Are we organizing our national and local programs in the best way for all of our competitors? Perhaps, perhaps not.

Within a decade or so the majority of the keepers of weightlifting knowledge in the U.S. will be gone. Some food for thought!

Platform coaching, like training an athlete, requires some forethought and planning.

By whatever criteria one may invoke we are a legitimate sport and deserve to be referenced by the correct name.

As your lifting improves you should be adding muscular bodyweight.

A chance to bring back a traditional event and develop some adaptability.

You’ve found that you really enjoy lifting and you’d like to train more often. What’s a new lifter to do? This might help.

At a certain point in my lifting/coaching career I determined that cutting bodyweight negatively impacted the clean & jerk. I don’t recommend this practice, especially for juniors.

Pulling blocks are valuable training aids. There are times when they are necessary and others when they need to be discarded.

It happens all the time but you can’t let it stand in the way of your success!

The better you know your athletes, the more effectively you can help them progress!

A disparity in the coach’s abilities and the athlete’s talent can lead to less than optimal progress.

A coach’s perspective on a day of heavy singles.

Don’t ignore the nervous system as a training target in your program design.

Technique development takes place in phases with the final goal being to have complete mastery of the motor components of the body.

You have a limited amount of bio-energy. Use it on activities that will make you a better lifter.

Some thoughts on the title “Coach”

Here are the stats from yesterday’s meet!

The coach’s job on meet day begins with the weigh-in!

For many the snatch is all about pulling speed, but it is also about overhead bar positioning.