Olympic Weightlifting

Remember when you were a kid and you were told you needed to drink milk every day to make your bones strong? Well, it might have been a lie! New research published in the Journal of the American [...]

When it comes to weightlifting, one of the most critical errors we see on a regular basis is a lack of bracing in the set-up.  Every lift—be it a squat, a deadlift or a clean and jerk or a [...]

I remember asking my physiotherapist once—just as she hooked me up to a muscle stim machine (electro muscle stimulation or EMS)—if she thought it really helped recovery. She looked me in the eye [...]

Have you ever just felt like you couldn’t lift heavy for some reason? You’re confused because you had a good night’s rest the night before, have been eating well, and your body isn’t taken over [...]

“What do you do for leg day?”, “You don’t work biceps or chest?” “Are you competing in a show anytime soon?”.  Everyday is leg day when you are a weightlifter, no I’m not wearing a sparkly bikini [...]

Kids are a unique bunch in that they move, act and respond to things much differently than adults. In fact, I’m convinced that it takes a very special type of coach to be able to coach [...]

“Oh wow…don’t you worry about her getting hurt?”, was the first thing out of people’s mouths when I told them my daughter was an Olympic-style weightlifter.  My oldest daughter started lifting at [...]

The 2016 Biggest Little City Open was awesome this year! There were 50 athletes that lifted, 20 of them  being youth and over 120 spectators throughout the day! We love seeing this sport grow [...]

The Deadlift. To perform a proper deadlift keep the following in mind: – approach the bar with feet under hips and bar over the mid foot – your grip should be shoulder width (or a [...]

We often get asked the question: “How heavy do you go with the kids and do you let them max out?” The answer is: based on where the lifter is at in terms of age and ability level and [...]