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Team China and Team Japan were out in full force this week. I also went through some of the insane lifts that Shane told be about during his career, including a 250kg snatch balance!

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This week Josh was joined by the great Bob Takano, coach of many national champions and international teams, and an inductee into the 2007 class of the USAW hall of fame.

This was a fantastic episode and it was a pleasure to have been joined by such a legend. Bob and Josh discussed many topics, including: Bob’s background as an athlete and coach, drug use in the sport, ways to track training and adjustments to make to maximize performance, David Rigert’s warm up, and much more.

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Website: http://takanoweightlifting.com/
Book: https://www.amazon.co.uk/Weightlifting-Programming-Winning-Coachs-Guide/dp/0980011159

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Caleb Ward calls in during a fire episode of the show with myself, Glenn Pendlay, and Joshua Gibson. Caleb and Glenn reminisced about Cal Strength and told us many hilarious stories from their time training with Donny Shankle and Jon North. We also talked about the sickening self-belief necessary to be the best, as well as Christmas, new year resolutions, and why Josh sucks at intros. Enjoy this very special episode of the Weightlifting House Podcast. Caleb calls in at 1:21:52

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Absolutely fire inaugural episode of the morning brew. The questions were fantastic, and Josh and I definitely managed to further our understanding of the never-ending journey that is weightlifting. The first question starts at 17:30.

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The American Open finals produced some fantastic moments including some American Records. This is a full run down of the 3 day competition, as well as many huge lifts from around the World in training halls and garages.

You can listen to the new weekly Thursday show The Morning Brew with myself and Joshua Gibson on Patreon.

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'Hi, I’m Greg. I lift weights, nerd out about lifting weights, get people strong, and like good beer.' This is how Greg Nuckols describes himself in less than 20 words. Greg is one of the most well-read athletes/coaches in the USA and having him on the podcast was a real honour. You can learn more from Greg using the links below!

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Nat Arem, owner of hookgrip, joined me for a this amazing episode. Nat has arguably influenced and helped grow the sport more than anyone ever. His stories from training halls at international meets from over the years are legendary, and his knowledge and passion for the sport is evident.

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Understand the entire Qualification & Robi System in this incredible episode. Read Below.
Previous system:
 Team points from two world championships and one continental champs
 Some (8m + 8f) individual places for high ranked athletes who would not otherwise
be able to go

Why a new system?
 Antidoping
 Weight classes – mismatch between Olympics and IWF competitions

Overall view of new system:
It is fairly complex. Easy to tell who will definitely qualify but hard to know when borderline
athletes definitely won’t.

How many places are available in each weight class?
 8 for top world-ranked athletes
 5 for top continent-ranked athletes
 1 either from host country (Japan) or decided by Tripartite Commission (IOC, NOCs
and IWF)

How are athletes ranked?
 Robi - Replacement for Sinclair. World record worth 1000. Half of world record
worth 100. Everything else on a curve.
 Total at IWF-sanctioned competition is sued to calculate Robi Points
 10% extra for Gold-level comp (Worlds, Continentals)
 5% extra for Silver-level comp (e.g. World Cup)
 No bonus for Bronze-level comp (e.g. Las Vegas Open)
 IWF Junior competitions count!
 Types of competition are shown on the IWF comp calendar as coloured icons

Other Requirements
 Six competitions within qualifying (Nov 2018 – April 2020)
 Minimum one gold level, plus one gold or silver
 One event within each of three six-month qualifying periods
 Two totals in the class they want to compete in at Olympics

Complications
 One athlete per nation per category
 Limit on overall athletes per nation based on antidoping violations since 2008:
o Less than 10 is 4 male, 4 female
o 10 - 20 is 2 male, 2 female
o More than 20 is 1 male 1 female

 Already impacted:
o Down to 1m 1f spot: Russia, Kazakhstan, Azerbaijan, Armenia,
and Belarus
o Down to 2m 2 f spots: Albania, Bulgaria, India, Iran, Moldova,
Romania, Ukraine, and Uzbekistan

 3 Violations within qualifying period – nation out completely

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Despite having the post world blues the big lifters of Instagram were there to cheer me up. Big back squat PRs, fast snatches and hefty jerks all feature on this week's episode of the Weightlifting House News Show.

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On this week’s episode of the podcast Josh was joined by multiple time national medalist, international level competitor, chemist, and dog dad, Ethan Harak.

In this episode they discussed Ethan’s background in athletics and how he found weightlifting, Ethan’s best and worst performances, why he power jerks, his decision to move weight classes, and much more.

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- Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/harak.ethan?ref=br_rs

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