The USA Weightlifting Podcast

This week on the USA Weightlifting Podcasts, your hosts, Chad Vaughn and Cheryl Haworth will talk you through another tip on our count down of 10 easily applied tips to improve your lifts. In this episode they will be getting into a simple concept to add to your training in order to perfect your jerk, as well as any other movement that requires a “dip”. Be sure to listen in to find out how pausing...

This week on the USA Weightlifting Podcasts, your hosts are back with more tips to help improve your lifts to ensure you’re getting the most out of every training session. This episode is all about the clean and jerk and how to solidify your grip for the clean as well as getting into the right positions for proper execution. Some specifics we’ll be diving into include bar contact, defining the fir...

Welcome back to another week of The USA Weightlifting Podcast. Today’s episode is great for athletes and coaches alike, looking to perfect their craft. On this week’s episode your hosts will be talking about the importance of slowing down. Believe it or not it’s not that easy to get athletes to slow down. In this episode we’ll be learning about how slowing down can help you move better, improve yo...

This week on the USA Weightlifting Podcast, we’re back with another tip to help improve your lifts. In this episode our hosts will be discussing the benefits of lifting without shoes. Believe it or not, lifting barefoot may in-fact make lifting with weightlifting shoes much easier by improving kinesthetic awareness, ankle mobility, as well as cleaning up some mobility issues in your bottom positio...

Welcome back to another episode of the USA Weightlifting Podcast. This week we have another tip to help improve your Olympic lifts and build confidence under the bar. The information covered as our number 8 on the countdown of 10 is all about confirming your best snatch grip. We’ll also be going over the importance of contact with the bar and the difference between external and internal rotation....

Welcome back to another episode of The USA Weightlifting Podcast. This week we’re coming back with another one of our easily applied tips to help improve your lifts without having to add or change your program. Today’s tip is all about spending some time in your bottom position, in other words, pause squats! We’ll be getting into how to keep your torso upright in the bottom of your clean, as well...

Welcome back to another episode of the USA Weightlifting Podcast. In this episode we will be starting a new Tip Series that is going to help enhance your technique, improve strength in specific positions, and overall help towards becoming more efficient in your lifts! In this episode we’ll be going over pausing at the knee, from becoming more aware of getting to this point from your start position...

Welcome back for another episode of the USA Weightlifting Podcast. In this episode your hosts will be talking about the importance of establishing a proper start position for your snatch and clean. They’re be discussing the importance of joint mobility for strength athletes, grip work, feet positioning, and finally, how to bring it all together for each lift. Topics: 15:00 - Feet position 20:00 -...

Welcome back to another episode of The USA Weightlifting Podcast. In Today’s episode we are joined by Chris Amenta and Danny Ear of Onyx Straps. This week we’re diving into one of the most used weightlifting tools, lifting straps. We’ll be getting into the benefits of lifting with straps as well as strategies on when and how to use straps for strength, and mobility. Topics: 03:45 - Why use straps?...

Be sure to check the link below to find the videos used in the review of a listener’s jerk toward the end of the recording. https://www.instagram.com/p/BuFEAFQFQSY/?utm_source=ig_share_sheet&igshid=4nol209p4lo4 Welcome back to another episode of The USA Weightlifting Podcast. This week our hosts are diving in head first on how to improve your jerk. This episode is dedicated to dissecting the jerk...

Welcome back to another episode of The USA Weightlifting Podcast. This week we’re going round two with Nick Shaw from RP Strength. If you haven’t yet, be sure to check out part one of this conversation. In this episode we’ll be diving deeper into the world of weightlifting and dieting/ nutrition. Nick shares a few sweating methods for cutting weight, as well as tips for hydration, and making weigh...

This week on the USA Weightlifting Podcast, we’re joined by a very special guest, Co-Founder of RP Strength, Nick Shaw. In this episode Nick shares his knowledge on nutrition, or more specifically, eating for performance. We’ll be covering a variety of topics including counting macros, supplements, what to consider before dropping a weight class, and finally tips for proper cutting and weight gain...

Weightlifting, just like any sport takes some time to perfect, so what happens when you only have a limited amount of time to dedicate to training each week? On this episode of The USA Weightlifting Podcast we’re going to tackle that question as well as give you some suggestions on exactly what you should be working on during each session to make sure you’re getting the absolute most out of traini...

