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The Exaggeration Method

2025/08/13

Today we are talking about how you can exaggerate your key positions in different ways to help increase mobility, comfort, and strength within those positions, and for your Olympic lifts as a whole. Enjoy the show! Barbell Mobility Warmup Complex https://youtu.be/BntQf9v3VPs?si=Lb8BIOx-cL7uLOFc *5 reps for each exercise with an empty bar Good Morning Back Squat Back Rack Elbow Rotations Behind Neck Press and Stretch Overhead Squat Front Squat Romanian Deadlift

Overhead Positioning

2025/07/22

In this episode we are breaking down how we suggest to hold and support the bar overhead with your upper body. This includes what we consider supporting and best distributing the weight, versus muscling the weight and/or more so isolating certain areas of the body, with the actions and positions of the wrists, elbows, shoulders, and scapulas. Tune in to hear our perspectives on what are some debatable points of performance. Enjoy the show!

Foot Stability

2025/07/02

In this recording we consider foot stability and how it might affect your lifting. Tune in to hear how you can assess and address any potential lacking in this area through barefoot observations and exercises. Enjoy the show!

The Zen of Weightlifting

2025/06/07

Today we talk about the calm, presence, and focus you should have for optimal lifting and performance. Tune in for our perspectives and suggestions on how you can obtain and hone these critical characteristics and skills. Enjoy the show!

The Pull Under

2025/05/26

In this episode we are discussing an exercise we are calling a “pull under”, which can be performed with the clean or the snatch grip, and is one of my favorite exercises and one I’ve made an adjustment to, to add to my own teaching progressions. Tune in to hear about the purpose of the modification, and all the ways you can benefit from isolating the pull under portion of your lifts. Enjoy the show!

Cleans & Snatches Sittin in a Tree...

2025/04/25

In this recording we are considering how combining cleans and snatches together in the same set as a complex might help overcome faults that are isolated to one lift or the other. Tune in to hear how you can give this a try in your own training if you feel it is indicated. Enjoy the show!

Get Swole 2

2025/04/14

Today we are circling back around to considering the benefits of Bodybuilding towards your Olympic lifting potential, as well as your health and longevity as an athlete and human. Tune in to hear our updated and additional suggestions on the topic. Enjoy the show!

The Finish

2025/03/27

Today we are giving terms and defining the portion of the lift where the greatest speed is in need, which includes your body reaching its highest point before going under the bar, as well as the pulling of your body under the bar and the subsequent lockout. Hence, finishing the “pull” of the lift. Additionally, we discuss how and why at times we can feel off or slow through this range, and give some considerations on how you can and when it will, or should, feel better. Enjoy the show!

The Power Clean

2025/03/15

In this episode we are considering the importance of the power clean when it comes to your potential in the clean, and your overall Olympic lifting ability. We give our takes on athletes who might need to do more power cleans, and those that might need to do less or even none at all. Additionally, we suggest some ways to incorporate them into your training, as well as some standards that would benefit you to adopt. Enjoy the show!

Navigating Knee Pain

2025/02/12

In this recording we are talking through our experiences with the common occurrence of knee pain, and give some suggestions on how you can consider navigating through, if it is ever an issue for you. Enjoy the show!

Most Common Mobility Issue

2025/01/29

Today we are discussing what we feel is the most common mobility issue present in the community, how you can assess and gauge where you might be in this area, and some examples of some work you can put in to help increase your range of motion if needed. Enjoy the show!

New Year, No Fear

2025/01/10

Today we are bringing in the New Year with a conversation about how we should all be reflecting on where we were, what we were working on, and what we accomplished through 2024, and where we want to go now. The Holidays are past us all now and it is time to get back to work, and Cheryl and I have included examples and thoughts of more complexes you can try and perhaps use to continue striving to perfect your technique and to help you reach your goals here in 2025. Enjoy the show!

Holiday Training

2024/12/20

In this episode, we are talking through some suggestions to help us all navigate our training and health through the Holidays to finish out the year the best and strongest we can. Enjoy the show!

Greatest Hits: A Weightlifting History Lesson w/Artie Drechsler

2024/12/09

This week we are digging deep into the vault and re-releasing an episode we originally recorded in July of 2018 with an absolute GOAT of our sport, Artie Drechsler. Tune in to learn more about this individual who has done so much for our sport, and a ton about the general history of weightlifting. Enjoy the show!

The No-Contact Drill

2024/11/21

Today, following a little detoured conversation about some of our current superstars American athletes, we discuss how not contacting your body with the bar in the clean or the snatch can be used as a beneficial drill for SOME athletes. To fully grasp this concept, and if it might be an option for you to use to help optimize your movement, you have to understand the importance and the how to actually contacting your body and why it is an optimal advantage, and that not contacting is only a drill for only a small percentage of athletes to use. Enjoy the show!

Read The USA Weightlifting Podcast podcast reviews

4.9 out of 5

161 reviews

Ekanderson9 2024/03/25

Articulate pros

Cheryl and Chad break it all down in easily digestible, actionable, doable concepts. Great info, valuable insight. Appreciate these two and all the ex...

Korben Dallas 033 2023/07/21

Great podcast and tips

Great weightlifters and coaches. Keep up the excellent work

Rcsnyder 2022/10/22

Overall a great podcast.

A lot of great information on competitive weightlifting. Just hope the recent trend of featuring products by sponsors doesn’t continue.

Rbigrob517 2022/05/14

Top tips and tricks

As an amateur CrossFit coach I use this podcast to constantly learn how to better my athletes by using All the tips and tricks Chad and Cheryl give. ...

Apiring Biomed Engineer 2021/09/07

Informative Content

If I have free time, I love going on this podcast and picking an episode that I can geek out with them about what they’re talking about. The guests th...

KMkool123 2020/05/21

Great podcast

Great informative podcast that covers everything weightlifting !! It’s so easy to listen to and I learn a lot and get some cool perspectives. Thanks ...

DeeMontyAz 2019/12/17

A weightlifter toolbox

This is such a great set of tools each podcast. The cues and tips are so easily absorbed into your current program. Highly recommend this for anyone ...

ähjkl 2020/05/09

Cheryls connection made it painful to listen to at times...not that clear

Regarding Thursdays Muscle snatch podcast Connection on Cheryls end was to echoey not clear. Hard to listen too

CurlsintheSquatRack 2019/12/01

Gold medal advice

I really appreciate the in depth technique analysis from these elite weightlifters. Cheryl and Chad are personable and easy to listen to as they conde...

Ginsy 2019/11/23

Great podcast for weightlifters

Love listening to this podcast for tips and tricks for lifting as well as updates on the sport!

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