Jim Schmitz Olympic Style Weightlifting Program
Hi Everyone:I am new to this forum, my greetings:-)I have been hanging around this forum for quite some time now. Thanks to the guys who put some really good information. It was great help.I am looking for information on Olympic Weightlifting techniques etc. I have been strength training for close to two years now, but I want to start olympic weightlifting to gain more functional strength.So, if any of you could guide me to resources on this; any books or website etc that can help me with the right info is greatly appreciated.I also came across the web to “The Weightlifting Encyclopedia”. If anyone has read this book, please be kind to share your opinion with me. Is it a good buy?Bald Eagle. I was in a similar position with you a few months ago, before i picked up CT’s “black book” which can be purchased through T-Nation.
Its highly recommended and has a solid beginner’s oly program.still yet, many more experianced olifters than i will say you will need to find a coach.use the search function here and put in those 2 magic words and you’ll find a variety of things.the renegade had an article on power cleans, Staley has a solid article on snatches, Dan john is also a great resource and i’ve ordered (but not yet received) his oly lifting DVD (damn test festordered that a month ago)which i hear is quite good-k. Coach Dan Jon is to training the olympic lifts what Obi Wan Kanobi is to Jedi training.His free book “From the Ground Up” can be down loaded from his web site.
His DVD of the same title is a gold mine of good scoop.Following what Coach Dan Jan advises will get you to the elite levels of lifting.His advice for beginners is rock solid.He is almost one stop shopping when it comes to olympic lifting. I haven’t found what the next best source is yet after a year of following his advice.Good luck, jim. With all due respect to the writers here, I would begin with “The Snatch, the Clean And Jerk” by R.A. Roman and “Weightlifting and Training Technique” which covers excerpts from the (Biomechanics of weightlifting exercises) by Ilya Pavlovich Zhekov. Sections by Medvedyev, Roman, Varbanov, Kanyevsky.
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This is an excellent book detailing the training and technique of weightlifting.Both books can be found either at Dave Tate’s site or by running a search for the Sportivny Press and going to their website. quotebaldeagle wrote:Hi Everyone:I am new to this forum, my greetings:-)I have been hanging around this forum for quite some time now. Thanks to the guys who put some really good information. It was great help.I am looking for information on Olympic Weightlifting techniques etc. I have been strength training for close to two years now, but I want to start olympic weightlifting to gain more functional strength.So, if any of you could guide me to resources on this; any books or website etc that can help me with the right info is greatly appreciated.I also came across the web to “The Weightlifting Encyclopedia”.
If anyone has read this book, please be kind to share your opinion with me. Is it a good buy?Bald Eagle/quoteI have a copy of the weightlifting encyclopedia and it is a very useful book. Yes, I second the vote for Dan John. I improved my lifts with his information and he has the clearest explanations.Tommy Kono has a great book on olympic lifting. Google his name.I also trained with Carl Miller in Santa Fe, NM. The guy was former United States and World Team Coach.
He taught me to shrug myself under the bar. He just published a book that Tommy Kono, Harvey Newton, Frank Spellman, and Al Vermeil praise. He has an old book on Olympic lifting he published when he came back from the Soviet Union. quoteEric Talmant wrote:With all due respect to the writers here, I would begin with “The Snatch, the Clean And Jerk” by R.A. Roman and “Weightlifting and Training Technique” which covers excerpts from the (Biomechanics of weightlifting exercises) by Ilya Pavlovich Zhekov. /quoteI love direct, precise quotes.
YOu type 'em in a search engine and get straight to the horses-mouth so to speak. I typed that in, and found a couple of new resources, which I thought I’d post in the hope that some others might also find them useful:(same site, different articlesobviously a lot more there)WiZlon. Great info posted. I was just about to start a thread on olympic lifting until I came across this.I’m also interested in olympic weightlifting and have come across the russian manuals listed onThere is another book listed by Roman titled “The training of the weightlifter”. Is it as good as the other two listed from?Upon searching IronMind’s site, I came across the following:Olympic-style Weightlifting Beg./Int.
