The USA Weightlifting Podcast

Welcome back to another episode of the Official USA Weightlifting Podcast. This week, we’re kicking off round two of Q&A from our listeners. Once again, thank you to everyone that sent in questions! In this episode we’re joined by Coach Kevin Doherty of Hassel Free Barbell Club. We’re going to be answering some of your questions geared toward young athletes including making weight, how to keep wei...

This week on the USA Weightlifting Podcast, we’re speaking with 2016 Olympian and 48kg category American record holder in the snatch, Morghan King. In this episode we learn more about Morghan’s goals on returning to the Olympics, tips on improving your jerk, and her modo for staying healthy and ultimately learning her own body. Show your support for our show by leaving us a review! Enjoy the show!...

This week on the USA Weightlifting Podcast, we’re speaking with the CEO of USAW, Phil Andrews. In this episode Phil takes us through his role as CEO, as well as some of his personal goals for the organization. We’ll be getting a closer look at the USAW Mission Statement, organizational and cultural changes, and an inside look at the USAW Recruitment Project. It was an honor to host Phil as our gue...

This week on the USA Weightlifting Podcast, we’re interviewing Mattie Rogers. Mattie is a three-time National Champion in the 69kg category. She is also the Senior American record holder in the snatch, clean and jerk, and total. Before weightlifting, Mattie started out as a cheerleader, and eventually got into CrossFit at the age of 17 before ultimately finding her way into weightlifting a year la...

This week on the USA Weightlifting Podcast, we’re speaking with another elite USA Weightlifting International Coach, Cara Heads. Cara competed in the 2000 Olympic Games, and is a two-time Junior National Champion as well as an eight-time National Champion. Cara has been able to do a beautiful job using her knowledge and experience as an elite athlete to transition and make a big name for herself i...

This week on the USA Weightlifting Podcast, Chad and Cheryl will be directly replying to a few of your questions. Special thanks to everyone who participated and sent in some questions for us! We had a great time getting to know a little more about you the listener and what things you’d like to learn more about. In this episode we’ll be touching on tips for taking care of your joints, the differen...

This week on the USA Weightlifting Podcast, we’re speaking with the man known as the strongest weightlifter in American history, Shane Hamman. Shane still holds all the super heavyweight American records with a 197.5 kg (435 lb) snatch, a 237.5 kg (524 lb) clean and jerk, and a 430 kg (948 lb) total; the last 2 of which were broken at the 2004 Olympics. Before Shane got into Olympic lifting he had...

This week on the USA Weightlifting Podcast, we’re doing something special. This is an opportunity for you the listeners to get to know your hosts, Chad Vaughn and Cheryl Haworth. In this episode we’ll be learning a bit more about our hosts as they both talk about their introduction to weightlifting, competing at the highest level, and even sharing a few secrets from beyond the platform. We would l...

Welcome back to another episode of the USA Weightlifting Podcast. This week, we’re joined by the 2018 National Championships Meet Director, Anna Martin, as we not only talk about some of our favorite lifters from the competition, but also discuss the “behind the scenes” and obstacles of running a meet. Aside from meet director, Anna does it all from coaching athletes of all ages and levels (over 5...

This week on the USA Weightlifting Podcast, we’re interviewing Elite coach, Danny Camargo. Danny is one of the few honored Senior International Level Coaches for USAW, a title of which he obtained through many years of work after transitioning from being a high level competitor. In this episode we’ll be getting into Danny’s coaching career, what it’s like getting back into competition after an eig...

On this week of the USA Weightlifting Podcast, we’re speaking with one of the all-time great American Weightlifters who currently still holds the record for the Snatch in the 77 and 85kg weight class, Oscar Chaplin III. In this episode we get to catch up with Oscar and learn more about what he’s been up to since his transition from athlete to coach. In this episode we’ll be getting into some techn...

This week on the USA Weightlifting Podcast, we’re speaking with one of the world’s best Weightlifters, Harrison Maurus. Weighing in at 77 kg, and only 17 years old, Harrison secured Team USA’s first Men’s Weightlifting World Medal in 20 years at the 2017 IWF Weightlifting World Championships. Just a few months later, Maurus beefed up to the next weight class and became the youngest and lightest Am...

This week on the USA Weightlifting Podcast, we’re talking to the Queen of Olympic Weightlifting, Ursula Garza. Ursula is a two-time senior national champion, two-time Olympic Festival champion, five-time world team member (1992-1996), and former record holder in both the snatch (masters) and clean and jerk (seniors and masters). Ursula has contributed so much to the sport of weightlifting as an at...

On this episode of the USA Weightlifting Podcast, we’ll be speaking with Sarah Robles. Presently, Sarah is the reigning IWF World Champion in the +90kg weight category (the first American to be named World Champion since Robin Byrd Goad in 1994). If that wasn’t enough, she also competed at the 2012 Olympic Games in London finishing in 6th place, earned a Bronze Medal at the 2016 Olympics in Rio, a...