My Best Squat Program I’ve received this question dozens if not 100’s of times since Instagram recently debuted their “questions” feature. “What is the best way to get my squat up?” I’m of the mind that power is the number one physical characteristic that an athlete and a weightlifter must chase, but strength isn’t too…
2 Cycle Beginner Weightlifting Program 8 Weeks | 5 Days per week Beginner Weightlifting Program This is a beginner program which I used for an athlete transitioning from another sport to weightlifting. This athlete went from never snatching or jerking to qualifying for the Junior National Championships in 12 weeks Block 1 is work with…
5 Things for Great Weightlifting Technique with Mike McKenna If you coach the Olympic lifts you should listen to this episode. Mike and I go over the 5 (maybe 6) most important things for weightlifting technique. We tried to distill technique down to the simplest items possible including: Why balance is the most important…
In tha Beginning, There was WL 6 Weeks | 4 Days per week Beginner Weightlifting Program As the name implies, this is one of our most trusted beginner programs. Like the seminal album In tha Beginning, There was Rap we cover all the classics. The goal is to improve positional awareness and strength, by pausing…
Please pay attention to the weekly guidelines at the bottom of the excel sheet to know how to plan your daily numbers.
2 Simple Do’s and Don’ts for Better Lifts Before you dive in this is not an article about technique, or programming, but these might be 2 of the easiest fixes you can make if you want to be better at weightlifting. Hell they might be 2 of the easiest things you can do to be…
Whole Foot, Whole Time: Balance in Weightlifting Movements Here I am teaching a course on weightlifting looking across the room at a giant poster on the wall with depictions of how the athlete should snatch and clean and jerk. Nothing overtly wrong with it, until I look at the little diagram on the poster of…
Training at Thresholds: How to not kill yourself training for weightlifting Staring at your program and looking at what’s on tap for the day, you’re likely to see one of two things. Option 1: A hard and fast percentage of your best lift. Written in blood, on a tablet of stone, you have to hit…
How Often Should you PR? Recently the following question was posed to me: How often should I PR? Specifically this was a masters lifter, running into some frustration on how he should gauge improvement. Weightlifting, in the first couple years, can set you up for a royal mind trick down the road. It’s as if…