Please read the letter from Mark Cannella. It is his thoughts on the current state of weightlifting.
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TheOliftMag Podcast with Coach Cannella also oniTunes
Episode 2 Roundtable Discussion
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Preview for the 2016 Arnold Sports Festival
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Hits and Misses from the 2015 IWF World Championships
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We have moved!
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Team, We’re very pleased to showcase our new facility at 11 Athletics. In my almost 15 years of coaching,we’ve never been associated with a place that can offer us so much and allow us to continue to build upon the momentum of producing world class lifters in a great environment.
We are now ready to move in and while it will take a bit to fully get everything set, we do have enough for us to say, we are open for business as of tomorrow morning. Friday, March 27th. See the hours, as they are very conductive to our training and Friday can be expanded if needed.
Membership prices for the facility are 40 dollars monthly and there are family rates. The difference in the rate will then be applied to CWL via Paypal. This will be a one time adjustment on the Paypal, so please be patient as we process this. If you pay 80 per month, 40 will be paid to 11athletics and 40 to CWL.
If you buy a membership today, it doesn’t expire till the 27th of next month and so on. The monthly membership starts on the day purchased whether it’s the 8th, 13the, 21st whatever. Saying that, the first workout at 11athletics is always free.
There will be a room for our coats, bags, etc. that will eventually be positioned to allow for easy entrance and allow for equipment to be placed efficiently.
Stephanie, a world class massage therapist will have a special price for our athletes. David offers members 15% off massage also. Inquire at the front desk.
I’m sure there will be questions as we move forward, but I’m confident we’ll be ready for the challenges ahead.
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Yours in lifting,
Mark Cannella
Head Coach, CWL
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This message is from USAW Board Member Mike Graber who has led the charge in bringing world class weightlifters to the Arnold Weightlifting Championships. He has done a great job and I hope you enjoy:
For over 10 years the Arnold Weightlifting Championships has been the host to many world class weightlifters and has become a yearly destination for Weightlifting and CrossFit fans in the USA and North America. In 2015 the main event will again be standing room only during Saturday’s main women’s and men’s sessions.
One reason will be the Arnold debut of The World’s Strongest Woman! Over the past five months my team has worked with the Russian Weightlifting Federation to have World Champion & Olympic Medalist Tatiana Kashirina attend the event and compete in front of our great fans.
Women’s weightlifting is still the fastest growing segment of weightlifting in the USA today, and Tatiana shows that women can lift big weights with true agility and athleticism. I truly believe that world class weightlifting at the Arnold goes hand in hand with promoting the sport of Weightlifting in the USA. That in turn will help promote and support the athletes of USA Weightlifting.
To offset the travel costs from Europe, I will be working with Columbus Weightlifting and Endeavor CrossFit to have a weightlifting seminar on Friday morning, March 6th, 2015. In addition, we will have Tatiana’s personal coach and Russian National Team Coach Vladimir Krasnov in attendance.
For athletes and coaches, this is a rare opportunity to learn from and interact with one of the best athletes and coaches on the planet today. Please see the poster attached, or visit this link for tickets. Finally we are working on a meet and greet for Friday evening, March 6th, 2015 with Tatiana and some other special guests, so stay tuned!
– Mike Graber
While Almaty is almost halfway across the World, 11 hours ahead of the Eastern Seaboard, flights were relatively smooth for both Holley and I, along with the entire USAW contingent and support team that made the trip. Athletes arrived in a few waves respective to their weight classes and time competing.
Attending The World Weightlifting Championships over the last decade or so has been a wonderful experience, and watching Holley Mangold train and compete in her first Worlds was actually fun. You could see her confidence grow as the days wound down towards her competition in the 75+B contest.
Holley trained well and it showed in her performance, going 5/6 and finishing 13th overall and scoring valuable team points for Team USA. These points, coupled with next year’s Worlds in Houston, Texas will determine our total slots for the 2016 Rio Olympics. Hopefully our path and goal towards Rio will be unimpeded and produce an Olympic slot for Holley and Columbus Weightlifting.
Anyone that knows Holley will recognize her rise to a challenge, such as competing at Worlds, and this meet was no different. Her performance is indicative of her normal big time meet increase in kilos and in the clean & jerk, her best lift, the 141kg last attempt turned out to be the B’s session best performance.
