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Warming up for a big competition, the coach is giving 5 cues. The athlete gives a nod and the next throw, the next lift, the next warm-up, the coac...

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As coaches, we have all had those competitions. You believe the athlete is fully prepared, the stars have aligned, the 67 moons of Jupite...

How do you develop your Olympic lifts to the point of being considered elite? At Garage Strength, we have been studying the sport of Olympic liftin...

Olympic Weightlifting has many benefits for baseball players. Incorporating these movements into a baseball player’s workout will improve their pow...

Winning a Senior National title is something I dreamed about since I started this sport. To see the caliber of athletes conquering the platform at ...

Should basketball players lift? Absolutely. Should basketball players Olympic weight lift? 100%. Incorporating Olympic movements into a basket...

Programming is something I enjoy, the moments I spend visualizing the execution of each lift, what that lift is doing for strength and te...

To front squat or to back squat...that is the question! The debate over which is better, what does each lift do for performance and how does ea...

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Stiff or immobile ankles can show up in a lot of ways, but are very easy to spot when an individual is performing a squatting movement. The type of posture required for Olympic-style squats demands good ankle mobility in order to keep the upper body as upright as possible. I can see that an athlete has bad ankles if they squat and their knees can’t push forward very far, and their chest is dumping forward to compensate. Athletes snatching with immobile ankles will often dump their chest forward and miss the bar behind them as a result.

This article will be a quick reaction to a question I get a lot, which is whether or not high school athletes should supplement with creatine. First off, for those who don’t know, creatine is just an amino acid that helps individual cells regenerate their supply of energy faster. This leads to improvements in force production, as well as lean muscle mass. Creatine is probably the most researched and safest supplement available on the market today.