What's the big deal about Olympic Weightlifting? Who needs Olympic Weightlifting? Those are just a couple of topics discussed in a recent interview I conducted with Olympic Weightlifting Coach Manuel Buitrago.
Who benefits from Olympic Weightlifting? Do you prefer teaching non-competitive Olfiters variations of the movements or do you teach the full movement?
It’s difficult to generalize ‘who benefits’ because the Olympic lifts are an investment. Their main benefit is that they can help individuals who need to develop and/or increase power production. This is important because the process of learning the lifts will develop strength and power in muscles that are key in most sports: quadriceps, hamstrings, calves, glutes, lower back, traps. Thus, a wide variety of athletes can benefit from these lifts.
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Coach Hale
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Manuel REALLY knows his stuff. I've personally come a million miles in a (relatively) very short time under his extremely well-trained eye. There are a lot of coaches out there, and he's by far the best one I've worked with.
It can be very frustrating and I will say, if you haven’t thought about quitting Olympic lifting at least once in your lifting career, you probably aren’t doing them correctly.
Hah, this one stood out for me.. too bad my BFF decided to go back to her first love: powerlifting.
great interview. Can't wait til GQArtGuy comes around to pick this guy apart.
Pay no attention to this man, he has no idea what hes talking about.
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