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Daily Doubles! Weekly Weightlifting Workouts – Snatch Focus: Week 3

September 28, 2015 by Nick Horton

Week 3 of our Snatch Focus! NOTE: If you’re new to the daily doubles, please read the very first issue, because it has many explanations. Also, the names of all of our Nemesis Workouts (along with details) can be found HERE. Learn More! Join the Snatch Domination and/or 21 Day Squat Challenge course to learn […]

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Daily Doubles! Weekly Weightlifting Workouts – Snatch Focus: Week 2

September 20, 2015 by Nick Horton

Week 2 of your snatch cycle! Same basic concepts: shoot for good (contest legal; safe) technique, rather than “max” weights; get lots of total volume (sets x reps); and have as much fun as possible! You’ll notice there is more of a focus on pulls over squats during this cycle. I’ve always felt that your […]

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Daily Doubles! Weekly Weightlifting Workouts: August 17 – 23

August 16, 2015 by Nick Horton

Here is your weekly set of twice-per-day workouts. We’re in the 2nd week of a squat strength cycle. You’ll be regularly hitting a squat workout of ours named Super Nova, which is an attempt to get 35 total reps in as little as 3 sets with a specific weight (for instance, 3×12 would do it). […]

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Why Environment Matters For An Athlete

October 2, 2013 by Nick Horton

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Samurai Dispatch – October 2nd, 2013 I was setting up my “outdoor office” this morning – iron table, lawn chairs, gallon of coffee – when I heard the loud grumbling of the garbage truck. I looked up to make sure that we’d remembered to put out our trash and recycling – we forget often! We […]

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Filed Under: Samurai Dispatch, Sports Psychology Tagged With: coaching, culture, environment, olympic weightlifting, squat, strong women

Are Deadlifts Dangerous For Olympic Lifting?

October 2, 2013 by Nick Horton

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The Horribly Obvious Truth About The “Battle” Between Olympic Weightlifting & Powerlifting – It’s Bullshit I’m going to be doing a 6-week Video-Blog Nemesis challenge – posting one quicky helpful video per day, every day, 7 days a week here on Weightlifting Academy. I miss doing these short videos, and apparently I’m not the only […]

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Filed Under: Episodes, Weightlifting Tagged With: chris duffin, deadlifts, Gwen Sisto, iron samurai, kabuki warrior, nick horton, olympic weightlifting, powerlifting, risto sports

Samurai Dispatch: Holley Mangold Is Being RUINED By The Biggest Loser?

September 19, 2013 by Nick Horton

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I shouldn’t have clicked the link. I shouldn’t have read the comments… Oh well. Sometimes a man needs to rant about his sport. Here’s my response to … other people’s responses to Holley Mangold joining the Biggest Loser. Your Links From The Wild World Of Weightlifting Renshu: Today’s Weightlifting WOD My Rant: Why Olympic Weightlifting Is […]

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Squat Nemesis FAQ: Frequently Asked Questions – Official Comments Thread

August 4, 2013 by Nick Horton

This is the official comments, questions, and answers thread for our Squat Nemesis Program. We’ve answered MANY, but if you have more, or you just want to tell us how you’re doing… this is the place to do it!!

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Sexy Hips, Part 3: The Snatch Domination Pull

March 22, 2013 by Nick Horton

How to do a Snatch Domination Pull, and get all sexy in the hip region…

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Sexy Hips, Part 2

March 20, 2013 by Nick Horton

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In this episode of Weightlifting Academy… Tamara and my “bet gone bad” continues. I explain why getting your hips through is so important to BOTH the snatch and clean… ALSO, We get a little demo from my co-coach, co-conspirator, and pretty demo girl Coach Tamara. In the next episode I’ll show you the specific drills […]

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Get Off The Bitch Train

March 9, 2013 by Nick Horton

Your daily swift kick in the ass…

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