Coaching youth athletes is the most rewarding job that one can have if your motives are in the right place. We get to help mold young men and women not only as athletes but also as humans. We get to help them avoid the mistakes that we made (or at least make fewer mistakes). We […]
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Simon Chang is an impressive powerlifter – but he’s a really impressive nutrition coach. It really goes without saying… Nutrition is important. We’ve got our Eat What You Want nutrition coaching here because we know it’s that crucial. But what we talked about most with Simon was nutrition leading up to a meet. How do
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Man I get tired of coaches trying to push their agenda onto folks with nothing more than their preference to back up their statements. It’s the absolute statements that literally drive me crazy. Yesterday, I almost got caught up in an article which was bashing unilateral squatting and exalting bilateral squatting. I almost shared the
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There have been a lot of changes lately with the USAW. Rules have been changed, stipend structure has changed, and there are lot of upset people out there. So we brought USAW board member Jasha Faye on the podcast to give us the straight answers about what’s really going on. I have so much respect
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I am on a 15-hour plane ride from Hong Kong to New York, so I have had lots of time to think about the world championships. There were a lot of ups and downs with even more lessons to pass on to all of you. That brings me to the first realization – I enjoy
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Right as this podcast comes out, Team USA will be in Thailand. On this podcast, we’re joined by my good friend JP Nicoletta. He’ll be right there in Thailand filling us all in on what’s happening. I’ll be there too with some of my lifters – and of course heavy hitters from all over the
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