1240: The Muscle Building & Fat Burning Effects of Oly Lifting With Sonny Webster
Mind Pump: Raw Fitness Truth
Sal Di Stefano, Adam Schafer, Justin Andrews, Doug Egge
4.8 • 12.6K Ratings
🗓️ 2 March 2020
⏱️ 63 minutes
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Summary
In this episode, Sal, Adam & Justin discuss the challenges and benefits of Olympic Lifting with Olympian Sonny Webster.
- What is Olympic Lifting? (3:30)
- The difference between power and strength. (5:10)
- Does getting stronger contribute to more power? (6:08)
- The prerequisites REQUIRED if you want to start Olympic lifting. (7:08)
- Are Olympic weightlifting shoes recommended? (8:56)
- Where does it rank in terms of complexity and skill required? (10:33)
- How does he define mobility? (14:40)
- Olympic Weightlifting for Beginners 101. Understanding the process, the think box vs the play box & MORE. (16:04)
- What role does fatigue play into this modality? (20:30)
- Teaching Olympic Weightlifting in the CrossFit market. (22:40)
- Breaking down the triple extension. (29:00)
- The process of the catch position. (31:20)
- What are the most common athletes that come to him? (32:29)
- The best complimentary exercises for Olympic Weightlifting? (34:25)
- What paradigm-shattering moments has he experienced in his career? (37:00)
- Where did he get his mobility from and how does he keep it up? (39:30)
- How often does he chase PR’s? (40:40)
- Selling Olympic Weightlifting to the masses: What can they expect to gain? (41:45)
- The importance of getting the RIGHT muscles to work. (44:40)
- What are the most common injuries? (46:04)
- For the average person, what element of Olympic Weightlifting would he recommend they start with? (47:21)
- Should I mobilize or practice movements before or after my workout? (49:08)
- Is there a technique to brace the core when doing Olympic Weightlifting? (52:00)
- Weightlifting can be assessable for EVERYONE! (55:33)
- Practice the skill and master the movement. (57:52)
Related Links/Products Mentioned
- March Promotion: MAPS Powerlift ½ off! **Code “POWER50” at checkout**
- Stop Working Out And Start Practicing – Mind Pump Blog
- What the hell is the Triple Extension – Sonny Webster
- Do you struggle with the stability in the catch position? - Sonny Webster
- Mind Pump Free Resources
Featured Guest/People Mentioned
- Sonny Webster (@sonnywebstergb) Instagram
- Website
Mathew Fraser (@mathewfras) Instagram
Transcript
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| 0:00.0 | If you want to pump your body and expand your mind, there's only one place to go. |
| 0:06.0 | MIND, MIND, MIND, MIND, MIND, MIND, with your hosts. |
| 0:09.0 | Salda Stefano, Adam Schaefer, and Justin Andrews. |
| 0:13.0 | In this episode of Mind Pump, we talk all about Olympic lifting and its value for the average lifter. |
| 0:21.0 | Olympic lifting, as you may know, is one of the more complex ways of lifting weights. |
| 0:26.0 | And oftentimes people avoid it completely because of its complexity. |
| 0:29.0 | But they are missing out on some incredible benefits that are unique to Olympic lifting. |
| 0:35.0 | Now, in this episode, we had somebody who's an expert in Olympic lifting sit in and answer a lot of our questions and talk about Olympic lifting. |
| 0:44.0 | And specifically, Sonny Webster, he placed actually 14th at the 2016 Summer Olympics. |
| 0:50.0 | He's a British Olympian weightlifter, very, very smart dude. |
| 0:55.0 | So we talk about the muscle building and fat burning effects of Olympic lifting. |
| 0:58.0 | We talk about what it is, how to do it properly, how to set yourself up, and get yourself to the point where you can use these lifts to get great results. |
| 1:09.0 | Now, you can find Sonny Webster on Instagram at Sonny Webster GB. |
| 1:16.0 | So that's at S-O-N-N-Y-W-E-B-S-T-E-R-G-B. |
| 1:22.0 | He also has a great website with his own Olympic lifting programs. |
| 1:26.0 | You got to go check those out. That's sonnywebster.com, S-O-N-N-Y-W-E-B-S-T-E-R.com. |
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