Waxman's Weightlifting

Up to this point, we have been on the whistle for all exercises. Today I gave them some autonomy.

We did a circuit that comprised a number of the elements we have been working on for the last two weeks: clean, press, pull-up, push-up.  

As expected, some of the boys did not meet the movement standard, but this provides two good learning moments for us.

When they were done, we spoke first about the importance of maintaining standards regardless of the situation. Reminding them that the standard is the standard, and when somebody lowers it, then that becomes the new standard.

We also spoke about the importance of perfect practice and its relationship to performance. Explaining to them how you perform and practice in a controlled environment is what you will do under stressful situations.

Coaches of young boys should be thinking beyond the X’s and O’s. There are great opportunities through physical exertion to positively affect the trajectory of their lives and help create strong, capable, and productive men.




 

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When I first started coaching Weightlifting and a young athlete was interested in joining my team, I would do a battery of tests to measure physical output, vertical jump, broad jump, sprint tests, and flexibility.  

I agreed to work with those who met the basic standards.

Over the years, most of the athletes who tested off the charts wound up quitting or being thrown off my team.

I realized I was testing for the wrong things, so I changed my approach.

I began using one test; I would tell them to do as many pullups as they could in five minutes.

I didn’t care if they could do one or fifty; I wanted to see what they did when they failed. Did they stop or keep pushing until the time was up?

If they stopped fighting before the time ran out, I wouldn’t work with them.

If they quit during this simple exercise, it’s practically guaranteed they will quit somewhere else when things get difficult.

I am a big believer in “how you do anything is how you do everything.”

Every time we program pullups at Corner Canyon, I stand on one end of the weightroom and watch who fights and who quits. The kids who quit here are the same ones who dont run through the line or take practice reps off, and that becomes your standard.

It’s our job to teach the boys that it takes what it takes to be good; you have to do what you have to do to meet the standard, regardless of how you feel about it.

Because how you do anything is how you do everything!

If they can do that, in the weightroom, classroom, field, or in life, they will be proud of those results, regardless of what those results were.




 

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