Archive for October, 2011
London Olympic Test Event Fund Raising Goal Accomplished
Dear Friends,
I am pleased to announce that we met our fund raising goal to pay for the Airline Tickets for both Sarah Robles and myself to go to the 2012 London Olympic Test Event. We are very grateful to everyone from across the country and world that contributed to this very special [...]
Performance One Women Weightlifters hit Big Lifts this week
It was a great week back after a week at the Olympic Training Center in Colorado Springs, Colorado for the World Team Training Camp. The women of Performance One Advanced Sports Training did not disappoint. On Wednesday Trinity M. hit a PR in the Clean & Jerk with 60 kilos and a PR in the [...]
Read moreControlled Competition at the Olympic Training Center Weightlifting Facility
On Friday we had a Controlled Competition at the Olympic Training Center Weightlifting Facility. The morning session saw a couple of lifters whom where not participating in the competition doing some training. Megan Poole lifted but I was busy so don’t remember exactly what she did. Pat Mendes came in just for this event and [...]
Read moreConversation with USA Weightlifting National Coach Zygmunt Smalcerz
“Establish a base with young athletes. Don’t rush through Technical Progressions nor push Strength Training aggressively without allowing time for Neutral Adaptation and Physiological Development. You must keep in mind the long term plan of the athlete.” Main points of one of many of my conversations with National Coach Zygmunt Smalcerz at the OTC.
Read moreDay 3 AM & PM Training Sessions at the Olympic Training Center
Wednesday Morning 10 am
(I do my best to write accurate descriptions of what happened but I am going off of memory and some notes. Everyone is on different program and unless I wrote it personally it’s sometimes hard for me to remember everything that happened, just a heads up)
We saw Holley Mangold, Donny Shankle, Pat [...]
Day 2 AM & PM Workout
Most of the Team trained in the morning with the exception of Sarah Robles and Shane Maier. Sarah usually only trains once in the evening on Tuesday and saves the morning for therapy. Shane only trains once a day and they did not want to push him to train more often given that he is [...]
Read moreDay 1 PM Workout
The afternoon workout had most of the lifters clean & jerking. I’ll start with the girls. Rizelyx Rivera clean & push jerked up to 95 kilos for around four singles she looked good and the weights looked very easy. She is in good shape and is hungry to hit some big weights. Rizelyx front squatted [...]
Read moreDay 1 at the Olympic Training Center for the World Team Camp
Watched the morning training session at the OTC today. Donny Shankle Snatched Push Pressed up to 160 kg and so did Mike Nackoul. Donny then Snatched up to 150 off the blocks from Knee height. Mike Snatched up to I think 135-140 off the blocks from the knee. Mike is a very impressive young man [...]
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