WEIGHTLIFTING NEWS

Here we go again, stealing thoughts from Ron McKeefery’s book, “Weight Room Wisdom”.  This one comes from Teena Murray of the Sacramento...

Last month Leo was a guest on The Ironside Chat Podcast. The Ironside Chat is a Strength Podcast. 3 guys dicussing lifting, booze,...

To follow up on last week’s Tottenism Tuesday, I am going to reference Marty Bennett of Rejoice Christian School who had an excellent...

As a coach, I can invariably detect when a lifter is going to miss his or her next lift.  The lifter comes out for their first snatch.  I...

It is self-evident that strength training can improve sports where high force and high power out puts are necessary such as power lifting an

"This week on the USA Weightlifting Podcast, please welcome the great Leo Totten. Leo is the founder of East Coast Gold Weightlifting and...

There are a ton of great coaches out there.  Over the years, I have been so fortunate to have learned so much from so many and I will...

By: Leo Totten Originally posted November 22, 2012 A few years back, a publication of the USOC called the Olympic Coach had a great...

By: Leo Totten Originally posted September 21, 2018 as part of a series As we discussed in the article on SNATCH Overhead strength...

By: Leo Totten Originally posted February 1, 2018 Whether your sport is powerlifting, strongman, football or any other “strength” sport,...

By: Leo Totten Originally posted December 20, 2016 We all have been inundated with information on how beneficial the Olympic lifts can be...

By: Leo Totten Originally posted January 19, 2014 There is nothing more frustrating than missing the jerk after a great clean!  And,...

By: Leo Totten Originally Posted November 3, 2012 Whether your sport is powerlifting, strongman, football or any other “strength” sport,...

"Trying out something new this week. Joshua Gibson might be joining the Weightlifting House team, bringing more interviews to the show!...

"It’s Way Back Wednesday and to celebrate we are digging into Coach Joe’s podcast vaults and releasing this classic Doc & Jock Podcast...

"Coach Joe sits down with long time strength and conditioning coach Leo Totten to talk coaching. Coach Totten has been involved in...

"Leo Totten has worked with athletes and coaches from the high school level, to the collegiate, national and international level. He is a...