The next 2 weeks are going to be brutal, and full of volume. I’ve written up the basic plan below. (These are the workouts of those of us who are doing the most frequency. Lot’s of PDXW members do far less, and different programs, of course. But, I think it’s helpful to see what someone… Continue Reading
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Thursday Evening Workout
Our Thursday evening workout consisted of what they call in the coaching profession, "the same old shite". Lot’s of snatches, cleans, Brandon working on squat jerk depth, and squats. This vids a bit misleading. Beth appears here to have done her power clean and jerk BEFORE she squatted. In fact, it was the opposite. She… Continue Reading
Wednesday Evening Workout
Nate and Estrella get in some deadlifts while the dude’s get their snatch, CJ, and squat on.
Tuesday PM Workout
It was the second workout of the day. All power versions for the most part, and Brandon still working on figuring out the squat jerk … AKA, fun!
Sept. 18th Heavy Athletics Olympic Weightlifting Contest Highlights
We had a great time down in Creswell, for the 2010 Heavy Athletics competition. Here’s a video of highlights. Also, you don’t want to miss Beth’s badass miss. She cleans it, her hand pops out, and she re-racks it!! Wow …
Portland Olympic Weightlifting: The State of the Game
I just ran across a page on a site (from 2002) about the state of Olympic Weightlifting in Portland, Oregon (here). It still rings true in most respects, but there is hope. Here’s an excerpt Poster Child–Portland, OR Training Environment: In Portland, OR and surrounding areas we used to have some lip service support for… Continue Reading
Pyrros Dimas Has a Great Snatch!
It’s almost on his head!