Stuck training at home without a coach? We can help.

We’re providing live 1-on-1 technique coaching via videoconference by appointment. Just like our Sunday Fix Your Technique sessions, but now online due to the virus restrictions.

Check out our Pandemic Services page to learn more or sign-up.

Want expert feedback on your Olympic lifts without a major commitment? Look no further. Our Fix Your Technique Sundays are back.

Come fix your Snatch and/or Clean & Jerk technique under the watchful eyes of one of our coaches. Not a class but personal, custom coaching.

• Identify what you’re doing well
• Learn what aspect(s) of your technique needs the most work
• Learn drills you can take home for practice and improvement

This has been one of our most popular services over the last several years. It’s back by popular demand. [Read more…]

In this last quarter of 2019, we have available several exciting training and education options for lifters and coaches. Hope you can join us: [Read more…]

We all know strength training is supposed to be good for us as we age, right? But why is it so essential?

To answer this, Runrepeat.com posted a great summary of the scientific literature on aging and strength training. After analyzing more than 200 peer-reviewed studies, they’ve compiled a list of the benefits adults and seniors can expect from strength training.

In all, the summary highlights 78 separate, science-backed benefits from strength training for adults and seniors. These benefits fall into the following categories:

1. Increasing functional independence
2. Improving quality of life
3. Improving sleep
4. Reducing age-related muscle loss and sarcopenia
5. Burning fat and increasing lean mass
6. Improving osteoarthritic and bone health
7. Improving cardiovascular health
8. Improving mitochondrial health
9. Improving mental health and cognitive functioning
10. Fighting type-2 diabetes
11. Improving recovery from hip injury
12. Reducing risk of death

Head on over to Runrepeat.com to read the whole article.

Reminder: If you live in the LA area, consider joining us for our Basic Barbell Strength clinic on October 19, where we’ll teach you how to get started safely with barbell strength training.

Sean has a new article out on the Train Heroic blog, discussing accessory exercises for the Snatch and Clean & Jerk. From the article:

“There are three main ways that a supplemental exercise can assist with the two Olympic lifts: strengthening, teaching, and/or fixing. The more it has an impact – which can depend on what level the athlete is at or where they’re at in a training cycle – the more often we’ll use it. “

Read the whole article here.