One of the biggest problems with high school athletes (and athletes in general) is their diet. They will eat fast food 2-3x per week and skip breakfast half the time. Skipping breakfast is the biggest no-no, but, lack of good food after training can also limit your recovery ability as

Today we had just 1 session, which was nice to focus all energy on just one workout. It went like this: Power Snatch- up to 100kgx2 ,110kgx2, 115kgx2x2,  117.5kgx3x2 (259lbs) Power Clean- up to 110kgx2, 120kgx2, 130kgx2,135kgx2, 137.5kgx2,140kgx2, 142.5kgx2x2 (315lbs) Front Squat- up

Yesterday was an up and down day. In the morning I had a TERRIBLE session. Absolutely horrendous. I don’t even want to post it. But, I bounced back in the afternoon decently.   Snatch- up to 120kgx2, 125kgx2, 130kgx2, 135kgx2x1, 137.5kgx3x1 (tried for doubles on all 5 sets,

Friday’s training was pretty much the point in my life where I decided weightlifting is the worst sport in the world.   Morning: Snatch- up to 3 sets of 2 (120kg, 125kg, 130kg) Clean and Jerk- up to 3 sets of 2 (140, 150, 155kg)   Evening: Snatch- up to 140kg, then 8 s

Thursdays are usually a little bit lighter for us. Usually we simply do some power snatches (maybe up to a max single), and power cleans (up to a max single). That is usually the full workout, just single up on both to a max. I knew this week was going to be different though. Glenn is

Well, last night I went and got a half hour massage. So, we were feeling pretty good haha. Anyway, Jon North and I decided to try to clean 240kgs (529lbs) together. It is actually an extremely fun lift. I tihnk we could do close to 300kgs if we actually took it seriously and warmed up