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Best of Olympic Weightlifting

Chad Smith Training Talk

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Here is Chad Wesley Smith’s presentation he gave  as part of his Squat/Deadlift clinic. Goes over the fundamentals of athletic development. Topics: squat training special strength development, organizing skill, speed, and strength work into an athlete’s program Snippets Individulaizing Training Consolidating Stressors

Tommy Kono Weightlifting Technique Lectures

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Here are two lectures / presentations by Olympic weightlifting coach Tommy Kono talking about weightlifting technique from his 60 years of coaching experience. This is Tommy Kono at the 1956 Olympic Games in MelbourneThe first talk was held 7 March 2009 in Columbus, Ohio. Introduction Coaching in different countries Importance of hip for power production pulling speed, difference […]

Robert Lustig "The Trouble with Fructose: a Darwinian Perspective"

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Robert Lustig, MD spoke at the Ancestral Health Symposium. “The Trouble with Fructose: a Darwinian Perspective” If paleo dieting is your thing you might enjoy: Robb Wolf’s talk “The Paleo Solution”Mathieu Lalonde’s talk “An Organic Chemist’s Perspective on Paleo”Mark Sisson’s talk “The Lost Art of Play”Staffan Lindeberg’s talk “Food and Western Disease”

Robert Lustig’s Authors@Google Talk on Obesity

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Here is a must watch. Another fantastic presentation by Robert Lustig, M.D. You probably know him from his “Sugar: The Bitter Truth” talk. Now he did an Authors@Google talk in which he tackles the question What’s causing the obesity epidemic? He presents the issues and history that let to the current situation really well and tells you why […]