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This week we started all new programming in preparation for the NC State Weightlifting Championships in October. The volume is very heavy right now, and we are focused on general preparation that will ready our athletes for the Bulgarian-ish programming to come. Most of our team are rookies, so stabilizing the overhead position and working […]

My whole life has been spent striving to inspire, striving to leave the world a little different than I found it. My youth was spent trying to dominate sports at the cost of everyone and everything. I was clearly focused, but I lacked a proper motivation. My motivation was an obsession with becoming great, and

Today I witnessed the most inspirational event of my life. Lisa Gniewek my client, my friend, and my inspiration to attack life set a lifetime PR in the Clean & Jerk at 140lbs. Lisa is a 42 year wife, mother of two, Pediatrics Registered Nurse, and a stage IV Lung Cancer battler. I watch her

​Yesterday on Weightlifting Talk we discussed what it takes to be a champion weightlifter and powerlifter. We all had our various opinions, but one thing that was a common trait is courage. All champions are unafraid to put it all on the line, and just go for it. Weightlifters, powerlifters, pole vaulters, wrestlers, cage fighters,

Mash Elite has embarked on a series of seminars called “Learn 2 Lift”. The seminars are focused on Snatch and Clean & Jerk, and/or Squat, Bench, & Deadlift. A lot of people are emailing me about what to expect at these seminars, so I am going to explain in this blog. I am unbelievably excited

Mash Elite Performance has been in operation since 2008. We have produced countless amounts of Division I Athletes, National Champion Powerlifters, World Champion Powerlifters, and now National level Olympic weightlifters. We are working on producing champion Crossfitters, and I have no doubt that we will do just that. I receive countless emails, calls, and in-person