Manual & DVD Setby Jim Schmitz' The back room of any establishment is usually closer to the heart of things than what’s out on public display–and at the old Sports Palace gym in San Francisco, the back room was whre the weightlifters hung out. Most of the top Americans from the 1970s and 1980s at least passed through that gym, as well as some big-name international guys, and that was where Jim Schmitz, the owner, held court. Schmitz left a track record that included 10 lifters–like Ken Patera, Bruce Wilhelm, and Mario Martinez–on 7 Olympic teams, and he was the U.S. Olympic coach three times, more than anyone other than York Barbell founder Bob Hoffman. For beginners and intermediate lifters, learning how to snatch and clean and jerk isn’t always the easiest thing, and especially if you don’t have access to a really good live coach, here’s the way to go. Learn the lifts from Jim Schmitz and you’ll be learning from the best.
About 2-1/2 hr., NTSC format (sorry, not available in PAL).' Here is a review of the manual and DVD:List of lifts covered:.
Snatch. Power Snatch. Hang Power Snatch. Snatch High Pull. Clean & Jerk. Snatch Deadlift and Shrug. Clean High Pull.
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Power Clean. Hang Power Clean. Clean Deadlift and Shrug.
Push Press. Push Jerk. Jerk. Back Squat. Front Squat. Overhead Squat. Bench press.
Incline Bench Press. Military PressWas wondering if anyone else had come across the manual and DVD and if it is worth buying.
If you're serious about developing as a lifter, I recommend you buy this set. Watch the DVD with the manual in front of you, then make copies of the work out logs, and put the manual and sheets in your gym or gymbag. This program will change your life.Intimate, cozy, and real. That's the wonderful quality of the 2-DVD set - beginning/intermediate level with Jim Schmitz, available from. In the video, he goes over mechanics, techniques, pitfalls, and walks through the work outs in his (sold separately for $16.95, or together for $39.95).It is taught by three-time coach of the USA Olympic weightlifting team, founder and owner of The Sports Palace gym in San Francisco, Jim Schmitz.I completed this program, I think it's genius. The phases of the program are progressive, and my results are amazing.
Schmitz bears his whole weightlifting soul in these materials, giving you the same instruction he's given Olympic champions for decades. He carefully tends each detail you might need while executing these work outs, all the little things he's polished over the decades - how much and when to increase weight, what to focus on in form and technique, even reminders not to rush certain exercises and what to do if you can't quite get it yet. It's like having a personal coach.Understand, this is a training program designed to develop you as a lifter, not just a how-to on the two big lifts. Plan on dedicating months to this (I completed it in 10). Besides the clean and jerk and snatch, you'll be doing all the supplemental exercises to make you stronger in them - power and hang auxillary lifts, and basics like the incline bench press with the bar and squatting. You'll start with basics and wind up lifting on percentages of your max. That's why this is such a valuable investment for anyone who's serious about Olympic weightlifting training.
It's a course designed to take you from general development in the lifts all the way up to competition - and the week after.Have I sold you on the content? Then let's talk delivery. Here's what you'll either love or hate. The manual is modest in production - spiral-bound, black-and-white photos. The DVD is a homemade production - one man and a camera. There are no flying titles, fancy logos or blazing soundtrack. Jim stops and adjusts the camera, catches his breath, and has a delightful low-key humility, an endearing stammering delivery that's reminiscent of Bob Newhart.
It's great to me to see an individual at his level of achievement who comes across devoid of top-dog attitude. It's easy to see why anyone would enjoy training with him.And he's the real deal: he gives his email address on the DVD and writes it on the disc. (Seriously, nothing fancy in this production! But it's not inferior, as Ironmind might suggest with careful warnings about its 'home video' production quality) So yep, I made a video and emailed him, asking for comments. He responded within the week, with quick insight, invited me to events he thought might be in my area, and even hooked me up with a coach of similar stature to himself. He continues to answer my questions and offer encouragement.
Talk about return on my investment!So if $24.95 gives you pause for a homespun instructional DVD and a spiral-bound manual, I'd say don't hesitate. For the quality of content, it's a steal. What's more - there's soul in this. It's not a big company trying to turn a fast buck by repackaging information; it's genuine, it's genius, and it provides a connection with something real - the folks slugging it out in basements and garages, who occasionally slip right up to worldclass.Here's an interview with Jim on weightlifting training.