Speaking of performances, there were some great ones and the home team of Kazakhstan certainly didn’t disappoint. Both their men and women came to play and certainly Ilya’s smashing World Record performance in the 105 class was one of legends.
If I could sum up again all the lifts, both training and competition, it would come down to speed under the bar. Lifters from around the World are lightning fast and certainly looking at performances such as Apti Akudov, 85kg were more of an indication of the norm when watching lifters pull under the barbell.
As a personal coach, now in my 2nd World’s I really appreciate the help and guidance from Chris Wilkes and Zygmunt Smalcerz, who helped count and assist in our overall plan of scoring valuable points and securing a better placement in Holley’s B session.
Most of the training hall saw the same type of lifting going on that you would see in any taper type week from here in the USA to many countries abroad.
Yours in sport,
Mark Cannella
PAIN… Stabbing, breath taking pain…
You might not realize how important your wrist is during the Olympic lifts until there is a sharp, hot, pain, stabbing into it as you try to receive a weight. The injury this article is focusing on happens when an athlete is receiving a clean but their elbow doesn’t clear their thigh. When the elbow catches the thigh, the weight that is in the athletes hands continues to drive down and compresses the wrist.
This all happens in a millisecond. It can happen to any athlete, amateur and experienced. It will terrify new lifters and baffle experienced lifters.
A Personal Story
Unfortuently, I can speak to this subject very well. It was 2011 and I was about 2 weeks out from the National Championship. My program had me pushing to my maxes for the day. The day was going great. I matched a PR in the snatch 130kg. Then it was on to clean and jerk…
The clean and jerks were going great. I felt strong. I felt quick. My technical cues that I had been working on were holding well. I matched my PR at the time with 160kg. Then I put on 165kg.
It happened so quick, but in that flash all I remember is the sheering stabbing pain. I rocketed backward from under the weight. Laying on my stomach holding my wrist. The pain so sharp. All I could think about was the stories I’ve heard about people breaking their wrist. The scars on past weightlifters who share their battle wounds and the stories that accompany them over a beer.
Here is the video… I put 3 snatches and then included the one clean and jerk and then then clean that I got injured on…
Then slowly the sharpness went down, but my wrist felt utterly limp. Slowly I started to be able to make a fist and then open my hand wide. Would I be ready for nationals?…
I gave it a week. It was now one week out from Nationals. Time to try a little weight. In the snatch my elbow would buckle under 70kg. My second warmup weight. Nationals were off.
After nationals I gave it two more weeks of rest. If I did anything in the gym it wouldn’t include turning the bar over (into a receiving position in the snatch or the clean). I tried a little test at the end of the additional two week. Still sharp as a knife.
I started to worry. What if something was torn in there? What if I don’t catch it now and it has devastating consequences to my future lifts? Off to Ohio State Sports Medicine.
An MRI and X-Ray later and I’m told its tendonidious. Ugh… you little bitch Drew… nice medical bill.
However, that trip to the doctor did unlock some huge healing. The doctor put me in a brace that isolated my wrist and thumb from movement. I was told to wear it day and night. I was allowed remove the brace to train but no turning the bar over and I had to tape my wrist for support.
That isolation from the brace increased my healing more in the next two weeks then it had in the previous four! So worth those medical bills…
I was then on to slowly adding weight back on my lifts.
Here is what you must remember if you or your athlete hurts their wrist
Injuries are the bane of a weightlifters existence. Our poor judgment and want for heavier numbers can put us into dumb positions. Stay smart.
When you get an injury let it heal! I’ve seen athletes suffer months with this injury. Don’t post pone your heavy training because you can’t stand to be out or you feel like a wuss. If you keep putting your injured wrist into sharp painful positions it WILL linger.
The Next Year of Training
If my memory serves me well I was able to get back into the heavy weights at a steady pace. Sure there were painful moments. Yes, there were days I had to back down and move on. But one thing clearly sticks in my mind. Around 90kg on a snatch for me there would be a sharp pain turning the bar over but the pain would quick dissipate. Then any lift after that one wouldn’t hurt anymore. This went on for about 9 months. Weird.
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