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18/10/2024
It’s British Age groups weekend 🔥
We are heading up to Leeds this weekend with 5 of our lifters hitting the platform.
On Saturday we have Oscar, Harry and Lexi 🙌🏻
On Sunday Sophie and Fin 🤩
We cannot wait to see you on the platform.
Keep an eye out on our stories for links to live feeds!
05/07/2024
Wildboar Weightlifting at the British 🐗
A huge good luck to
We are so proud to be apart of your journeys and cannot wait to see you all on the platform 🤩
09/12/2023
A huge good luck to our very own and competing at the English champs this weekend 🤩
Their dedication is inspiring and we can’t wait to see them on the platform!
22/11/2023
Our Wildboar Winter Open Is live 🔥
Our first competition of 2024 is up and ready to book on the Sport 80 site💪🏼
A perfect incentive to keep training over Christmas period. 👀
27/09/2023
3 Things I have implemented in my coaching recently and have seen value.
Coaching is a continual pursuit of better practice and conducting learning should never stop. Through doing a masters and completing research on our youth athletes, spending time with and consuming online course and his regular content here are some things that are proving effective right now in my coaching.
Plyometrics - a range of different types of plyos are being implemented regularly for numerous reasons but they are a relatively low cost way to achieve a great stimulus and really help me see how athletes move and where specific training can then be directed to improve weightlifting performance.
Differential learning, variability and constraint based learning - influenced by rob grays how we learn to move. A constraints based approach to learning the lifts initially and then utilising constraints to solve technical issues as opposed to constantly telling athletes to get their knees back or to stay over the bar has been great.
Variability in training has value from a skill acquisition perspective and an injury prevention perspective, plus it’s fun to try and get better at different variants of the lifts and I have had the chance to explore which have some good transfer to the competition lifts.
RPE - a great tool as opposed to specific %’s that allow athletes a degreee of freedom in load selections and helps create self awareness so they know when to reach (when they feel good) and when to hold off.
I believe this is an important skill for longevity and long term enjoyment of training. I prefer my athletes to slowly cook over a period of time than go through phases of progress muted by then injury or disinterest/low motivation and therefore detraining.
It also helps me sync between higher days and lower days manipulating RPE to do this.
Will my current thoughts advance over time? Hopefully! That’s the beauty of coaching individuals and learning through implementation and I am fully embracing the journey of helping our lifters have great experiences in this sport.
27/09/2023
3 Things I have implemented in my coaching recently and have seen value.
Coaching is a continual pursuit of better practice and learning should never stop. Through doing a masters, spending time with and an consuming online course and his regular content here are some things that are proving effective right now in my coaching.
Plyometrics - a range of different types of plyos are being implemented regularly for numerous reasons but they are a relatively low cost way to achieve a great stimulus and really help me see how athletes move and where specific training can then be directed to improve weightlifting performance.
Differential learning, variability and constraint based learning - influenced by rob grays how we learn to move. A constraints based approach to learning the lifts initially and then utilising constraints to solve technical issues as opposed to constantly telling athletes to get their knees back or to stay over the bar has been a great tool.
Variability in training has value from a skill acquisition perspective and an injury prevention perspective, plus it’s fun to try and get better at different variants of the lifts and I have had the chance to explore which have some good transfer to the competition lifts.
RPE - a great tool as opposed to specific %’s that allow athletes a degreee of freedom in load selections and helps create self awareness so they know when to reach (when they feel good) and when to hold off.
I believe this is an important skill for longevity and long term enjoyment of training. I prefer my athletes to slowly cook over a period of time than go through phases of progress muted by then injury or disinterest/low motivation and therefore detraining.
It also helps me sync between higher days and lower days manipulating RPE to do this.
Will my current thoughts advance over time? Hopefully! That’s the beauty of coaching individuals and learning through implementation and I am fully embracing the journey of helping our lifters have great experiences in this sport.
08/09/2023
A huge good luck to the guys competing at the British Age Groups in Leeds this weekend.
We can’t wait to see all you hit the platform 💪🏼🔥
17/08/2023
Nigel and Rach have touched down in Poland and both are competing at the World Masters Weightlifting Championships.
Nigel lifts tomorrow afternoon and Rachel lifts a week today!
We are so proud of our guys and their journeys and can’t wait to watch and cheer them on!
06/08/2023
An epic video of Fins 152kg Clean and Jerk as he placed 5th at his first British championships.
An amazing achievement from one of our lifters and at only 20 years old!
14/09/2023
14/09/2023