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The science of Olympic weightlifting and strength sports. Join expert conversations on the latest research and coaching trends. Each episode delivers actionable, science-driven tips for enhancing power and strength training.
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Why Weight Releasers Can Improve Your Split Jerk — with Kurt Roderick
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Jun 17, 2026 |
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The Biomechanics That Separate Elite Weightlifters — with Paul Arauz
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Jun 10, 2026 |
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How to Choose Cleans, Pulls, and Jumps for Power Training – with Sei Takei
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Jun 03, 2026 |
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Menopause and Strength Training: What Really Changes? — with Luke Pelton
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May 27, 2026 |
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A Fairer Way to Compare Weightlifters Across Weight Classes and Sexes – with Marianne Huebner
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May 20, 2026 |
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What Successful Split Jerks Have in Common — with Hideyuki Nagao
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May 13, 2026 |
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Is the Vitruve Device Actually Accurate for VBT? With Juan Garcia Lopez
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May 06, 2026 |
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Can You Lift Heavy While Pregnant? What Research Shows – with Therese Fostervold Mathisen
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Apr 28, 2026 |
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Does Menstrual Cycle Affect Elite Weightlifters? New Study with Paul Schatz
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Apr 22, 2026 |
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How the Chinese Weightlifting System Builds Champions — with Manuel Buitrago
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Apr 14, 2026 |
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Can Jump Tests Replace Squats? — with Mary Claire Geneau
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Apr 07, 2026 |
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How to Stay Focused Under Pressure – with Chris Mesagno
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Mar 31, 2026 |
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Can Heavy Lifting Damage Your Eyes? – Feliciana Menna
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Mar 25, 2026 |
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Best Attempt Jumps for Squat, Bench & Deadlift (New Data) – with Ian Darragh
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Mar 18, 2026 |
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Why Lifters Break Under Pressure (And How to Fix It) – With Hilary Galvin
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Mar 11, 2026 |
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How Overtraining Destroys Strength (And How to Prevent It) — with Andy Fry
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Mar 04, 2026 |
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Youth Weightlifting Norms: How to Tell If an Athlete Is Ahead or Behind — Zack Gillen
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Feb 24, 2026 |
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Why Steroid Science Is More Complex Than You Think — with Luke Pelton
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Feb 18, 2026 |
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Youth Weightlifting — What Really Drives Performance? With Bartosz Malak
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Feb 10, 2026 |
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Strength Training in Pregnancy: What’s Actually Safe? With Katja Ungersböck
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Feb 04, 2026 |
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Belt or no belt when squatting? With Yoshaun Hunter
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Jan 28, 2026 |
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The Genetics Behind Sex Differences in Sport – with Shanie Landen
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Jan 21, 2026 |
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Training for the Olympics When the World Shut Down – with Shyam Chavda
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Jan 14, 2026 |
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Why You Get Strong Again Faster After the Break (Muscle Memory Explained). With Nate Serrano
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Jan 07, 2026 |
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What’s Really Happening in Olympic Weightlifting? Governance, Athletes & Media — with Brian Oliver
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Dec 31, 2025 |
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Why Heavy Lifting Is a Must for Healthy Bones as We Age – with Amy Harding
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Dec 24, 2025 |
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Why Male and Female Strength Differs (Genetics, Hormones, Muscle Fibres, and More) — Shanie Landen
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Dec 17, 2025 |
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Behind-Neck Push Jerk for Explosive Power Training - with Mark Chiang
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Dec 10, 2025 |
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How Music Really Affects Lifting – with Michael Richards
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Dec 03, 2025 |
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Lifter's Heart Explained: Normal vs Risky Changes – with Jessica Orchard
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Nov 26, 2025 |
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Chinese Weightlifting Explained: How Athletes Are Recruited and Trained – with Steph Gregory
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Nov 18, 2025 |
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What Drives People to Weightlift for Life – with Francois Gravelle
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Nov 11, 2025 |
