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Dane's Favorite Shoulder Saving Movement
by Dane Miller
Shoulder Strength and Mobility for Injury Prevention I train a lot of Olympic weightlifters, shot putters/discus throwers, wrestlers and swimmers. ...
- clean and jerk
- discus
- functional movement
- shot put
- snatch
- stability
- throwers
- Throws
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Manifesto
by Dane Miller
Being protested by vegans at the philly farm and food fest has really made think deeper about growing animals for food. My initial, defensive react...
- Community
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4 Ways to Improve Throws
by Dane Miller
On a regular occasion, I have individuals from all over the world asking me, “what is the fastest way to improve my throw.” Generally, this is referring to
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Dane Coaches Olympians
by Dane Miller
Dane Miller coached Norik Vardanian at the Olympic Trials in 2016. You can read about his experience at the trials here. Norik placed second at th...
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Four Ways to Improve Throws
by Dane Miller
On a regular occasion, I have individuals from all over the world asking me, “what is the fastest way to improve my throw.” Generally, this is referring to
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The Mental Edge
by Dane Miller

Garage Strength athletes had a successful weekend at the PIAA State Championship Meet. Berks county natives, Jocelen Ruth, Emily Stauffer, and Joe Mundell have shown that they can perform in the circle under any conditions. Dane Miller was a AA State Champion in shot put back in 2002 and coaching the throws remains his specialty.

Garage Strength athletes brought back three state titles, two silver medalists, and four top eight finishers.

It is no secret
- discus
- javelin
- shot put
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Alex Rose Is Headed for the 2016 Olympic Games!
by Dane Miller
Garage Strength online client, Alex Rose is heading to Rio de Janeiro this summer for the 2016 Olympic Games! Dane is proud to work with Alex this ...
- discus
- throwers
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Coaching at the 2016 USA Weightlifting Olympic Trials Part 2
by Dane Miller

Olympic Trials Part 2: On to the clean and jerk.

After Norik had smashed his own American record in the snatch with 172k, he was a bit excited. We were in good position going into clean and jerk and had figured that 197k in the clean and jerk would guarantee him a position on the Pan Am team. Again, Norik had three goals and making the Pan Am team was the first goal. He was a slight bit fatigued but felt good and confident heading into clean and jerk
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Coaching at the 2016 USA Weightlifting Olympic Trials Part 1
by Dane Miller
First, I want to get this off my mind. Looking back over the past year’s competition schedule, I believe USAW could have done a better job with their athletes (specifically male athletes) by planning out a better schedule to ensure proper peaking for the Olympic Qualifier (Pan Ams). I believe they could have used the Junior Nationals Trials session or the Arnold Classic as a qualifier for the Pan Am team, which in turn would have given the athletes more time to train and recover and provide
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- olympic weightlifting
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What does USAW do now? What does it mean?
by Dane Miller
Perhaps it’s the weird libertarian side of me, but when I first heard the news that USA Weightlifting was getting booted from the OTC, I felt a sweet bit of joy. No longer would the organization be limited by a small room. No longer would they be controlled by physical constraints and a weight room with a strange set up. Or maybe it was the business side of me
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- usaw
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Garage Strength Athletes Bring Home Gold In PIAA State Championship Meet
by Dane Miller
Garage Strength Athletes earned the top three positions in men's and women's AAA shot put. Four Garage Strength athletes medaled in shot and discu...
- discus
- javelin
- peaking
- shot put
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Peaking and Tapering
by Dane Miller

There are many ways to set up a taper for individual athletes. It is important to comprehend that each athlete will peak or taper in a different manner. During the last program prior to competition, dropping volume is a very simple way to trigger a peak, but many questions need to be answered prior to setting up the competing athlete.

-What is the event in question?

-How important is this meet?

-What is my current training volume?
- olympic weightlifting
- Sports Performance
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