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Evidence Strong | Weightlifting Science
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The science of Olympic weightlifting and strength sports. Join expert conversations on the latest research and coaching trends. Each episode delivers actionable, science-driven tips for enhancing power and strength training. Want more? Check out extended episodes at https://www.patreon.com/collection/119238
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The Menstrual Cycle & Strength Training: What Lifters Actually Experience – with Brooke Alvar
🏋️♀️ Extended version of this interview: https://www.patreon.com/evidencestrong/posts/menstrual-cycle-170946802 🏋️♀️ What are the experiences with menstrual cycle symptoms in competitive Olympic weightlifters and powerlifters? Brooke Alvar came on the ES Show for the second time to report…
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Are Elite Athletes Sacrificing Their Wellbeing for Performance? — with Mohamed Romdhani
🏋️♀️ Extended version of this interview: https://www.patreon.com/evidencestrong/posts/what-sleep-does-170584793 🏋️♀️ How does sleep quality affect mental health and quality of life in elite athletes? Dr. Mohamed Romdhani discusses his research study of 118 elite athletes. Mohamed Romdhani has…
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Does Resistance Training Shift the Focus From Appearance to Performance? — with Maryam Marashi
🏋️♀️ Extended version of this interview: https://www.patreon.com/evidencestrong/posts/resistance-and-170041260 🏋️♀️ Some studies suggest that strength training helps shift the focus from how our bodies look to how they perform. Dr Maryam Marashi discusses her PhD study on body image across...
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Heat After Lifting: Better Muscle Growth or Strength? — with Aidan Hopper
🏋️♀️ Extended version of this interview: https://www.patreon.com/evidencestrong/posts/heat-therapy-or-169042101 🏋️♀️ Should you go to the sauna (or hot bath) right after your training session? Will it affect your strength or hypertrophy gains? Aidan Hopper led a meta-analysis of the studies...
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What Team USA Learned From Testing Elite Weightlifters — with Kristof Kipp
🏋️♀️ Extended version of this interview: https://www.patreon.com/evidencestrong/posts/biomechanical-of-168727322 🏋️♀️ This time, I caught up with Dr. Kristof Kipp on all the new developments in biomechanical testing of Team USA in comparison to the world's elite from other countries. Kristof...
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Why You Can Keep All Your Muscle but Still Lose Strength on a Cut — with Khash Farzam
🏋️♀️ Extended version of this interview: https://www.patreon.com/evidencestrong/posts/keeping-muscle-166807530 🏋️♀️ Manipulating body weight in sports like weightlifting and powerlifting may influence performance. This is because when losing weight, athletes usually lose some muscle mass, not...
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Retiring from elite weightlifting with Meredith Alwine
🏋️♀️ Extended version of this interview: https://www.patreon.com/evidencestrong/posts/retiring-from-166804119 🏋️♀️ To become a great athlete, a person needs to make their sport a priority. This is the exact reason why retiring from an elite sport may be an extremely hard transition. Meredith...
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Why Coming Home Can Be the Hardest Part of the Olympics — with Dr Karen Howells
🏋️♀️ Extended version of this interview: https://www.patreon.com/evidencestrong/posts/post-competition-166449364 🏋️♀️ After representing their country on the biggest stages of the world, athletes face the hard comeback to a normal life, called post-Olympics blues. It is a known but hardly...
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Which Isometric Pull Best Predicts Weightlifting Performance? — with Wesley Gawel
🏋️♀️ Extended version of this interview: https://www.patreon.com/evidencestrong/posts/which-isometric-164760069 🏋️♀️ Power position isometric testing has been around for some time now, allowing for effective monitoring and programming for athletes in varius sports, not only Olympic...
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The Valsalva Maneuver: Blood Pressure, Blackouts and Heavy Lifting — with Blake Perry
🏋️♀️ Extended version of this interview: https://www.patreon.com/evidencestrong/posts/valsalva-blood-164415042 🏋️♀️ The fact is that we have very little research about the Valsalva maneuver and resistance training, cardiac health, or health in general. But our understanding of the maneuver is...
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How Much Does Cardio Hurt Weightlifting Power? With Emidio Pistilli
🏋️♀️ Extended version of this interview: https://www.patreon.com/evidencestrong/posts/modeling-how-is-164322473 🏋️♀️ Okay. Here is the thing: we're getting told that even weightlifters should do some cardio for health and recovery, but will it ruin Olympic weightlifting performance? No one…
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Can Shoe Sensors Measure Weightlifting Technique? — with Veni Kong
🏋️♀️ Extended version of this interview: https://www.patreon.com/evidencestrong/posts/shoe-sensors-and-164147675 🏋️♀️ Can we use shoe sensors and a camera to assess the biomechanics of Olympic weightlifting movements? Can these measures replace laboratory-grade equipment in providing coaches...
