Last week I got the email from Phil Andrews at the USA Weightlifting head office that I have qualified for the University World Championships in Chiang Mai, Thailand. The Event Takes place December 5th-8th and will be my first international trip. … [Read more...]

This is a big week for the folks following the blog. On the weightlifting blog is the culmination of an 18 week program that into the competition day max. For those of you who are actually in competition good luck and my advice is simple. Start with … [Read more...]

"For I long to see you, that I may impart to you some spiritual gift to strengthen you—that is, that we may be mutually encouraged by each other's faith, both yours and mine."Romans 1:11-12The CrossFit world prides itself on community. One of its … [Read more...]

With all of that in mind, I guess the only question left to answer is where do I stand and what specific exercises do I believe are appropriate for use of straps and where are they not to be used? My parameters are simple. When are they appropriate:- … [Read more...]

There are those out there that would advocate never using straps at all, for anything. By and large this is a poor judgment call from my perspective. I realize that I just criticized the number one lifter in America in my weight class who managed to … [Read more...]

When I moved from Dallas to Georgia and began training with Caleb Williams I noticed something really interesting. He never uses straps. Never. And when I say never I mean he does not use them for pulls or hangs or anything. Caleb most recently … [Read more...]

Part 1:I have been compiling, testing, and preparing this blog for almost a month now. One of the hot topics currently in the CrossFit and weightlifting world is specifically surrounding the usage of weight lifting straps when completing the snatch … [Read more...]

Thank you Crossfit Republic for the hospitality and incredible camp! We could not have asked for a better location, weekend, or group. CrossFit Republic is a spacious gym just outside of Springfield Missouri. Not only did we get to experience a … [Read more...]

For those of you that got the chance to watch the University Nationals you know that it was an awesome meet to watch. Power and Grace did very well with multiple PR lifts across the board. Below is a highlight video featuring Casey's PR 53kg … [Read more...]

For those of you who have been around sports and athletics since an early age you've seen the attempts by teams and coaches to gain the favor of God with certain practices or prayers post and pre-game or during practices. In high school we always … [Read more...]

This weekend the University Nationals kicks off. Power and Grace Weightlifting has a couple lifters sprinkled throughout the sessions and some folks worth watching. The live feed link for the weekend is here.In the 58A Session for the women we have … [Read more...]

Over the past couple months much of what I have published surrounding lifting has been focused on technical proficiency and perfection of movement. The specific articles have spawned from working inside of a high school for the first time and … [Read more...]

Power and Grace weightlifting is pleased to announce our next seminar will be in Chesshire Connecticut at 3E CrossFit. This will be our very first Power and Grace seminar of any kind in the Northeast coming up October 25-26. The Saturday, Sunday WL … [Read more...]

So a couple quick announcements on a Sunday evening before the week gets started for y'all. For those of you following the Weightlifting blog, you may have noticed next week begins our competition final preparation meso-cycle. What that means is over … [Read more...]

For our Feature Footage Friday this week I wanted to give a little look at what happens when the bar gets out away from us in the clean. We have looked and seen this a lot in the snatch. However, we don't often look at it in the clean. Here's a … [Read more...]