Olympic Weightlifting for Sports [Paperback]

Greg Everett (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: June 12, 2012

From the author of what has been called the best book on Olympic weightlifting, Olympic Weightlifting: A Complete Guide for Athletes & Coaches, comes Olympic Weightlifting for Sports. This book focuses on athletes and coaches outside of the competitive weightlifting world to present a method of teaching the Olympic lifts and their variants simply, safely and effectively to all types of athletes. Also includes information on program design and flexibility training to prepare athletes to perform the lifts.

"Coach Everett's Olympic Weightlifting for Sports is a extraordinary product for any sport coach s library. As a proponent of the power clean and its variations for performance training, I found this book to be an outstanding reference for teaching methodology for the Olympic Movements. Coach Everett provides user-friendly terminology for the explanations of these movements. This book is a must-have for any coach who implements Olympic lifts in their program.
Joe Kenn, Head Strength and Conditioning Coach, Carolina Panthers

"Coaches, make room on your bookshelf for Greg Everett's Olympic Weightlifting for Sports. Thorough, well written, well organized, and full of information & pictures to help make each point understandable. This will help make you a better coach, and in turn help improve your athletes potential to succeed. I'm excited for Greg and excited to put the information to use!
Jim Malone, Head Strength & Conditioning Coach, San Diego Padres

This is, by far, the most detailed and thorough book about Olympic weightlifting technique. Greg Everett has done an excellent job in presenting and organizing the material in this book. The photos are great. I strongly recommend that any strength coach or sports performance coach own this book if he/she is teaching deep squatting, snatch and clean pulls, and Olympic style lifts. It is well worth the money spent.
Ethan Reeve, Strength & Conditioning Coordinator, Wake Forest University

"Olympic Weightlifting for Sports is another outstanding book by Greg Everett that breaks down everything you need to know about the specifics of Olympic weightlifting. I really like the way Greg breaks down the progressions for each movement. I've always been a big believer in keeping things simple and specific for both coaches and athletes. This is a must-have for anyone trying to understand all aspects of Olympic lifting. All athletes need to understand why they are training a certain way. This book explicitly covers that for Olympic lifting."
Jeff Dillman, Director of Strength & Conditioning, University of Florida

This book is a great addition to any strength & conditioning coach s library. It gives very basic and descriptive instruction that does not complicate what a strength & conditioning coach has to teach and coach on a daily basis regarding Olympic style lifts.
Kevin Yoxall, Head Strength & Conditioning Coach, Auburn University

Greg Everett is my go-to resource when it comes to the Olympic lifts. Whether it s coaching, program design, or even addressing common limiting factors like flexibility, Olympic Weightlifting for Sports leaves no stone unturned. Whether you re a young coach learning the ropes or a grizzled veteran, this book is an amazing resource. Quite simply, if your goal is to teach athletes how to Olympic lift safely and effectively, this book needs to be in your library.
Mike Robertson, President of Robertson Training Systems and co-owner of Indianapolis Fitness and Sports Training

Editorial Reviews

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Coach Everett's Olympic Weightlifting for Sports is a extraordinary product for any sport coach s library. As a proponent of the power clean and its variations for performance training, I found this book to be an outstanding reference for teaching methodology for the Olympic Movements. Coach Everett provides user-friendly terminology for the explanations of these movements. This book is a must-have for any coach who implements Olympic lifts in their program. --Joe Kenn, Head Strength and Conditioning Coach, Carolina Panthers

This is, by far, the most detailed and thorough book about Olympic weightlifting technique. Greg Everett has done an excellent job in presenting and organizing the material in this book. The photos are great. I strongly recommend that any strength coach or sports performance coach own this book if he/she is teaching deep squatting, snatch and clean pulls, and Olympic style lifts. It is well worth the money spent. --Ethan Reeve, Strength & Conditioning Coordinator, Wake Forest University

