WEIGHTLIFTING NEWS

By: Leo Totten, MS, USAW 5 East Coast Gold WL Team Head Coach/CEO Totten Training Systems, LLC East Coast Gold Weightlifting Team...

SPORTSEDTV TALKS TO LEO TOTTEN Coach Leo Totten recently sat down and shared his vision on weightlifting, strength training, and coaches’...

These are crazy times where athletes are kept out of gyms and often stuck at home with no barbells to continue their training. I...

One of the points of technique that we always stress is SPEED! I often ask my lifters after a snatch or clean, “Was that lift fast...

"Leo Totten speaks with SportsEdTV Weightlifting Director and Olympic Coach Harvey Newton. Inducted into the USA Weightlifting Hall of...

"If you cant explain it simply, you dont understand it well enough" - Einstein Love this quote by man, Albert Einstein! (yeah, yeah, I...

Split, Timing, Recovery This is Part 2 and will focus on the Split, Timing and Recovery of the Split Jerk. As we discussed in Part 1, the...

A Wise Man Once Said…..Nothing A wise man knows when to stop talking and truly listen. It is very difficult to listen if you are always...

Set, Dip, Drive Think about it. We should really never miss a jerk, right? We are pretty much only driving the bar to the top of the...

Once again, one of my favorite coaches of all time and a legend in the field, Johnny Parker, hits the nail on the head.

What is a “Snatch Balance” and why do we do them? This might sound like simple questions because everyone knows the answer.

There are many words that have the suffix “ability” attached to it. And they all have significant meanings. Immediately a few come to mind –

t has been several weeks since we lost Kobe Bryant. I have been a long-time admirer of him as an athlete, father and man.

Putting It ALL Together - the SNATCH We have discussed all of the key positions and “putting it all together” for the CLEAN, now let’s...

Putting It ALL Together - the CLEAN It is one thing to know the key positions and the transition from one to the next, but now we need to...

"Leo Totten has always had a fondness for athleticism. As a child, he knew he wanted to be a teacher and coach, so after completing his...

Fred Hatfield, renowned lifter, coach and educator, once told me, “Training is all about being either good, better or best”. How true! ...

How many times do you find yourself worrying about things that have happened to you in the past? As you are walking down the path of...

Receiving Positions and the Transition from Full Extension Now our focus will be on the transition from the Full Extension of the pull to...

The RDL (Romanian Deadlift) has lots of benefits. No other exercise hits the hamstrings so well in a coordinated fashion with glutes.