We all squat, pull, snatch, but what do the best do differently - Ep. 41

The Michael Caz Podcast

Michael Cazayoux

Health & Fitness, Business

4.8 • 1.8K Ratings

🗓️ 30 May 2016

⏱️ 71 minutes

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Summary

This week's episode covers tips from Brute’s strong boys – Jeff Wittmer and Matt Bruce.Olympic Weightlifting is gaining high notoriety in the US as the years go on. Whether you’re new to weightlifting or a seasoned athlete, these guys are here to help you to learn how to assess your body, improve your techniques, and reach new PRs. Be sure to check out the Brute OLY program after the episode!

Topics of discussion:

[2:00] Getting introduced to the sport of Olympic Weightlifting

[12:00] What makes a good Weightlifting program?

[17:20] How to get the most out of an online program like Brute OLY

[19:43] Listen to your body – how to recognize when you’re over training

[21:59] Assessing your performance & avoiding a plateau

[21:59] Tips to help you get through your first competition

[26:42] Biggest mistakes people make the week before competition

[29:00] Triple Extension vs. the Catapult Method

[36:25] Dynamic strength vs. Absolute strength

[42:16] Weightlifting for CrossFit athletes (programming)

[46:16] How to improve your technique if you don’t have a coach

[50:19] Long term consequences of the conjugate method for powerlifting

[54:50] Training alone & staying motivated

[1:05:49] When should you wear a built?

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0:00.0	What's up everyone? This is Mike Casu and you're listening to the brute strength podcast.
0:04.0	This week I interviewed brute weightlifting coaches Matt Bruce and Jeff Whitmer.
0:09.0	These guys are two of the best American weightlifters of the past decade and a half.
0:14.7	Together they've totaled nearly 10 world team appearances.
0:19.7	Matt was a two-time alternate for the Olympics.
0:25.0	They just have so much success in the sport of weightlifting
0:28.0	and have been in it both since the age of 12.
0:31.0	And now they're, you know, around 33. 33 so together they have so much experience as
0:36.2	athletes and now they have transitioned into coaching rules at you know at their
0:42.3	home gyms as well as through Brute so we talk a lot about
0:46.5	competing as well as programming and kind of when to push when to back back off, all that kind of stuff.
0:53.4	So lots of good information for beginner and intermediate lifters especially.
0:58.8	Before we get started, please take the time to leave me review by going to brute strength training.
1:04.8	com slash podcast slash review.
1:10.0	All right, what's up guys? I'm here with Matt Bruce and Jeff Whitmer how y'all doing guys
1:17.3	Good. What's going on Mike? Yeah, I was just waiting for Jeff to talk
1:21.8	He's a little slow. I appreciate that.
1:25.0	Throughout the duration of this podcast I think from time to time you're going to have to
1:30.7	give Jeff a chance to speak okay?
1:33.0	Yeah, so I figured the World Wide Web is big enough for both of our heads to fit in
1:38.0	so hopefully it works out. I know we just increased our bandwidth so we're going to roll with it.
1:44.1	It's not big enough for yours so I don't know how to be big enough for both of it but
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