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Can One Test Predict Long-Term Weightlifting Performance? With Shaun Joffe
🏋️♀️ Extended version of this interview: https://www.patreon.com/evidencestrong/posts/isometric-and-163580288 🏋️♀️ Isometric testing has become quite popular in recent years, but we still don't know how predictable these tests can be in the long run. Shaun Joffe discusses his two newest...
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How to Pick the Right Weight Class for Long-Term Progress — with Kedric Kwan
🏋️♀️ Extended version of this interview: https://www.patreon.com/evidencestrong/posts/cutting-weight-162946851 🏋️♀️ How to decide whether cutting weight is the right move for a competition? How to do it safely and effectively? What factors should we consider when planning long-term lifter...
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Are Weights Safe for Kids and Teens? 20 Years of Data — with Ben Carnovale
🏋️♀️ Extended version of this interview: https://www.patreon.com/evidencestrong/posts/back-injuries-in-162121269 🏋️♀️ Back injuries are the most common injuries in powerlifting and the second most common injuries in Olympic weightlifting. The popularity of strength sports is continuously…
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What It Takes to Coach Your Child to the Olympics – with Tripp Morris
🏋️♀️ Extended version of this interview: https://www.patreon.com/evidencestrong/posts/parenting-and-to-160587328 🏋️♀️ After 10 years of training with his father, Hampton Morris won a bronze medal at the Paris Olympics, adding to a collection of medals and records in the Pan American and World...
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Eating Disorders in Weightlifting — with Sarah Gulyamov
🏋️♀️ Extended version of this interview: https://www.patreon.com/evidencestrong/posts/eating-disorders-161039758 🏋️♀️ Are eating issues a problem in weightlifters? What is the difference between disordered eating and eating disorders? Can weight cutting be done without harm? Sarah Gulyamov...
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Why Weight Releasers Can Improve Your Split Jerk — with Kurt Roderick
🏋️♀️ Extended version of this interview: https://www.patreon.com/evidencestrong/posts/accentuated-why-159168712 🏋️♀️ The jerk is the last lift of a successful competition. It is technically demanding, explosive, and extremely satisfying if landed flawlessly. But jerks are also hard to coach....
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The Biomechanics That Separate Elite Weightlifters — with Paul Arauz
🏋️♀️ Extended version of this interview: https://www.patreon.com/posts/how-elite-differ-156420843 🏋️♀️ Is there a difference in the movement patterns of an elite weightlifter (preparing for the Olympics) and a university-level lifter? Professor Paul Arauz discusses his series of studies...
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How to Choose Cleans, Pulls, and Jumps for Power Training – with Sei Takei
🏋️♀️ Extended version of this interview: https://www.patreon.com/posts/how-clean-pulls-156951939 🏋️♀️ Weighted squat jumps versus weightlifting derivatives - which ones are better to train power? Dr Sei Takei explains the findings of his study that tested the force-velocity relationship for...
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Menopause and Strength Training: What Really Changes? — with Luke Pelton
🏋️♀️ Extended version of this interview: https://www.patreon.com/posts/menopause-and-156938034 🏋️♀️ What exactly is menopause, and how does it influence the adaptations to resistance training? Dr. Luke Pelton analyses what happens with hormones around menopause and how to address it in...
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A Fairer Way to Compare Weightlifters Across Weight Classes and Sexes – with Marianne Huebner
🏋️♀️ Extended version of this interview: https://www.patreon.com/posts/comparing-and-157852639 🏋️♀️ How to compare who is a better weightlifter if the lifters are from different weight classes, sexes, or age groups? We could compare lifters of different body weights using Sinclairs, Robi...
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What Successful Split Jerks Have in Common — with Hideyuki Nagao
🏋️♀️ Extended version of this interview: https://www.patreon.com/posts/nailing-split-156930586 🏋️♀️ We see this all the time: the lifter comes to the platform for a challenging lift and misses it, and then 2 minutes later, they come out again and nail it. What was the difference? Why was the...
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Is the Vitruve Device Actually Accurate for VBT? With Juan Garcia Lopez
🏋️♀️ Extended version of this interview: https://www.patreon.com/posts/testing-vitruve-155731374 🏋️♀️ In this episode, Dr. Juan Garcia Lopez discusses his recent study on the usefulness of the Vitruve device for measuring velocity. This study measured velocity during bench presses at various...
