Oscar Chaplin III - Injuries, Lessons, and The Nickname Game

Oscar Chaplin III - Injuries, Lessons, and The Nickname Game

On this week of the USA Weightlifting Podcast, we’re speaking with one of the all-time great American Weightlifters who currently still holds the record for the Snatch in the 77 and 85kg weight class, Oscar Chaplin III. In this episode we get to catch up with Oscar and learn more about what he’s been up to since his transition from athlete to coach. In this episode we’ll be getting into some techniques for injury prevention, prepping for competitions, and the hunt for Oscar’s lost Junior Worlds video. Enjoy the show!

Topics:

08:25 - Getting into coaching
12:50 - Injury prevention
18:00 - Accessory lifts for Olympic lifting
31:00 - Programming & prepping for competition
36:00 - Coach & Athlete relationship
47:05 - Nickname origins
56:30 - Finding weightlifting at 9yo
1:10:30 - Lessons in lifting

Honorable mentions:

Coach Zygmunt
Speed Power Strength Gym
Harrison Maurus

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