MyWeightliftingCoach

Interview with Jim Schmitz - Splitting with the Snatch and Clean and Managing Weightlifters

In this installment our topics are - the advantages of splitting, coaching the best, and recent events in US and International Weightlifting.

Interview with Jim Schmitz - World's Roundup

We talk about Jim's experience at the World's 2015. His work as a journalist and what he thought of the competition and the weightlifting. We also learn the origins of Santa Claus!

Interview with Derrick Crass- World's Roundup

We talk about Derrick's experiences at the 2015 World's. How the lifting went, what it was like being a vendor and what's on his calendar for the end of the year.

Interview with Derrick Crass - Lifting from the blocks and levelling the playing field NOV 15

In my second interview with Derrick we talk about the technique of lifting from the blocks and drugs in sports. Derrick talks about training athletes using the blocks and the unique benefits of working with DC Blocks. Then we talk about the recent doping scandal in Russian and athletics and what that indicates about the issue in weightlifting.

Interview with Jim Schmitz -Instinctive Periodization and Olympic Inclusion OCT 15

In our second interview we discuss the state of Olympic Style Weightlifting in the US. We talk about his recent article on Instinctive Periodization and about the potential changes to the Summer Olympics lineup.

Interview with Jim Schmitz - August 2015

Inteview with Jim, covering his early years, his coaching at the nationals and international level. We talk about his experiences up to today. Focusing on the training of top athletes in the field and his current projects.

Interview with Derrick Crass - August 2015

We go over Derrick's earliest experiences in the sport, his training style and approach to diet and nutrition. Then we discuss his experiences competing nationally and internationally. We talk about the genesis of his company DC Blocks. We conclude talking a bit about his daughter, Rachel, and how she got involved in weightlifting.