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Can You Lift Heavy While Pregnant? What Research Shows – with Therese Fostervold Mathisen
🏋️♀️ Extended version of this interview: https://www.patreon.com/posts/heavy-lifting-in-154192033 🏋️♀️ This is one of the first prospective studies monitoring in real time how the heavy lifting influences pregnancy and postpartum. Therese Fostervold Mathisen comes on the Evidence Strong Show…
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Does Menstrual Cycle Affect Elite Weightlifters? New Study with Paul Schatz
🏋️♀️ Extended version of this interview: https://www.patreon.com/posts/menstrual-cycle-and-strength-154135570 🏋️♀️ Paul Schatz conducted a six-month study with elite German female weightlifters, measuring their menstrual cycle and strength performance. It's such an interesting study because,...
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How the Chinese Weightlifting System Builds Champions — with Manuel Buitrago
🏋️♀️ Extended version of this interview: https://www.patreon.com/posts/chinese-weightlifting-154065858 🏋️♀️ This interview brings an insider look into the weightlifting system in China. Manuel Buitrago teaches weightlifting using the Chinese understanding of technique and progressions, and...
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Can Jump Tests Replace Squats? — with Mary Claire Geneau
🏋️♀️ Extended version of this interview: https://www.patreon.com/posts/154060814 🏋️♀️ Strength testing is gaining popularity in many sports nowadays. With wider availability in measurement technologies, strength testing is also becoming fast and easy. But the thing is, sometimes it is too…
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How to Stay Focused Under Pressure – with Chris Mesagno
🏋️♀️ Extended version of this interview: https://www.patreon.com/posts/how-to-deal-with-153127993 🏋️♀️ Choking under pressure is one of the most frustrating experiences in sport, but it is not random. In this conversation, Chris Mesagno breaks down the psychology behind choking, the role of...
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Can Heavy Lifting Damage Your Eyes? – Feliciana Menna
🏋️♀️ Extended version of this interview: https://www.patreon.com/posts/eye-health-and-152561923 🏋️♀️ There are very few health risks related to Olympic weightlifting when the training is reasonable. Are eye problems one of the issues that may develop? Feliciana Menna comes on the Evidence...
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Best Attempt Jumps for Squat, Bench & Deadlift (New Data) – with Ian Darragh
🏋️♀️ Extended version of this interview: https://www.patreon.com/posts/perfect-jumps-152354506 🏋️♀️ What is an optimal jump between the first and the second lift in the powerlifting competition? What is the best jump between the second and the third? Dr. Ian Darragh has analyzed 90 thousands…
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Why Lifters Break Under Pressure (And How to Fix It) – With Hilary Galvin
🏋️♀️ Extended version of this interview: https://www.patreon.com/posts/underperforming-152008960 🏋️♀️ Have you ever heard of “choking”, when a lifter is unable to perform on the platform what should be an easy lift? Hilary Galvin devoted her undergraduate thesis to this phenomenon…
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How Overtraining Destroys Strength (And How to Prevent It) — with Andy Fry
🏋️♀️ Extended version of this interview: https://www.patreon.com/posts/overtraining-for-151419281 🏋️♀️ Overtraining can be a serious problem for any athlete. In this conversation, Dr Andy Fry explains how coaches can monitor, detect, and prevent overtraining to protect athlete health and...
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Youth Weightlifting Norms: How to Tell If an Athlete Is Ahead or Behind — Zack Gillen
🏋️♀️ Extended version of this interview: https://www.patreon.com/posts/normative-values-150647943 🏋️♀️ If you’ve ever wondered how well your youth lifter is progressing, this interview is for you. Zack analysed data from the IWF Youth World Championships (2019–2023), examining percentile...
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Why Steroid Science Is More Complex Than You Think — with Luke Pelton
🏋️♀️ Extended version of this interview: https://www.patreon.com/posts/anabolic-and-150216092 🏋️♀️ How do anabolic androgenic steroids actually work? What do we know from human studies versus animal models? And do steroids alter gene expression in skeletal muscle? In this episode, Luke Pelton...
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Youth Weightlifting — What Really Drives Performance? With Bartosz Malak
🏋️♀️ Extended version of this interview: https://www.patreon.com/posts/performance-in-148171612 🏋️♀️ What does the performance of youth Olympic weightlifters depend on? And does this relationship differ between girls and boys? In this episode, Bartosz Malak and his team discuss findings from...
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Strength Training in Pregnancy: What’s Actually Safe? With Katja Ungersböck
🏋️♀️ Extended version of this interview: https://www.patreon.com/posts/strength-in-with-148168365 🏋️♀️ Research increasingly shows that exercise — including heavy lifting — can be beneficial during pregnancy. But how do health professionals view strength training for pregnancy in real-world...
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Belt or no belt when squatting? With Yoshaun Hunter
🏋️♀️ Extended version of this interview: https://www.patreon.com/posts/belt-or-no-belt-148165933 🏋️♀️ In this interview, Yoshaun Hunter breaks down findings from his Master’s research comparing belted and unbelted back squats, using barbell velocity to understand how belts influence load,...
