Training

Fil was at the Welsh Senior Weightlifting competition this past weekend. Aside from winning the competition (low quality flex), one of the main take-aways was that people need to think about weight classes in Olympic Weightlifting more seriously.

Weightlifting programming for dummies, a guide.. written by dummies. Today, we're looking at the basics of weightlifting programming, structuring training programs for Olympic weightlifting, or just helping you understand how they work.

Olympic Weightlifting is a game of skill development - time on the bar is key. But how long should a weightlifting session last for? What does a basic workout routine look like? and how much is too much in one training session?

Olympic weightlifting is big on leg strength: every day is leg day. Inside we discuss how many squats is too many - and what you can do about it. How to structure a training program to build big legs, lift big weights, and maximise your return on effort.

How to build muscle for Olympic weightlifting? And why does it matter? Olympic weightlifting is a strength sport - it's about building muscle, getting strong, and lifting weights.If you miss the strength and size training, you're going to fall behind. Today, we're teaching you how not to ruin your training, by promoting muscle growth for better results.

How do you plan a competition year in weightlifting, and what can you learn from other elite athletes? We'll be talking abuot the off-season, recovery, bodybuilding, and GPP - and how you pack it all into a single training and competing year.

Programming for Olympic weightlifting, like any strength sport, can be as simple or as complex as you want to make it. The fundamentals won’t change, but the advice you’ll get from Instagram this week will. If you take nothing else from this article, let it be this: ignore what you hear on the gram, it’s mostly..

Lessons learnt. Motivating talented athletes and the "PT" side of weightlifting coaching. Today we explore how to motivate new, young and lazy athletes to help them reach their potential in the sport.

Weightlifting is a simple sport – but not an easy one. You pick things up and you put them down. Somebody judged whether you’ve done it correctly or not. So why are we over-complicating things so much?

If you’re serious about getting better, your first priority shouldn’t be new and exciting training methods or programs – it should be proper recovery.

A coach can provide a pathway towards your goals, but they cannot walk the path for you- you have to make the change happen.

Choosing the right coach for you - Things to look out for.

We’ve dunked on opportunistic overcoaching enough in our previous articles. Let’s talk about when to hire a coach – and why.

Paying your way to success... And why it doesn't work in Weightlifting.

Coaching - the good, the bad and the uninformed - Our take on the coaching scene right now.