MyWeightliftingCoach

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

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!

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.