Can You Deal With Eustress?
When we think of stress, we are accustomed to concentrating on the harmful types of stress. In our everyday lives, we have to deal with
When we think of stress, we are accustomed to concentrating on the harmful types of stress. In our everyday lives, we have to deal with
Many books on weight training will have chapters on intensity and its importance. They describe 100% intensity as being whatever weight one can only do
We have all heard our training partners tell us to “get mad at the bar” when egging us on to make ever-bigger lifts. It works.
A never-ending debate in many sports, but especially in weightlifting, concerns when a young athlete should begin training in the discipline. There are two schools
Over two consecutive weekends in May I was able to officiate at both the American and Canadian national weightlifting championships. Now that I have returned
In the early days of competitive weightlifting (think of the Gay Nineties and France’s Belle Epoch) weightlifting technique was very rudimentary. Since the lifts were
In July of 2018, the International Weightlifting Federation announced the new bodyweight categories that the sport would compete for in the years to come. This
A strong grip is important in most sports. We are certainly aware of that in weightlifting and powerlifting. You have to be able to hold
Having been a weightlifting technical official for nearly a half century I have often found it useful to investigate the technical niceties of other sports.
In the sport of weightlifting, the key requirement of a successful lift in competition is to lift the barbell to the full extent of the
Photo by Bruce Klemens Photo by Bruce Klemens It has become cliché for those of us who have been involved in weightlifting for decades to
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