The Friday night lifting session is complete for the first ever Texas outlaw Olympic Weightlifting Seminar.  This Friday workout was put into the schedule for the sole purpose of seeing the type of athlete we are working with. The coaching staff and … [Read more...]

The State Meet Results from last weekend are almost posted live. When I took a look at the results I was stunned as I realized that our team did WAY better than I thought originally. Not only did we field 24 lifters out of a Crossfit gym, we took … [Read more...]

1 Chronicles 19:13 states, "Be strong, and let us use our strength for our people and for the cities of our God, and may the LORD do what seems good to him.”Over the past week this personally precious verse has been supremely comforting.  As … [Read more...]

Recently, I have spent some time reading, practicing, and watching the benefits of performing the snatch from just below the kneecap.  Previously I have always debated and wondered as to the usefulness of this position.  I always thought it was … [Read more...]

Interesting two pictures here. Both picture a lifter with the bar at the top of the knee in good position.  Notice however the difference in the length of the torso.  The longer torso gives more leverage over the bar at the hang position. … [Read more...]

Well another day for the record books. No pun intended. Team Outlaw comes in second in the Texas State Championships. Not without drama though. Lots of big victories and lots of PR's. Incredibly well-run meet by Bobby Sirkis considering all the … [Read more...]

Day one of the Texas State Weightlifting Championships is in the books. It has quite a day with no lacking in surprises or excitement. Our lifters did incredible and surpassed all my expectations. The day was filled with multiple PR's and multiple … [Read more...]

(venue)Texas State Weightlifting Championship begins tomorrow at the Frisco Athletic Center.  Never in my life did I think that I would lead a team to a weighlifting meet.  I certainly didn't think that I would ever create 24 warmup sheets for that … [Read more...]

This week I have had a couple email and text conversations about what to do with the feet when performing a snatch balance.  Since I began lifting I have heard as more names for multiple different variations of the Snatch Balance than I thought … [Read more...]

nSo the Texas State Weightlifting Championships are getting much bigger and grander than we expected. With just under 170 lifters competing, this meet will be the biggest in Texas' history by a margin of more than 50 people. All ages represented from … [Read more...]

January 16th-18th, 2015The Power and Grace Performance Camps are designed to enhance the attendees’ understanding and efficiency across a broad range of movements including the Olympic lifts and specific skill work. These seminars are geared … [Read more...]

I've seen a lot of PR attempts and a lot of PR makes in my life.  The most memorable are easily those with the best celebrations.  Akkeav's defeat of Klokov, Pyrros' jump…  However I was reminded today that celebration is part of the sport when one … [Read more...]

So late night tonight.  I have been wanting to post these two pictures and never found a good reason to throw them up on the blog.  Tonight there's a good reason.  I'm exhausted…This picture ran across my newsfeed this week.  Two of the coolest cats … [Read more...]

One of the biggest hindrances to power and vertical bar speed is the early arm bend.  For those of you who struggle with bending the arms early, you know the pain this bad habit is.  Bending the arms in the snatch OR clean before the bar has reached … [Read more...]

So we are officially less than a week away from the Texas State Weightlifting Championships.  Our team has entered the final prep phase and are looking extremely well.  This meet has turned out to be quite the spectacle boasting a record 165 lifters! … [Read more...]