OLYMPIC WEIGHTLIFTING
‘’THE ULTIMATE SPORT TO IMPROVE SPEED, MOBILITY, POWER AND BODY COMPOSITION.’’
As co-founder and head coach at the Leicester Olympic Weightlifting Club, (LOWC) I am deeply passionate about weightlifting, for me, lifting goes beyond just exercise.
Barbell work can improve coordination, strength, mobility, body awareness, speed and power. This is a great sport for anyone from well-trained athletes to complete beginners.
I offer a two-phased approach to weightlifting. I believe in intelligent lifting and that takes time to get right. With intelligent lifting, your gains will be greater and your chance for injury dramatically reduced.
In phase one, the focus is on learning and demonstrating excellent technique, before any weights can be used. I do this through analysing your posture, weight distribution and body type. The training I prescribe in phase one is relevant to your body only. These foundational exercises will help to build excellence in phase two.
Once the mobility and technique has reached a safe standard, phase two kicks in. This is about repetition and practice, getting stronger in the two main lifts: Snatch & Clean and Jerk, as well as important assistance exercises such as squats, shoulder presses, deadlifts and much more.
Please do visit the LOWC website for more details https://leicesterolympicweightlifting.co.uk/
What People Are Saying
Coach Kristaps has been coaching me for the last two months twice a week at Crossfit Lutterworth, I’m new to crossfit and never lifted a barbell in my life, Kristaps is brilliant, he knows everything regarding olympic lifting and so happy to teach, he did a 4 hour workshop today, covering everything to do with olympic lifting, it was brilliant, next for me is a training program from him to progress me in the direction i want to head! Cant wait!
- Ross B.
Having started olyimpic lifting just because my partner did, I can say now that I love it! I go to class twice a week and over the past 18 months have made great improvements from being unable to lift a bar to cleaning 60 kg without issue, all thanks to Kristaps! He is friendly and patient, and always able to guide you to improve.
Through the class i have made a fantastic group of friends who support me in class and it is a really social sport, which has helped to improve my strength and fitness, and maybe one day I'll even compete!
- Sarah W.