Welcome back to another episode of the USA Weightlifting Podcast. This week is all about making contact with the bar. Whether you're new to olympic lifting, or coaching high caliber athletes, we’ve got some tips for you! In this episode we’ll be getting into things like how to make contact, when you should start teaching your athletes about making contact, and finally, how to teach making contact....

This week on the USA Weightlifting Podcast, we’ll be getting into the importance of body awareness and learning new skills as a weightlifter. We’ve got some tips to keep you active, why exploring new sports and movement patterns will help you in the weight room, as well as providing some insight on how to improve your posture even while standing. If you liked this episode please leave us a review!...

Welcome back to another episode of The USA Weightlifting Podcast. In this episode we will be getting into the importance of making your lifts. It’s one thing to win a competition, while its another thing to go 6/6 in your lifts. We will be giving our tips on staying present during each individual lift, advice for new lifters, and Chad’s very own “two-miss” rule. Enjoy the show! Topics: 04:20 - Sta...

“Let the reception be a reaction!” Chad Vaughn This week on the USA Weightlifting Podcast Cheryl and Chad will be talking about getting under the barbell in your snatch (though this applies to the clean and the jerk as well) and how to commit to the lift; which first means committing to your pull from the ground through extension (hopefully FULL and QUALITY extension). We’ll be getting into some o...

Welcome back to another episode of the USA Weightlifting Podcast. We are joined this week by a man who needs little introduction, Wes Kitts. Wes is a Tennessee boy, turned Weightlifter, Coach, and Personal Trainer out of California Strength. Recently he won gold in the 2018 Pan Am Championships and holds the American record in the now previous 105kg weight class with a 176kg snatch, and now has hi...

This week on the USA Weightlifting Podcast, we are answering some more of your questions. Today’s topic focuses on equipment necessary for weightlifting, specifically for this conversation are wrist wraps, knee wraps/sleeves, and belts. Are any of these a must to lift big weights? That question for these accessories is certainly debatable so tune in here for our personal take on the topic! Enjoy t...

This week on the USA Weightlifting Podcast, we’re excited to talk about this magical movement known as THE SQUAT! When it comes down to it, many athletes don’t realize the aspects of the squat that need to be paid attention to, developed, and perfected for best carryover into their snatch and clean and jerk. Dr. Aaron Horschig, from Squat University will be joining us today to help fill you in. Aa...

This week on the USA Weightlifting Podcast, we’re joined by a legend amongst coaches in the weightlifting community, Coach Mike Burgener. It was an honor to get the chance to catch up with Coach B and learn more about his passion for the great sport of weightlifting as well as some of his favorite stories from throughout the years. In this episode we’ll be getting into what it’s like working with...

This week on the USA Weightlifting Podcast, we’re going deep into the behind the scenes of the recent success at the Junior Worlds, and the future of International Competition prep, with USAW’s Senior Director of Sports Performance and Coaching Education, Mike Gattone. Mike is a USAW Sr. International Coach, personal coach of Tara Nott Cunningham, and former Assistant Strength Coach for the Chicag...

This week on the USA Weightlifting Podcast, we’re speaking with Fred Lowe. Fred is a three-time Olympian, and eight-time Senior National Champion. He held four American records, two being in the clean and jerk, and he was the lightest lifter to clean and jerk 400lb until CJ Cummings. In this episode Fred shares some of his advice for weightlifters looking to improve their jerk, how to fix common f...

This week on the USA Weightlifting Podcast, we’re interviewing Vernon Patao. Vernon was a 1990 US Junior Champion, a three-time US Senior Champion in 1992, 1994, and 1995, and a two-time Olympian from 1992 and 1996. After 18 years on the outside of the sport, Vernon has now stepped back into the game as a coach, helping athletes reach the next level in their careers. Today we got to catch up with...

This week on the USA Weightlifting Podcast, we’re interviewing Artie Drechsler. As an athlete, Artie set three Junior World Records including one in the total. Additionally he is a USAW Sr. International Coach, a Category 1 IWF Referee, a 2 term Chair of the Board for USA Weightlifting, and certainly one of the most knowledgeable about the sport in general. In this episode we’ll be going over some...