to do either the pull or deadlift with a movement as similar to the competitive lifts as possible. The more deviation from line of pull, speed, and rhythm of the snatch or clean there is, the less the strength…

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Using the deadlift for pulling strength

Most weightlifters do lots and lots of snatches and cleans. After all, you have to practice to be good at your sport, and cleans and snatches are the sport. But many lifters do even more snatch and clean pulls. I have never been a big fan of pulls. To me it seems as though they take out the most important part of the movement, the timing of that moment when you cease to pull up on the bar…

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Dynamis

Dynamis is a Greek word that is usually translated as the will to win. And as a PED, it is without equal. Dynamis is why some athletes always perform better in a competitive situation. Getting 2 or 3 lifters together who are lifting similar numbers in the same weight class always leads to improved results. If you are an 85kg lifter totaling 300kg, there is nothing quite so effective in…

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Goals

Setting goals is one of the most important skills you can have as an athlete. But setting goals is sometimes harder than it sounds. If the goals are too easily reached, they can actually hold you back instead of motivating you to move forward. If the goals you set are too difficult they can seem unreachable and discourage you. Many people recommend setting a big, very difficult to attain…

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Exercising verses Training

I recently got to know a woman who is very much like me in many ways. She is goal oriented and driven in most aspects of life. But she is clueless when it comes to eating and exercise. She goes to the gym and puts in the time but does not see the results. She exercises, rather than trains. And there is a huge difference between the two.

Folks who exerciseoften do not get results because even…

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Go for it.

You should never make 100% of your lifts in any session. If you do it tells you one thing, you are training too LIGHT!!! Many people talk endlessly about the evils of too many missed, and there is no doubt lots and lots of misses are a bad thing. But making all of your lifts is probably even worse. That means that you haven’t even had the guts put the weight on the bar. Putting 100 kg on…

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Weightlifting Diet addendum III

My last blog on the weightlifting diet focused on eating the right carbs. In a nutshell, ditch the bread, pasta, rice, and white potatoes in favor of more nutrient dense and high fiber foods. Sweet potatoes, squash, zucchinis, carrots and other vegetables like these are much healthier because they contain way more nutrients, are more filling because they contain more fiber. They also don’t…

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Weightlifting Diet Addendum 2

For most civilians, adopting a good diet usually involves losing weight. Since you are a competitive weightlifter losing weight is usually not a problem, nor should it be your chief concern. Being in optimal health should be your chief concern. After all, the healthier you are better you will recover from training. If you are training 3-5 times a week (and you should be) you will have an…

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Weightlifting Diet Addendum 1 One of the benefits that you will notice immediately when you cut candy and junk food from your diet is a change in your taste buds.

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Weightlifting Diet

There is no doubt that the diet of an average American stinks. But as a weightlifter, you shouldn’t be eating like the average American. How should you eat? Well, many books have been written about that, but I think I can boil it down to a couple of key rules. Rule 1: Do not eat candy or sweets. This takes zero smarts to figure out. This includes candy bars, Pop tarts, most breakfast…

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I posted this on the Pendlay WOD over the weekend. Are doing everything possible when it comes to building pulling strength? In week 2 (starting Monday, October 9) we up the intensity compared to last week. The most important exercise for the next 3-4 weeks is the snatch grip deadlift. This is the heaviest pulling exercise we do, and therefore the one which will provide the biggest and the…

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Tank

I believe I learned more about weightlifting from Caleb than from any other source. I think he learned some things from me, but overall I think I got the better end of the exchange. Every single lifter that I have coached since Caleb has benefitted from the relationship we had and the things I learned from him. Caleb was a very unique lifter. First because he decided to devote himself to…

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Breaking PR's.

Breaking PR’s.

Going to maximum is a skill, and the only get good at it is through practice. You have to challenge and break your PR’s again and again and again. This is a mental challenge as well as a physical one, and requires both mental and physical toughness. Snatching 101kg for a new PR is physically similar to snatching 100kg to tie your PR. But mentally it is a whole different ball game. Breaking…

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Justin Brimhall

Justin Brimhall is one of those lifters that made coaching fun. The first time I saw Justin and his brother Zack was at a high school football game. I watched him walk down the aisle and sit down, and I can’t really tell you what made me think this, but I immediately thought “those guys would make good weightlifters”. I was sitting with one of my lifters so I sent him over and told him to ask…

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Mindset

I am again closing in on a sub 7 minute 2k. One thing that I have noticed about rowing is that the effectiveness of a workout is directly related to how miserable you are during. Any effective workout is going to be absolutely miserable. I have tried to lower my 2k time by doing long slow rows, like 10k or longer, and I have tried short intervals even as short as 200 meter sprints. I found…

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Your daily minimum.

I wrote this for the athletes on the PendlayWOD, but I think it applies to most lifters. Wednesday is going to be your worst day most weeks when it comes to top performance. Obviously the reason is that Tuesday is the high volume squat day, and a killer. Most of you are sore and stiff from squats on Wednesday, yet most of you are either making PR’s on either power snatch or power clean, or coming…

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I'm pissed.

I’m pissed.

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