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Bob Takano

About Bob Takano

Bob Takano is a highly respected weightlifting coach who was inducted into the USA Weightlifting Hall of Fame in 2007 for his contributions to coaching. He has been the coach of four national champions, two national record holders, and 27 top ten nationally ranked lifters. Bob has been on the coaching staffs of 17 U.S. National teams to international competitions, five of those being World Championships. His lifters have competed in seven Olympic Trials with one, Albert Hood, the third American to snatch double bodyweight, earning a berth on the 1984 team.

Furthermore Bob has been a CSCS since 1986, having authored six articles for the NSCA Strength and Conditioning Journal, and served as a member of the editorial board of that journal from 1996 to 2000. He has also co-authored a chapter for the NASM’s Essentials of Sports Performance Training, and a chapter on the Training of Weightlifters for the IOC Sports Medicine Commission’s Encyclopedia of Strength and Power. 20 of the female volleyball players he’s coached have earned Division 1 scholarships.

Bob is on the teaching staff for the USAW Weightlifting Coaching Education program and presents his own seminars as well.

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Athlete Development

  • The Right Way to Approach Group Training for Optimal Results

Fitness

  • Discovering Escapability in Olympic Weightlifting
  • Front Squat Like You Know It Matters
  • The Body Image Dilemma for Female Weightlifters
  • The Role of Split Lifts in Improving Athleticism
  • How Split Cleans and Snatches Strengthen Your ACL
  • Hitting Bottom: 3 Tools to Perfect Your Olympic Lifts
  • Why It’s Not All About the Weight You Are Lifting
  • Getting Masters Weightlifters to Competition Gold
  • Sports Do Not Equal Health
  • Developing My Athletes’ Competitive Fervor
  • A Female Weightlifting Pioneer: Diana Fuhrman
  • WiFi Weightlifting and the Problem With Online Coaching
  • How Much Can You Press? A Brief History of a Big Lift
  • How to Program Weightlifting Percentages That Work
  • More Isn’t Always Better: Proper Training Intensity in Weightlifting
  • Strong Is as Strong Does: Your Ideal Weightlifting Weight
  • Learning How to Diagnose New Weightlifting Athletes Is Key
  • Beyond the Bar Path: Reinforcing Movement Patterns in Weightlifting
  • Why You Should Warm Up Less (Like the Russians Do)
  • The Evolution of Weightlifting Coaching
  • There Are No Secret Training Programs
  • What Makes a Great Weightlifting Gym?
  • A Tale of Two Lifters and Their Coaches
  • Coaching Education Approaches: Some Thoughts on the Instruction of Weightlifting
  • Why Distance Coaching Doesn’t Work for Olympic Weightlifting
  • The Concept of Balancing Development: How to Coach a Beginner Weightlifter
  • The Sport of Weightlifting Versus Weightlifting for Other Sports
  • The 2 Fundamental Roles of Footwork in the Jerk
  • Creating and Maintaining a Daily Regimen for Increased Performance
  • Learning to Rest: Teaching Hard Chargers to Slow Down and Relax
  • How to Properly Order Exercises in Your Weightlifting Session
  • How the Coaching of Olympic Weightlifting Has Changed
  • Why Weightlifting Training Is Best Done in a Group
  • The Bigger Picture of Weightlifting Program Planning
  • How to Build Jumping Ability in Weightlifters
  • How to Develop the Coaching Eye
  • Why Technique Matters in Olympic Weightlifting
  • How to Choose the Right Weightlifting Coach For You
  • Why You Need to Know Your Squat to Clean and Jerk Ratio
  • Why You Need to Know Your Snatch to Clean and Jerk Ratio
  • Weightlifting Coaching Cues: On and Off the Platform

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