Greg Everett Founder of Catalyst Athletes Olympic Weightlifting shares his principles for programming.

BIO:

Greg Everett is the owner of Catalyst Athletics, coach of the USA Weightlifting National Champion Team Catalyst Athletics, author of the books Olympic Weightlifting: A Complete Guide for Athletes & Coaches and Olympic Weightlifting for Sports, director/writer/producer/editor/everything of the documentary American Weightlifting, co-host of the Weightlifting Life Podcast, and publisher of The Performance Menu journal. He is an Olympic Trials coach, coach of over 30 senior national level or higher lifters, including national medallists, national champion and national record holder; as an athlete, he is a fifth-place finisher at the USAW National Championships, masters national champion, masters American Open champion, and masters American record holder in the clean & jerk.


Show Notes:Websites and Social Media Links:


Website – catalystathletics.comFacebook – Catalyst Athletics


Twitter - @CAthleticsInstagram - catalystathletics


YouTube - Catalyst Athletics


Books Mentioned:


Olympic Weightlifting: A Complete Guide for Athletes & Coaches (3rd Edition)


Podcast Mentioned:


Weightlifting Life Podcast 


Documentaries Mentioned:


The God Cells: A Fetal Stem Cell Journey


Burzynski, the Movie


Burzynski: Cancer is Serious Business, Part II


America Weightlifting


 


People and Resources mentioned:


Mike BurgenerChad Wesley SmithIlya Ilyin


Dmitry Klokov


Eric Cressey


Ursula Garza


Eric Merola


 


TIMELINE:

0:00 – 19:10 – Robbie intro’s the show and asks Greg to introduce himself, and the guys also get into a discussion about coaching burnout19:11 – 25:19 Robbie asks Greg to outline his global technical models for teaching the Olympic lifts


25:20 – 33:33 -- Greg outlines in detail his technical model for the snatch, the clean, and the jerk33:33 – 34:55 - Robbie asks Greg what he recommends individuals do with their grip when receiving the Snatch


34:56 -36:02 – The audio skips out – cut this out if you can.


36:03 – 42:09 - Robbie asks Greg what the most common mistakes are when executing the Olympic lifts


42:10 – 49:22 - Robbie asks Greg what are some of the most common myths that he hears about weightlifting?


49:23 – 59:43 - Robbie asks Greg about his shoulder injury rehabilitation and return to play59:44 – 1:04:44 - Robbie asks Greg about rehabilitation with his athletes


1:04:45 – 1:06:49 - Robbie asks Greg has his own experience with injury and rehabilitation increased his understanding for any of his athletes with any injury?1:06:50 – 1:16:21 - Robbie asks Greg about his program design for weightlifting


1:16:22 – 1:22:00 - Robbie asks Greg about exercise order1:22:01 – 1:27:40 - Robbie asks Greg to outline his technical model for the clean and jerk again


1:27:41 – 1:30:54 - Robbie asks Greg how does his decide which jerk to use with a lifter?


1:30:55 – 1:35:33 - Robbie asks Greg about wrist position in the receiving position of the snatch


1:35:34 – 1:37:44 - Robbie wraps up the show!

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