Olympic Weightlifting for Sports is another outstanding book by Greg Everett that breaks down everything you need to know about the specifics of Olympic weightlifting. I really like the way Greg breaks down the progressions for each movement. I've always been a big believer in keeping things simple and specific for both coaches and athletes. This is a must-have for anyone trying to understand all aspects of Olympic lifting. All athletes need to understand why they are training a certain way. This book explicitly covers that for Olympic lifting. --Jeff Dillman, Director of Strength & Conditioning, University of Florida

This is, by far, the most detailed and thorough book about Olympic weightlifting technique. Greg Everett has done an excellent job in presenting and organizing the material in this book. The photos are great. I strongly recommend that any strength coach or sports performance coach own this book if he/she is teaching deep squatting, snatch and clean pulls, and Olympic style lifts. It is well worth the money spent. --Ethan Reeve, Strength & Conditioning Coordinator, Wake Forest University

Olympic Weightlifting for Sports is another outstanding book by Greg Everett that breaks down everything you need to know about the specifics of Olympic weightlifting. I really like the way Greg breaks down the progressions for each movement. I've always been a big believer in keeping things simple and specific for both coaches and athletes. This is a must-have for anyone trying to understand all aspects of Olympic lifting. All athletes need to understand why they are training a certain way. This book explicitly covers that for Olympic lifting. --Jeff Dillman, Director of Strength & Conditioning, University of Florida

This is, by far, the most detailed and thorough book about Olympic weightlifting technique. Greg Everett has done an excellent job in presenting and organizing the material in this book. The photos are great. I strongly recommend that any strength coach or sports performance coach own this book if he/she is teaching deep squatting, snatch and clean pulls, and Olympic style lifts. It is well worth the money spent. --Ethan Reeve, Strength & Conditioning Coordinator, Wake Forest University

Olympic Weightlifting for Sports is another outstanding book by Greg Everett that breaks down everything you need to know about the specifics of Olympic weightlifting. I really like the way Greg breaks down the progressions for each movement. I've always been a big believer in keeping things simple and specific for both coaches and athletes. This is a must-have for anyone trying to understand all aspects of Olympic lifting. All athletes need to understand why they are training a certain way. This book explicitly covers that for Olympic lifti --Jeff Dillman, Director of Strength & Conditioning, University of Florida

This is, by far, the most detailed and thorough book about Olympic weightlifting technique. Greg Everett has done an excellent job in presenting and organizing the material in this book. The photos are great. I strongly recommend that any strength coach or sports performance coach own this book if he/she is teaching deep squatting, snatch and clean pulls, and Olympic style lifts. It is well worth the money spent. --Ethan Reeve, Strength & Conditioning Coordinator, Wake Forest University

Olympic Weightlifting for Sports is another outstanding book by Greg Everett that breaks down everything you need to know about the specifics of Olympic weightlifting. I really like the way Greg breaks down the progressions for each movement. I've always been a big believer in keeping things simple and specific for both coaches and athletes. This is a must-have for anyone trying to understand all aspects of Olympic lifting. All athletes need to understand why they are training a certain way. This book explicitly covers that for Olympic lifting. --Jeff Dillman, Director of Strength & Conditioning, University of Florida

About the Author

Greg Everett is the author of Olympic Weightlifting: A Complete Guide for Athletes & Coaches, owner of Catalyst Athletics, publisher of the Performance Menu Journal and coach of the Catalyst Athletics weightlifting team in California.

Product Details

• Paperback: 106 pages
• Publisher: Catalyst Athletics; First edition (June 12, 2012)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0980011140
• ISBN-13: 978-0980011142
• Product Dimensions: 8.8 x 5.9 x 0.4 inches
• Shipping Weight: 5.6 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 4.9 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (41 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #45,725 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
  • #74 in Books > Health, Fitness & Dieting > Exercise & Fitness > Weight Training

More About the Author

Greg Everett is the owner of Catalyst Athletics, publisher of the Performance Menu Journal and coach of the Catalyst Athletics weightlifting team in California.

