Developing Strength in the Weightlifter
This is a post covering part of the fourth chapter of Laputin and Oleshko’s “Managing the Training of Weightlifters.” This part of the chapter deals with developing the physical qualities that are...
Olympic style weightlifting
Managing the Training Loads of Weightlifters
This is a post covering part of the third chapter of Laputin and Oleshko’s “Managing the Training of Weightlifters.” This part of the chapter deals with the training loads and it is...
Managing the Training of Weightlifters During the Competition Period
This is a post covering part of the third chapter of Laputin and Oleshko’s “Managing the Training of Weightlifters.” The part of this chapter covered deals with the competition period for high...
Look Ahead to Train Today
This is the first of several posts taking a deep dive into the classic Soviet weightlifting text, Managing the Training of Weightlifters. This post looks at the first chapter of the book,...
Old Books Can Still Teach Us A Lot
I’m a terrible chess player, I admit that. I really got into it when I went through chemotherapy to try to keep my brain in shape. To help with that, I began...