June 2021 in review: Olympic weightlifting
The site theme in June was Olympic weightlifting. Athletic development coaches often debate the role of Olympic lifting in athletic development. But there is one thing we can probably all agree on: athletes need power and Olympic lifting is one tool coaches can use to develop it. Throughout the month we shared a variety of new articles, videos, and podcasts on Olympic lifting looking at how to teach the lifts, programming, complexes, and alternatives. Our archives have even more in depth content on the topic. Below we have links to all our new and archived content on the topic.
» Past themes: see a full archive of our past monthly themes here.

New audio and video
- Video Lesson 29: Weightlifting complexes with Mona Pretorius de Lacey
- HMMR Podcast 251: Relearning the lifts with Wil Fleming
New articles
- Introducing weightlifting to juniors by James Marshall
- Three effective alternatives to Olympic lifting by Nick Garcia
- Simplifying training with weightlifting complexes by Martin Bingisser
- Using microdosing to teach the Olympic lifts by Nick Garcia
Archived podcasts
- HMMR Podcast 236: Rethinking VBT with Wil Fleming
- HMMR Podcast 243: Learning to program with Michael Conroy
- HMMR Podcast 147: Dial it in with Wil Fleming
- HMMR Podcast 131: The masters athlete with Matt Foreman
- HMMR Podcast 82: Olympic lifting with Matt Foreman
- GAINcast 162: Notorious NGBs with Phil Andrews
Archived articles
- 8-week weightlifting competition cycle training program by Mona de Lacey
- Olympic weightlifting for throwers: selecting the right lifts with Greg Everett, Matt Foreman, and Wil Fleming
- Olympic weightlifting for throwers: lifting technique with Greg Everett, Matt Foreman, and Wil Fleming
- Olympic weightlifting for throwers: input from throwing coaches with Don Babbitt and Dan Lange
- Role of Olympic Lifting in Athletic Development by Vern Gambetta
- Training talk with John Thrush Part 1 and Part 2 by Martin Bingisser
- Kids and weightlifting by James Marshall
- A planning framework for weightlifting by James Marshall
- Book review: Bones of Iron by Matt Foreman
- Book Review: Olympic Weightlifting for Sports by Greg Everett