Greg everett biography

We are sure that Greg Everett does not need much of an introduction for anyone who has an interest in Olympic Weightlifting. Greg runs Catalyst Athletics with his wife Aimee - the weightlifting team, training facility, all around weightlifting education providers! He is an Olympic Trials coach and coached over 30 senior national level or higher lifters, including national medallists, national champions and national record holders.

Greg himself used to compete on a national level, has been a masters national champion, masters American Open champion and holds a Masters national record as a kg lifter for the Clean and Jerk at kg. With a background in publishing Greg has created several books himself and for others through Catalyst Athletics. We can safely say that we believe that his book is now probably the first stop for most people on their weightlifting journey!

We have been following all of Greg's fantastic content during these weird times of Social Distancing, and it's been really beneficial for staying on top of weightlifting content and even technique focussed programs for people who don't have much or any equipment at home! We were very fortunate recently that Greg offered some of his valuable time in his packed schedule to answer our questions that we had for him.

Our Interview with Greg. Greg: Work ethic and attitude.

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CS: Do you run a test battery for physical assessment - if so what does it include? I rarely do any kind of formal assessment—more basic exercises and use those as a way for me to see any issues. A lot of it comes down to continual check-ins and reinforcement and plain old nagging. It helps to draw attention to non-compliance during or after bad training sessions or training cycles—help them associate the cause and effect.

CS: How do you maintain a positive and motivational training environment in both a 1 to 1 coaching session, and in group training?