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The Genetics Behind Sex Differences in Sport – with Shanie Landen
🏋️♀️ Extended version of this interview: https://www.patreon.com/posts/dsd-and-athletes-147365834 🏋️♀️ DSD (differences in sex development) athletes and transgender athletes are actually very different. Dr Shanie Landen explains why the two groups should not be discussed as one, how…
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Training for the Olympics When the World Shut Down – with Shyam Chavda
🏋️♀️ Extended version of this interview: https://www.patreon.com/posts/coaching-through-147209495 🏋️♀️ Coaching a lifter towards the Olympics is hard. How much harder does it become when the lifter is part of a refugee team and must train through COVID? Dr Shyam Chavda analyses the three…
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Why You Get Strong Again Faster After the Break (Muscle Memory Explained). With Nate Serrano
🏋️♀️ Extended version of this interview: https://www.patreon.com/posts/is-muscle-memory-145811567 🏋️♀️ Is muscle memory scientifically proven? And if muscle memory is real, what is the underlying mechanism? Dr. Nate Serrano explores these questions, explaining the current state of research…
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What’s Really Happening in Olympic Weightlifting? Governance, Athletes & Media — with Brian Oliver
🏋️♀️ Extended version of this interview: https://www.patreon.com/posts/state-of-olympic-145657821 🏋️♀️ What if the best part of the sport is the stories of the athletes rather than the numbers on the board? In this Evidence Strong Show episode, Brian Oliver explains why highlighting athletes’...
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Why Heavy Lifting Is a Must for Healthy Bones as We Age – with Amy Harding
🏋️♀️ Extended version of this interview: https://www.patreon.com/posts/strength-and-amy-145491810 🏋️♀️ Can eight months of heavy, high-load training reverse bone loss in older adults? Dr Amy Harding explains an exercise program using 80–85% 1RM with high-impact loading, reporting 4.1% bone…
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Why Male and Female Strength Differs (Genetics, Hormones, Muscle Fibres, and More) — Shanie Landen
🏋️♀️ Extended version of this interview: https://www.patreon.com/posts/how-and-why-and-145262357 🏋️♀️ Differences in sports performance are present between females and males. Why do these develop, how, and when exactly? Dr Shanie Landen explains what is known so far and what is currently…
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Behind-Neck Push Jerk for Explosive Power Training - with Mark Chiang
🏋️♀️ Extended version of this interview: https://www.patreon.com/posts/behind-neck-push-144125751 🏋️♀️ How and why does Dr. Mark Chiang recommend using the behind-the-neck push jerk? Mark discusses two of his recent studies and shares practical lessons for coaches and athletes. Dr. Chieh-Ying...
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How Music Really Affects Lifting – with Michael Richards
🏋️♀️ Extended version of this interview: https://www.patreon.com/posts/influence-of-on-143817240 🏋️♀️ Is music helping or hindering your lifting? EdD Michael Richards discusses available research on music and lifting. Michael has been a strength and conditioning coach since 2017, working with...
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Lifter's Heart Explained: Normal vs Risky Changes – with Jessica Orchard
🏋️♀️ Extended version of this interview: https://www.patreon.com/posts/lifters-heart-143612670 🏋️♀️ Dr Jessica Orchard is an Associate Professor and NHMRC Emerging Leadership Fellow at the School of Public Health, University of Sydney. She serves as Editor-in-Chief of the Journal of Science…
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Chinese Weightlifting Explained: How Athletes Are Recruited and Trained – with Steph Gregory
🏋️♀️ Extended version of this interview: https://www.patreon.com/posts/chinese-system-143002826 🏋️♀️ How are weightlifters in China developed and recruited? What does their day-to-day schedule look like? What support systems are in place for elite lifters? Dr. Stéphane Gregory breaks down...
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What Drives People to Weightlift for Life – with Francois Gravelle
🏋️♀️ Extended version of this interview: https://www.patreon.com/posts/what-allows-to-141926230 🏋️♀️ Lifelong involvement in Olympic weightlifting, or any sport, is uncommon and deeply impressive. How is it that some athletes stay committed for decades? In this interview, Dr François Gravelle...
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Weightlifting as Physical Education in High School – with Paul Coover
🏋️♀️ Extended version of this interview: https://www.patreon.com/posts/building-high-pe-140875638 🏋️♀️ Paul has built a weightlifting-based physical education program at the high school where he teaches. In this episode, he shares his three-year journey of developing the program from the…
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The science of Olympic weightlifting and strength sports. Join expert conversations on the latest research and coaching trends. Each episode delivers actionable, science-driven tips for enhancing power and strength training.
Want more? Check out extended episodes at https://www.patreon.com/collection/119238
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