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Weightlifting as Physical Education in High School – with Paul Coover
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Nov 05, 2025 |
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Why Weightlifters Black Out – with Sinead Roberts
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Oct 29, 2025 |
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Why Masters Weightlifters Age Differently – with Andrew Hatchett
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Oct 21, 2025 |
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The Warm-Up That Boosts Your Max Lift – with Tony Blazevich
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Oct 14, 2025 |
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How Lifters Rehearse Success – with Tom Smalley
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Oct 08, 2025 |
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What Predicts Olympic Weightlifting Performance – with Florian Venus
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Oct 01, 2025 |
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Overtraining vs Overreaching: Squat Protocol That Adds Kilos – with Lee Bell
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Sep 23, 2025 |
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Why Skill-Based Lifting Beats Generic Strength Work – with Emily Neff
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Sep 17, 2025 |
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Cortisol and Testosterone During Weightlifting Competition – with Ivan Perasovic
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Sep 10, 2025 |
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Which VBT Device Is Actually Accurate? With Francesco Travascio
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Sep 03, 2025 |
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Does Caffeine Actually Make You Jump Higher? With Zacharias Papadakis
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Aug 27, 2025 |
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Stronger or Just More Mature? The Surprising Truth About Youth Weightlifting – with Steph Morris
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Aug 20, 2025 |
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Should You Use 120% Clean Pulls Before Heavy Cleans? With Shyam Chavda
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Aug 13, 2025 |
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Online coaching, does it really work? Diving into data with Jason Clarke
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Aug 05, 2025 |
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Injury in the Gym: Step‑by‑Step Coach Response Guide – with Kathy Williams
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Jul 29, 2025 |
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Can You Predict Thruster Performance from Clean and Jerk? – with Alejandro Oliver
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Jul 23, 2025 |
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How to Build Resilience in Weightlifters - with Tom Smalley
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Jul 16, 2025 |
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Struggling with Weight Cuts? Here’s a Science Based Solution – with Izzy Tremonte
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Jul 08, 2025 |
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Can Push-Ups Predict Weightlifting Success? Find Out – with Lena Danner
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Jul 02, 2025 |
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Cold Water Immersion: The Hidden Risks for Muscle Growth – with Milan Betz
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Jun 25, 2025 |
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What Weightlifting Can Learn from Netball: Wellness & Injury Prevention with Sharon Kearney
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Jun 18, 2025 |
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Better Snatch Performance: How Straps Boost Muscle Activation – with Francesco Travascio
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Jun 11, 2025 |
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Best Velocity Tracking Apps for Powerlifting – with Alex Renner
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Jun 04, 2025 |
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5 Strength Domains Every Coach Must Know - with Mary Geneau
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May 28, 2025 |
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Should Powerlifters Stretch? Science-Backed Answers with Alyssa-Joy Spence
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May 21, 2025 |
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How to Peak Weightlifters for Competition - with Theo Stavropoulos
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May 13, 2025 |
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How to Psych Up for a Heavy Lift - with Kurtis Cusimano
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May 08, 2025 |
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How to use accentuated eccentric loading in back squats with Brookelyn Campbell
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Apr 30, 2025 |
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6 Velocity-Based Training Hacks with Dr Steve Thompson
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Apr 23, 2025 |
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Powerlifters Struggle With Urinary Incontinence. How to Help - with Kloie Nutt
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Apr 17, 2025 |
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How to Spot and Fix 9 Common Errors in Weightlifting – with Brittany Rucker
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Apr 08, 2025 |
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What Strength Coaches Miss by Not Tracking Grip & Bench Velocity - with Derek Wilcox
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Apr 02, 2025 |
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How to Build an Effective Athlete Monitoring Program (and Coach Like a Pro) - with Dylan Suarez
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Mar 26, 2025 |
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How alcohol influences performance - with Matt Barnes
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Mar 18, 2025 |
