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Physical Performance Factors
- Training
- September 17, 2019
Michael Conroy, USA Weightlifting International Coach The category of Sports Performance has been around for more than 20 years, yet it has gone through several evolutions. At the onset training athletes was based upon PPF (Physical Performance Factors) What are the specific demands of a sport or activity? (These are the PPF’s) How are …
How “Fit” does a person need to be?
- Blog
- September 17, 2019
Michael Conroy, USA Weightlifting International Coach The origins of physical fitness, sport and physical education came about as a response to World War I. At the time of America’s involvement in the Great War most of the population was rural and entering the training camps the U.S. Military had to find a way to …
Why the Olympic Lifts should be the Core of your Training Program
- Blog
- September 17, 2019
Michael Conroy, USA Weightlifting International Coach In today’s busy lifestyle time is a valued item. Using the Weightlifting movements (pulls, squats, presses, snatches, cleans and jerk) can bring about significant improvements in strength, balance, power, movement, improved esteem and body image in a simplistic and effective manner. It is a myth that weightlifting movements …
Fit for Life: Strength Training for “Masters”
- Blog
- September 17, 2019
Michael Conroy, USA Weightlifting International Coach A 2015 Experimental Gerontology study of men and women ages 65 to 97 in retirement care facilities found that performing strength exercises just two times a week for six months significantly improved participants’ mobility and functional performance. Other studies have shown that at any advanced age weight training can …
August; Program Design
- Conroy's Journal
- August 1, 2019
One of the greatest challenges, that a coach faces, is to develop a program that allows the athlete to improve their performance. While no single program is the answer to every athlete’s goal, every program should be based upon sound principles that are known to produce results. All programs should include the following goals: Improve …
July: Coaching in the 21st Century
- Conroy's Journal
- July 1, 2019
The Role of the Coach in the 3rd Decade of the 21st Century Coaching is in its most dynamic era as coaches’ work with increasingly diverse populations and face heightening demands from their athletes and the general public. There are broader aims, higher expectations and more defined roles. There is access to greater information and …
June: The Jerk
- Conroy's Journal
- June 1, 2019
While most, if not all, competitors have experienced it, there may be no worse feeling, in all of weightlifting, than missing a jerk, especially after an ‘easy’ clean. Two Time Olympian Wes Barnett, who only missed 4 competition jerks in his entire career can attest to the empty feeling that a missed jerk leaves …
May – Stop Pulls; A Tribute to Bill Starr
- Conroy's Journal
- May 4, 2019
Bill Starr (1938-2015) was one of the pioneers of what is now the Strength and Conditioning profession. Two books The Strongest Shall Survive and Defying Gravity; How to win at Weightlifting are as relevant today as when he authored them in 1976 and 1981 When few knew much of anything about strength training Starr knew …
April, Spring and Youth Training
- Conroy's Journal
- April 4, 2019
MEET THE GROUP Please view MEET THE GROUP before reading this months post. Just 10 days after returning from 2 weeks at the Youth World Championships I found myself at the USAW Masters National Championships. However my topic for this month has to do with an event that was going on in the same venue …
Member Spotlight
- Crown Performance News,Functional Fitness
- February 19, 2019
The new year is in full swing at Crown! As we continue to grow, we thought it would be a perfect opportunity to start a new “Member Spotlight” series. Every month, we’ll highlight a member from our amazing gym with a short Q&A. We have some awesome people at Crown and each of you guys …