The body is your temple

I still remember my very first Snatch. After having a go with the broomstick for about 20 times, I gave the empty bar (20 kg) a shot. And to my surprise...

Posted by Admin on Mar 24, 2020

The body knows

If one's training is that of consoling themselves, that they have "got what it takes", then it would imply that they have not the slightest clue of how little it actually takes and thus, what true training entails.

Posted by Admin on Mar 19, 2020

The Chinese Secret

Having learned of the real secret behind the European WL "system", other countries have been looking towards the east for quite some time now, in the hunt for the next "secret". This post is to save them and their athletes the trouble.

Posted by Admin on 23 Feb, 2020

What Should I do

Society will always be too fast to encourage questions. Especially those, that will seem harmless on the surface but mask a deeper disease. The disease of irreversible societal conditioning.

Posted by Admin on 15 Feb, 2020

If you break it down, you will fail

A movement is whole and pure. It exists innocently, independent of your intentions and your futile attempts to "simplify" it any more than what it IS, lest you care not to truly learn.

Posted by Admin on Feb 10, 2020

The Truth about Strength

If you are chasing strength as if it is a prize which will get you the physical or mental goods, to go alongside your life, one that is devoid of a vision much grander than itself, you are missing the point completely.

Posted by Admin on Jan 19, 2020

How to be a Weightlifting God

The completeness of one's devotion to their training, their ability to separate themselves from the outcome and the never-ending thirst to know everything, does indeed make them a ... GOD.

Posted by Admin on Dec 27, 2019

Take Comfort in Letting Go

In the world of sports, if there is one superpower that separates those currently at unreachable levels, from the rest, is their ability to reaching a unique understanding of their own abilities. What allows them to master that, is their ability of letting-go.

Posted by Admin on Nov 08, 2019

Athlete for Life or Legend at Death

Live long enough as yourself to remain an athlete or decide once and for all, to die as a Legend. No, you will not eventually become a Legend. The decision of whether to become a Legend or not MUST be made ... NOW!

Posted by Admin on Oct 20, 2019

You want Power?

There is something inherent in your nature, that makes you susceptible to fall for tricks and gimmicks flashed in front of you. Incorporating Olympic lifts just to improve speed, power or strength is one of the many errands that is fooling you.

Posted by Admin on Sep 14, 2019

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