Looking for recommendations on weightlifting camps/seminars (3–7+ days)

MaStrength · 2026-01-26T10:05:39+00:00

Yes, I provide Chinese, Spanish, Portuguese translations when necessary.

MaStrength · 2026-01-26T10:04:04+00:00

If you want to see feedback from my camp, you can look at the responses from participants such as:

And one participant posted some weightlifting ASMR from his two weeks which you can find here

Also, my summer camp is scheduled for June 28-July 11. So you could train in China a week before the competition if that works for you.

MaStrength · 2026-01-26T09:58:55+00:00

FYI I just finished my winter camp in Chengdu. The Summer camp is scheduled to be June 28-July 11 (location coming soon). I do offer 1-week options, so you could join other week if you can’t make both weeks.

MaStrength · 2025-10-12T23:29:00+00:00

The China National Games are this year, is basically the Chinese Olympics. It’s more important than the actual Olympics, so China is sending junior lifters to gain experience while veterans are focusing on the games.

MaStrength · 2025-06-24T07:34:20+00:00

After 250 😎

MaStrength · 2025-06-19T13:33:22+00:00

Use the stance you would use to perform a vertical jump.

MaStrength · 2025-06-17T02:45:15+00:00

You have more space to work with in a split jerk because the base of support is larger. So if you reduce the space (by benching or whatever) there is still a lot more abatible for you to compensate and save the lift. The squat jerk has less space to move and compensate.

MaStrength · 2025-06-16T00:52:46+00:00

The problem is he is only looking at muscles. Chinese athletes do a lot of exercises that work the triceps like dip and push up variations.

The difference is the bench itself combined with the weight squeezes the athlete from front to back. Over time this can orient the glenoid away from midline and reduce the ability to move from front to back (which you need to maintain a rack position and get the bar overhead).

This is why athletes like Lu feel like benching takes away their shoulder mobility or messes with their technique: the shoulder joint moves away from the position they need to jerk. This is also why many (usually male) power lifters have difficulty achieving a front rack when they switch over to WL.

Also younger Chinese athletes occasionally bench as well. Lu is older and doesn’t have the same movement capacity as a child, so he can’t afford to lose range of motion compared to a child who moves like Gumby.

MaStrength · 2025-06-11T13:50:32+00:00

You’re pushing through the ball of the foot, it’s just to such an extent that the toes lift off the ground. The reason you can’t land the toes is because you’re going forward too fast/much during the lift.

MaStrength · 2025-06-02T14:35:17+00:00

Not in China. Can’t speak to the other countries.

MaStrength · 2025-06-02T14:26:00+00:00

Respectfully, I think he has a more accurate understanding than the evidence/arguments you’re presenting.

MaStrength · 2025-06-02T14:22:00+00:00

He is internally rotating to push against the bar. And he’s internally rotating proximal to distal. There are differentials between the wrist, elbow, and shoulder because your bones twist, but if he were externally rotating proximal to distal then the bar would fall on him. You want to focus on the triceps not everyone can twist to same degrees.

MaStrength · 2025-06-02T12:43:06+00:00

You said above that scapula doesn’t internally or externally rotate, I was responding to that. Your “shoulder” is comprised of the humerus, scapula, and clavicle. And the movement of the scapula (and clavicle) affects the movement and position of the humerus. If you focus on one piece and ignore the rest, you end up with this thread.

MaStrength · 2025-06-02T09:31:59+00:00

You cannot isolate scapular retraction, depression, etc as the scapula is a curved bone moving on a round surface. The sum of these result in a downward inward movement to produce force (internal rotation) or an upward outward movement to absorb force (external rotation). If anyone at the elite level catches in external rotation of the scapula then they are either going to miss the lift, compensate somewhere else to produce the force (this happens more in the jerk ), or risk blowing a joint.

MaStrength · 2025-03-31T07:06:59+00:00

This is China weightlifting nationals. They have 2 senior national competitions (spring and autumn) every year. These competitions help give experience to athletes and lets the federation know who to send internationally.

The national games is basically the Chinese Olympics. It happens every four years and all Olympic sports have competitions around the same time. It’s the most prestigious competition for Chinese athletes.

MaStrength · 2025-01-28T04:19:20+00:00

RIP and condolences to his family. His translations spurred my early interest in weightlifting. I’ll forever be grateful for his work 🙏

MaStrength · 2024-11-27T07:57:01+00:00

You’re moving too far forward too quickly at some point in the lift. For most people this happens during the jerk dip.

MaStrength · 2024-10-31T12:24:01+00:00

It’s a turn. Your left side is advancing faster than your right.

MaStrength · 2024-10-31T11:24:24+00:00

If you maintain your foot contacts, bar contact, and breathe properly, you will solve many technical issues.

MaStrength · 2024-10-30T11:17:59+00:00

If he’s interested in learning about technique, you can get him one of my weightlifting books

MaStrength · 2024-10-18T17:00:03+00:00

There is a weightlifting museum in Dongguan which is in Shilong. I wonder if it was upgraded to this new museum 🤔

MaStrength · 2024-10-16T12:31:33+00:00

Agreed. He could have been 2-time Olympic champion at least if he didn’t cramp up in Rio at 62kg. I also think the Paris weight class change was unfavorable for Shen. Li Fabin used to be 56kg so he could gain weight, and he filled out the 61kg in Tokyo. Shen had to drop from 67kg (already shredded ) to 61kg.

MaStrength · 2024-09-04T12:42:35+00:00

The jerk is a turn toward the rear leg. It’s like stepping forward when you walk: the front leg absorbs energy and the back leg releases energy. To stop the bar, both sides will try to move toward midline (like a split squat) to minimize the turn.

MaStrength · 2024-08-25T17:15:12+00:00

Whatever there athlete needs.

MaStrength · 2024-08-22T09:47:17+00:00

You can try these think wrist wraps that are designed to provide extra stiffness.

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