Weightlifting Yarns

Today we had a yarn about what's ahead of us this year. We dig into the importance of growing local club capacity and what is going on with online competition!

Finally back to it! We run through a recap of our national event this year! Super stoked to talk through what was an amazing event, and what we hope to achieve in the future!

Nationals Fever! We catch up with Functional Strength owner, Richie Wong and have a yarn about building into Nationals, his current ventures and all things weightlifting.

What a Yarn! Today we yarned about a coaches chances to build competition mindset. We yarn about our experiences and the real life trials that we have been through as coaches!

After a hiatus we are finally back together! We yarn about programming and discuss the book “Shoe Dog”. Great to be back!

Hayden with the solo yarns with Dr Eric Helms, covering his history in the sport of weightlifting, dealing with mobility issues, and the meaning he finds in Weightlifting

What a yarn! Today we discussed the growth of our sport and where we believe it could head!

What a yarn! We had a yarn about how we can prepare an athlete to cope with performance and heavy weights. Digging into the mental approaches that carry over to competition!

Great yarn today! Lots of focus on coaching aspects and delivery of messages!

What an amazing yarn with Coach and Athlete duo, Shayne Nation and Sam Hansen from Nation Barbell. We dig into training, experiences and aspirations!

Today we recorded a coaches call with three current New Zealand coaches. We unpacked their programming focus and philosophies and then really unpacked the details that separates supporting growth, plateau and deload.

A good old weightlifting yarn that covers lifters, The Last Dance, and coaching in general!

Bring on Level 2! We yarn about what Level 2 competition looks like. We also dig into how a programme challenges what an athlete is currently working on.

Today we were lucky to have Junior Worlds and Youth Olympic Games bronze medalist, Kanah Nahu-Andrews with us. We speak about a whole range of topics including happiness in the sport, mindset, big moments of her weightlifting career and training. A bloody great podcast that shows the humility and confidence of one of Aotearoa premium athletes!

HJP and I dig into coaching pathways for those starting out in their Coaching Journey. We identify ways that we can really support those wanting to grow in the sport!

Today we caught up with Otago Weightlifting head coach (@otagoweightlifting) Callan Helms. We discuss his background and introduction to strength training as well as Olympic weightlifting. He delves into his approach to programming as well as his beliefs and ways of keeping his team motivated. A great podcast for our community!

HJP and I dig into pathways for development as a lifter within our sport as well as for CF and other sports. We pull apart approaches to how we would develop new lifters entering our sport and a few other aspects. I then drift off into a little rant that we are sure you'll enjoy!

Today HJP and I yarn about our recent online Zoom competition and how an athlete and coach prepare for game day. We then pick apart our approach to pulls and then finally unpack snatch technique using Hayley as our subject! That video is available to see on Rays Instagram and Facebook.

Weightlifting Yarns about all things weightlifting within New Zealand and around the world! Here we introduce ourselves and have a good chat around our background and our sport!