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Weight cutting in elite Olympic weightlifting - with two-time Olympian Jourdan Delacruz
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Mar 12, 2025 |
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Why We Lose Muscle and Strength - and How to Stop It. With Justin Keogh
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Mar 05, 2025 |
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Coaching at Weightlifting World Championships: first-time experience with Brittany Rucker
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Feb 25, 2025 |
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Muscle vs Fat: Rethinking Performance with Dr. Antonella Schwarz
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Feb 19, 2025 |
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Weightlifting injuries versus powerlifting injuries with Matthew Tung
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Feb 16, 2025 |
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How Mental Fatigue Impacts Weightlifting Performance - with Dr Suzy Russell
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Feb 06, 2025 |
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Barbell velocity measurement: Tendo vs. GymAware comparison study insights with Cameron Kissick
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Jan 28, 2025 |
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Unlock Explosive Power: RSI, Torque & Weightlifting Performance with Nikos Zaras
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Jan 24, 2025 |
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Get real results: how to test and profile athletes - with Jonathon Weakley
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Jan 16, 2025 |
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Pregnancy and vigorous exercise - safe or risky? With Kassia Beetham
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Jan 08, 2025 |
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Limb asymmetry in athletes - does it really matter? With Chris Bishop
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Jan 02, 2025 |
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Zones of performance in Olympic weightlifting with Alexandra Cacioppo
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Dec 26, 2024 |
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How do we know if an athlete is improving? Athlete profiling with Anthony Turner
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Dec 18, 2024 |
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How to taper for best competition performance - with Hayden Pritchard
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Dec 11, 2024 |
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Blood flow restriction for weightlifting performance and recovery - with Charlie Davids
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Dec 04, 2024 |
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Does raw strength explain Olympic weightlifting performance - with Arthur Zecchin
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Dec 01, 2024 |
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How to deal with the heat during training - with Lilia Convit
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Nov 20, 2024 |
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Inside Eddie Hall’s superhuman muscles - with Jonathan Folland
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Nov 12, 2024 |
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How jumps and squats predict elite weightlifting performance - with Marcos Soriano
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Nov 07, 2024 |
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Fatigue assessment for elite weightlifting programming - with Paulo Antunes
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Oct 30, 2024 |
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How female and male athletes communicate differently - with David Nolan
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Oct 30, 2024 |
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Strength and power development using clean catch vs pull - with Tim Suchomel
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Oct 30, 2024 |
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Optimal barbell force-velocity profile and snatch performance - with Ingo Sandau
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Oct 30, 2024 |
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High performance macros plan for Olympic weightlifters - with Darren Delaney
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Oct 30, 2024 |
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How lean mass influences snatch and weightlifting performance - with Wanda Sihanath
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Oct 30, 2024 |
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New jump testing protocol: countermovement rebound jump test - with Jason Xu
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Oct 30, 2024 |
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Performance tests and clean derivatives for strength coaches - with Tim Suchomel
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Oct 30, 2024 |
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Nutrition for weightlifting training, recovery, and injury management - with Cas Fuchs
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Oct 30, 2024 |
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Recovery techniques for athletes - with expert Shona Halson
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Oct 30, 2024 |
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Coaching female weightlifters - with Brooke Alvar
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Oct 30, 2024 |
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How to test weightlifters using force plates - with expert Shaun Joffe
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Oct 30, 2024 |
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Straps, hook grip or closed grip for weightlifting - with Chris Kennedy
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Oct 30, 2024 |
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Mitochondria of weightlifters are different - with Javier Botella
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Oct 30, 2024 |
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Can we predict snatch max with Ingo Sandau's new test?
