By Jim Schmitz

U.S. Olympic Weightlifting Team Coach 1980, 1988 & 1992
Author of Olympic-style Weightlifting for Beginner & Intermediate Weightlifters Manual and DVD

• Buckle Up
• If You Only Had Time for One Lift
• Dropping Weights
• Instinctive Periodization
• One in Front, One in Back, and Finally in the Right Spot
• Take Care of Your Hands
• Clean and Jerk for Reps
• Fathers, Sons, and Daughters
• Reps and Sets for Strength and Power
• Know Your Pain
• RDL: Where It Came From, How to Do It
• Secure Your Gear
• Fantastic Finishes
• How Often to Compete
• Jumping and Weightlifting
• Saturday Workouts
• Your First Competition
• Six for Six
• Six for Six, Continued
• Selecting Your Attempts
• Your "Power Zone"
• Lifting Off Blocks
• Running and Weightlifting
• The Manly Military Press
• Push Press & Push Jerk (aka Power Jerk)
• Lowering and Meeting the Barbell
• Terrible Twos (aka Demon Doubles)
• Clean Deadlift & Shrug
• Hook Grip
• Straps - What, How, Why & When to Use Them
• Jerk Support & Jerk Support and Recover
• The Feet
• Naked Bar Lifting
• What's In Your Gym Bag?

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Jim Schmitz’s gold-medal articles on weightlifting and weight training are regularly featured in MILO: A Journal for Serious Strength Athletes.

Take advantage of what Jim Schmitz, absolutely one of the best American coaches in the sport, can teach you in his Olympic-style Weightlifting for the Beginner & Intermediate Weightlifters Manual and DVD.