Static Stretching for Flexibility In Weightlifting
Weightlifting is a sport that requires a heavy use of muscles and vast amounts of flexibility, so stretches and mobilization are critical to succeed. This
Author: Rich Kite
Rich Kite is a British weightlifting coach, Greenwood Weightlifting coach, strength and conditioning coach, and the director of the website UK Olympic Weightlifting (UKOW). As an avid promoter of the sport of weightlifting in the United Kingdom, Rich started the UKOW website to be used as a resource and increase acknowledgement of the sport. Rich has also been featured in Greg Everett’s well-known Performance Menu Journal, in addition to numerous other web blogs.
Rich has coached weightlifting at a host of clubs across the UK, delivered seminars at numerous gyms and boxes, organized competitions, and worked closely with the national governing body towards increasing participation in the sport. Rich continues to pursue his dream of having weightlifting accepted as a national sport. Get in contact with Rich via UKOW on Twitter and Facebook.
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Weightlifting Will Make You Shorter (and Other Ridiculous Assumptions)
In the sport of weightlifting, it has been and often still remains to be believed that partaking in the sport will result in making a
Weightlifting for Kids: How to Attain Crucial Parental Buy-In
In weightlifting, attaining parental buy-in is no easy challenge. The stereotype still exists that lifting weights is dangerous for a child’s health and maturation process.
Why to Include Weightlifting in Your Warm Ups
Warm up movements are an essential part to any training session for athletes. They prepare the body both mentally and physically for the forthcoming session,
Weightlifting Development for Children: The Importance of the Long Term Approach
Kids are just smaller, slightly weaker adults, right? They’d be fine with the same program you’d give any twenty-something-year-old, wouldn’t they? If worse comes to
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