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Oct 28, 2024 |
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How Germany finds weightlifting talent - with Sabine Dieser
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Oct 28, 2024 |
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Analysing USA Weightlifting Team: Testing Biomechanics with Kristof Kipp
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Oct 28, 2024 |
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Getting strong later in life - with Cas Fuchs
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Oct 28, 2024 |
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Coaching newbies and seasoned weightlifters - expert tips from Sean Waxman
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Oct 28, 2024 |
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Bracing techniques for heavy lifting with Christina Prevett
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Oct 28, 2024 |
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Predicting performance in Olympic weightlifting - with Shyam Chavda
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Oct 28, 2024 |
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Coaching elite weightlifters: what you need to know - with Wil Fleming
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Oct 27, 2024 |
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Weightlifting for kids, when to start and how to do it safely - with Lesley Sommerfield
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Oct 27, 2024 |
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Secrets of the training hall: Sergii Putsov on major weightlifting competitions
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Oct 27, 2024 |
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What type of coach are you? Leadership styles in weightlifting with Michael Richards
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Oct 27, 2024 |
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How women respond to resistance training - with Mandy Hagstrom
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Oct 27, 2024 |
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Why hook grip is better? Weightlifting performance with Dustin Oranchuk
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Oct 27, 2024 |
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From start to strong - lifelong strength gains with Chris Latella
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Oct 27, 2024 |
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Successful snatch lifts, the mechanics behind great technique - with Paulina Szyszka
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Oct 20, 2024 |
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How to use cluster sets in Olympic weightlifting - deep dive with Greg Haff
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Oct 20, 2024 |
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Are weightlifting Olympic medalists living longer? Anna Kovbasiuk reveals findings
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Oct 20, 2024 |
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Competition preparation and weightlifting coaching strategies - with Max Aita
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Oct 19, 2024 |
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Weight cutting strategies in weightlifting - with Paul Campbell
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Oct 19, 2024 |
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Bundesliga - German weightlifting league, with Philipp Lendner
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Oct 19, 2024 |
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Music or silence for best weightlifting performance? With Michael Richards
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Oct 19, 2024 |
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Testing elite weightlifters - with Spencer Arnold
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Oct 19, 2024 |
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Mastering the mental game in weightlifting - with Hugh Gilmore
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Oct 19, 2024 |
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Data-driven coaching in elite Olympic weightlifting team with Jake Slaton
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Oct 12, 2024 |
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Q-points better than Sinclair? New weightlifting scoring method by Marianne Huebner
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Oct 12, 2024 |
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How to pull for great snatch and clean - with Tavor Ben-Zeev
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Oct 12, 2024 |
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Powerlifting at any age: your fountain of health? With Dan van den Hoek
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Oct 12, 2024 |
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Compete better in Olympic weightlifting with travel sleep tips from Teresa van der Vossen
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Oct 12, 2024 |
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Why Olympic weightlifters have different muscles: insights from muscle fiber expert Nathan Serrano
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Oct 12, 2024 |
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Errors in Olympic weightlifting and how to fix them - with elite coach Erin Haff
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Oct 12, 2024 |
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Teaching Olympic weightlifting like a Pro - Erin Haff on coaching beginners
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Oct 07, 2024 |
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Menstrual cycle effects on strength gains: debunking the myths with Lauren Colenso-Semple
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Oct 07, 2024 |
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How Olympic weightlifting champions are made - with Dior Anderson
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Oct 07, 2024 |
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Power up your game: weightlifting for sports performance - with Paul Comfort
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Oct 02, 2024 |
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The power of communication in Olympic weightlifting - with Anna Swisher
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Sep 30, 2024 |
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How to train to max out Split Jerk - with coach Marcos Soriano
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Sep 28, 2024 |
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What makes an elite Olympic weightlifter - with Vicky Gottwald
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Sep 27, 2024 |
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Health risks of holding your breath while lifting - with cardiovascular expert Kate Drury
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Sep 26, 2024 |
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Science of optimal Olympic weightlifting technique - with Shyam Chavda
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Sep 14, 2024 |
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How to monitor and predict Olympic weightlifting performance: secrets revealed by expert Kyle Travis
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Sep 14, 2024 |
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How to teach Olympic weightlifting - with Steph Morris
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Sep 14, 2024 |
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Weightlifting for kids, is it safe and should kids compete - with Guy Hornsby
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Sep 14, 2024 |
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Is weightlifting and Valsalva maneuver safe during pregnancy? With Christina Prevett
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Sep 13, 2024 |
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How to measure clean performance in weightlifting - with Angela Sorensen
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Sep 13, 2024 |
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Weight class and body composition in Olympic weightlifters - with Monica Nelson
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Sep 13, 2024 |
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Coach's gender and Olympic weightlifting performance - with Jeremy Foreman
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Sep 02, 2024 |