By Jim Schmitz
U.S. Olympic Weightlifting Team Coach 1980, 1988 & 1992
Author of Olympic-style Weightlifting for Beginner & Intermediate Weightlifters Manual and DVD
- Buckle Up
- If You Only Had Time for One Lift
- Dropping Weights
- Instinctive Periodization
- One in Front, One in Back, and Finally in the Right Spot
- Take Care of Your Hands
- Clean and Jerk for Reps
- Fathers, Sons, and Daughters
- Reps and Sets for Strength and Power
- Know Your Pain
- RDL: Where It Came From, How to Do It
- Secure Your Gear
- Fantastic Finishes
- How Often to Compete
- Jumping and Weightlifting
- Saturday Workouts
- Your First Competition
- Six for Six
- Six for Six, Continued
- Selecting Your Attempts
- Your "Power Zone”
- Lifting off Blocks
- Running and Weightlifting
- The Manly Military Press
- Push Press & Push Jerk (aka Power Jerk)
- Lowering and Meeting the Barbell
- Terrible Twos (aka Demon Doubles)
- Clean Deadlift & Shrug
- The Hook Grip
- Straps - What, How, Why, and When to Use Them
- Jerk Support & Jerk Support and Recover
- The Feet
- Naked Bar Lifting
- What's in Your Gym Bag?
- What Shape is Your Gear In?
- The Training Log
- He "Clarked" It!
- Overhead Squat
- Squat Jerk
- Jumping the Feet Too Wide
- The Power Clean
- Weightlifters and Grip Strength
- Winners Never Quit and Quitters Never Win
- Mental Focus
- Jerk Grip Width
- Jerk Grip Width
- Combos for Form, Fitness and Fun
- My Take on Technique
- My Take on Technique
- Split Lifting Technique
- The Frog Leg Style
- Tommy Kono High Pulls to a Stick
- Miyake High Pull
- Sultan Rakhmanovs (SR's), aka "Sexy Squats"
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Jim Schmitz’s gold-medal articles on weightlifting and weight training are regularly featured in MILO: A Journal for Serious Strength Athletes.
Take advantage of what Jim Schmitz, absolutely one of the best American coaches in the sport, can teach you in his Olympic-style Weightlifting for the Beginner & Intermediate Weightlifters Manual and DVD.
