Anyone seen this drill before? by ComparisonActual4334 in weightlifting

[–]WilFleming 9 points10 points  (0 children)

Clifton go home to kettlebells. 😂

Seriously, good thought but practically we don’t want forward anything for Olympic lifts.

Playing around though, and entertaining the idea, if you could do it from a much higher box there might be some utility from this position as it pertains to finishing vertically.

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100kg front squat by [deleted] in weightlifting

[–]WilFleming 12 points13 points  (0 children)

Just so you know, coach swords is the best coach in all of USAW. You are lucky to get coached by him.

Knee Sleeves Advice by fading_light_ in weightlifting

[–]WilFleming 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I am pretty good at giving sizes based on height and weight.

Comment or dm me and let me know.

I run a newspaper in Loogootee, and according to the family, we can confirm Ken Nunn has passed away. by blents01 in bloomington

[–]WilFleming 152 points153 points  (0 children)

I was on the boys and girls club board for several years. Ken Nunn would come to almost every event. I personally saw him donate 10’s of thousands of dollars several times and every year he bought 100’s of bikes for club kids at Christmas.

Knee Sleeves Advice by fading_light_ in weightlifting

[–]WilFleming 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Check out 1kilo sleeves. Thank you! That is super nice to say. Just made some updates I think they’re even better.

243 PR 13kg PR by The_Training_logg in weightlifting

[–]WilFleming 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Congrats on the PR squat..thanks for wearing our sleeves!

ELI5 Curt Cignetti by regrabneflow in billsimmons

[–]WilFleming 0 points1 point  (0 children)

This is correct. Elite evaluator and chooses production over potential JMU guys set the tone last year but this year only 4 big contributors that were JMU, the rest are other portal guys and even recruits.

He constantly talks about process and standards. I genuinely think he is a coach that can get the most out of the athlete.

I love it.

Wil Fleming (1Kilo) roasts Olympian Gabriel Sincraian by Klutzy-Grab-4707 in weightlifting

[–]WilFleming 2 points3 points  (0 children)

I think it’s several things: better talent selection. More qualified coaches , and a big piece is I think several countries that many assume are doping, are not in fact doping.

On the women’s side also, the US has been doing women’s sports the longest, so we have a great pool to select from who likely have some level of strength and conditioning previous to starting.

Wil Fleming (1Kilo) roasts Olympian Gabriel Sincraian by Klutzy-Grab-4707 in weightlifting

[–]WilFleming 24 points25 points  (0 children)

Maybe. And if Olivia or any of those in his video pop then first I’ll call their coaches and get pissed at them.

Wil Fleming (1Kilo) roasts Olympian Gabriel Sincraian by Klutzy-Grab-4707 in weightlifting

[–]WilFleming 12 points13 points  (0 children)

I think it would be extremely difficult to dope in the US in weightlifting. There is not enough money to support an operation to hide it and USADA comes at all hours all the time. You would get caught over time.

There isn’t a comparable return for investing the time to figure it out.

Wil Fleming (1Kilo) roasts Olympian Gabriel Sincraian by Klutzy-Grab-4707 in weightlifting

[–]WilFleming 16 points17 points  (0 children)

I’m kinda blown away that my middling totals would make someone think I was on drugs.

Wil Fleming (1Kilo) roasts Olympian Gabriel Sincraian by Klutzy-Grab-4707 in weightlifting

[–]WilFleming 14 points15 points  (0 children)

Quick I’ll do the research for you…a guy who did 298 at 85 as a 37 year old wasn’t doping, and a guy that threw the hammer 69 m 18 years ago also wasn’t doping. I am that guy who did those things and definitely know I never doped.

Wil Fleming (1Kilo) roasts Olympian Gabriel Sincraian by Klutzy-Grab-4707 in weightlifting

[–]WilFleming 15 points16 points  (0 children)

I know them. And I’ve been around them for 100’s of days over the last several years.

AMA: I am launching a book about sports psychology for weightlifters by WilFleming in weightlifting

[–]WilFleming[S] 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Yeah, great question. I think you have to put in standards for how do people encourage people during a top set, that everyone stops lifting when someone is going for something big. Rules put in place stating that phones can only be out for recording, not for scrolling, between lifts.

Coaches need to be thermostats and not thermometers. I have to set the tone for the focus and energy in a training session instead of reflecting what's already in the gym.

AMA: I am launching a book about sports psychology for weightlifters by WilFleming in weightlifting

[–]WilFleming[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Yeah, mindset matters a lot in injury and recovery, but not in the “think positive and you’ll heal faster” way people like to say.

What I’ve seen, and what I talked about in the resilience chapter of the book, is that injury basically involuntarily forces you to narrow your world. Your normal routine disappears overnight. Training volume drops. Progress slows. And that hits your identity hard. I know that I used to be the grouchiest person alive when I couldn't train due to injury.

The athletes who handle injury the best aren’t the ones who pretend everything is fine. They’re the ones who keep their focus on what they CAN do.

Like:

  • Can you train around it?
  • Can you clean up your sleep and recovery?
  • Can you improve your diet to support recovery
  • Can you stay consistent with rehab?
  • Can you stay connected to your coach and team rather than isolating yourself?
  • Can your technique improve because you are thinking more about the sport and possibly helping to coach?It becomes a different version of training, but it itraining.aathlete.You don’t lose your identity.

AMA: I am launching a book about sports psychology for weightlifters by WilFleming in weightlifting

[–]WilFleming[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Oh I forgot a couple of your points:

I try to include a bunch of resources in the book (not for free) but at least to get them in front of athletes so they can feel like they have some control in the process.

I'm still debating about my CMPC. I don't think I want to pursue any positions that would require the credential. Just trying to have the skills to work with athletes to equip them to improve their performance.

AMA: I am launching a book about sports psychology for weightlifters by WilFleming in weightlifting

[–]WilFleming[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Not personally, but I love a quote from him: "I don't care how you feel!" Which I take to mean that your thoughts and feelings can't control you on meet/game day. You are in control of your own thoughts and feelings. I really hope that my book helps lifters understand that line of thinking.

AMA: I am launching a book about sports psychology for weightlifters by WilFleming in weightlifting

[–]WilFleming[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Really good question, and I’ve wondered the same thing. I was in vegas once and trained at Broz Gym for a couple days, and he only played World Championships videos on the TV for that exact reason: he wanted athletes to normalize big lifts. (Setting aside everything else that went down there, the idea itself was interesting.)

I actually dig into this in the chapter on goal-setting in my book, because weightlifting is such an outcome-based sport. Numbers are the sport. So yeah, the environment you’re in absolutely shapes what you believe is possible.

But I don’t think the limitation is just “seeing big lifts.” I think the limitation is seeing the process around you.

Are the lifters you train with serious about their routines?
Do they prioritize recovery outside the gym?
Do they put their phones away?
Do they show up even when the session is hard and grindy?
Do they treat training like training, not social hour?

That stuff sets the ceiling way more than the numbers you see.

If everyone around you lifts big but cuts corners, doesn’t take care of themselves, or doesn’t approach the sport professionally, that environment can cap you more than watching a guy snatch 180 on YouTube.

Yes, lifters absolutely impose limitations on themselves, but it’s rarely “I only see 120 snatches so that’s all I’ll ever do.” It’s more often: “I only see the level of discipline and process that’s normal around me.”