Olympic weightlifting is excellent exercise to build muscle, develop strength and improve athletic performance. However, you won’t see any of those gains if you’re doing it wrong. These are five weightlifting no-no’s that ICWA coaches will help you avoid for better results:
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To lose weight, you need to burn more calories than you consume. That’s easy enough to understand. But how you go about burning those calories is where many people are still in the dark. Most people think that cardio is the best (or only) way to burn enough calories to start shedding pounds and losing inches…but it’s not. Lifting weights is a great way to lose weight because it’s effective and less time-consuming. Continue reading Lift Pounds to Lose Pounds
Olympic weightlifting is an exciting sport all on its own, and it’s also used in training for a variety of other athletics. In other words, it’s a great discipline to learn to boost your fitness, whether you want to become a competitive lifter or a better athlete in your own game of choice. But to get the benefits without injury, you need to learn to lift properly, and that’s what ICWA’s Olympic Weightlifting Level I classes will help you do.
Our Level I Olympic Weightlifting classes teach you the basics of weightlifting, including: Continue reading New Olympic Weightlifting Classes Starting This Month!
At ICWA, we believe that there’s an athlete in everyone. We also know that athletic performance can be improved by weightlifting. Unfortunately, many women are discouraged from beginning a weightlifting program because they think it’s going to make them look too masculine. But that’s simply not true. Weightlifting offers a number of health benefits, all of which women can enjoy without compromising a feminine physique.
Weightlifting can increase overall health and performance by: Continue reading Myth: Weightlifting Makes Women Look “Manly”
Weightlifting is recognized as an essential activity to build and tone muscles as well as improve endurance and explosive strength. But not all weightlifting is Olympic weightlifting. What is Olympic weightlifting, exactly? It is a competitive weightlifting event governed by the rules and guidelines of the U.S. (and International) Olympic Committee.
Olympic Weightlifting Objective
Of course the object of competitive weightlifting is to lift the more weight than your competitors, but there is more to it than that. The amount of weight attempted varies by weight class, which is different for men and women. All lifts must be executed according to Olympic standards, and there are two or three judges who evaluate if a lift is successfully completed for failed.
Olympic Weightlifting Lifts
There are two types of lifts performed for Olympic weightlifting events:
• Snatch
• Clean and Jerk
While both movements require lifting a weighted barbell from the floor to Continue reading What Is Olympic Weightlifting, Exactly?
