The How and Why of the Push Press

Today we are considering ways that you can improve your overall coordination as an athlete, and optimize your timing with the Olympic lifts. Coordination being the way all of your muscles through your...

27 Mar 202353min

In this episode we are talking about the how and why of snatch pulls and clean pulls. “Pulls” are essentially an assistant exercise to the snatch and clean that work on varying portions of those lifts...

9 Mar 202346min

Today we are joined by Edward Baker of Voodoo Weightlifting to talk about the life and passing of Coach John Coffee.A pioneer in the sport of weightlifting, John Coffee died on Jan. 22, 2023, at the a...

23 Feb 202348min

Today we are discussing how to create back tension and the correct angle in your start position, and how to maintain both from the floor to the knee. It is common to see athletes lose one or both of t...

12 Feb 202347min

Today we’re talking with Shane Rothlisberger of Versalifts about how elevating your heels can improve your lifting. This of course happens when we wear our weightlifting shoes, but additional elevatio...

27 Jan 202350min

In this episode we’re talking about distractions and how if we let them, they can have varying extents of control over our training and competitions. We share stories of how we ourselves have let dist...

20 Jan 202347min

As 2022 comes to a close, we’re taking this time to reminisce on the few key lessons we’ve learned over the past 12 months. It’s been an honor to have your continued support of the USA Weightlifting P...

30 Des 202234min

This episode will help you better understand deload weeks and how to read your body throughout to optimize your training.We are joined by Hannah Tatro of TrueCoach to help us cover this topic. TrueCoa...

22 Des 202248min