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

11 of 11 people found the following review helpful

5.0 out of 5 stars Well-written and highly accessible. June 16, 2012

By Yael Grauer

Format:Paperback

Greg Everett is the king of coaching Olympic weightlifting, and the author of Olympic Weightlifting: A Complete Guide for Coaches and Athletes... but unless you're really into the sport, you probably won't make it through that 423-page tome. Olympic Weightlifting For Sports, however, is a sleek 120 pages jam-packed with useful information on the lifts and highly accessible to coaches and athletes of all stripes.

This book is not for competitive weightlifters (his other book's for that), but that level of detail isn't exactly essential for the rest of us. If you simply want to learn the Olympic lifts (or variations thereof) to improve your athletic performance in a different sport, this book has everything you need.

Olympic Weightlifting For Sports begins with an explanation of the benefits of Olympic weightlifting, including kinesthetic awareness, knee and hip extension power (aka explosiveness), the ability to effectively decelerate or oppose force (which is really useful for anyone in a sport where you need to "stop, change direction or absorb the force of colliding opponents") chief among them.

Everett, who works as the head coach of the Catalyst Athletics weightlifting program as well as the director of training at the gym, takes the reader through his 9-part learning progression for the lifts with clear and concise descriptions, step-by-step instructions, and great photographs, so you can learn what you need to without any unnecessary detail -- and even refer to the bullet points for the fundamental information.

My favorite thing about the book is that it's entirely devoid of hype, which leaves room only for information which is useful for the reader. Instead of stating that ALL athletes need to learn ALL the lifts, Everett encourages coaches to look at all the variables in each specific situation--availability of equipment, time considerations, starting competence, and so forth. Not all athletes need all lifts, and it's refreshing to come across a book that doesn't read like ad copy.

What else is in it? Everett also included a nice dose of error correction, touches on flexibility, and has a section on program design, which includes a 2-day template, 3-day template, and a sample 12-week training program. And that's it. Really great, concise information on the lifts and their variants in language that anyone can understand.

5 of 5 people found the following review helpful

5.0 out of 5 stars From the Olympic Lifting end June 21, 2012

By Bob Takano

Format:Paperback

Greg's book, Olympic Weightlifting for Sports, is unique in that it is written from the perspective of a weightlifting coach. Although for years, it has been acknowledged that the Olympic lifts were beneficial in the enhancement of athletic performance, most of the material published on this topic has been written by coaches and authors from the strength and conditioning community. Greg's is one of the very few that provides a perspective on the lifts that can only be developed through years of coaching in the gym and carefully noting the changes in athleticism of his lifters.
Coupled with a well thought out teaching progression for coaching the lifts, and a sound background of understanding the impact of these movements on the athlete's body is a layout and organization that is palatable to the many coaches anxious to incorporate these movements into the training regimens of their athletes. This should be on the shelf of every strength and conditioning coach anxious to perfect his or her craft.

5 of 5 people found the following review helpful

5.0 out of 5 stars Great book for those who aren't competitive weightlifters June 16, 2012

By B Monger

Format:Paperback|Amazon Verified Purchase

I have purchased both editions of Olympic Weightlifting: A Complete Guide for Athletes & Coaches. They are wonderful for learning and coaching the lifts. They have everything you need to coach the lifts. What I liked about this book is that it assumes that not everyone who wants to do the lifts wants to be a competitive lifter. Many people just need to learn how to properly get the bar from the ground to the shoulders or overhead in the most efficient manner so they can translate it to their sport. I have plenty of athletes who come into my gym without any lifting experience. I can now use this guide for progressions, as well as encourage them to lift properly without putting themselves in less than ideal positions for the sake of completing the lift. Greg also points out the importance of the lifts, safety involved with them, as well as the technical difference for athletic training vs competitive weightlifting. As with his other books, Greg has great instruction, pictures, and detail that other books do not contain. I recommend this book to any athlete that wants to include the lifts into their program but unsure of how to go about introducing them. I also suggest that every coach should get this book so they can understand so much more about the lifts.