Jamie Carruthers BSc (Hons), MSc, PGCE, CSCS (*D), NSCA-CPT (*D)
BWLA Coach (British Weightlifting Association)
United Kingdom
Want to Learn Proper Weightlifting?
Interested in the Olympic sport of weightlifting? Look for a qualified coach with a sensible training program.
“Locating a qualified coach with a good working knowledge of the Olympic sport of weightlifting is a challenge,” according to Harvey Newton. “Weightlifting is a very small sport in America, with only about 3,000 registered athletes and very few qualified coaches.”
Olympic Coach Harvey Newton has nearly 40 years of coaching experience. He’s coached local clubs, high school and college athletes, and top elite lifters at the national and international levels, including the 1984 Olympic Games.
And, he still coaches a limited number of athletes, either personally or online. Using Dartfish and Myotest technology, Coach Newton utilizes both standard and advanced methods of training to improve performance.
“Newcomers are confused when they hear the common, yet incorrect, term Olympic lifting or Olympic weightlifting to describe weightlifting,” Newton says. “The word Olympic is copyrighted and legally restricted. Coach Newton recently confirmed with US Olympic Committee legal staff that the expressions Olympic weightlifting, Olympic lifting, and Olympic-style weightlifting are improper.
“Over the past 30+ years, there have been only six (6) US men’s Olympic Team coaches (and 2 women’s team),” says Coach Newton, coach of the 1984 USA team. “Far too many people are eager to say ‘I’m an Olympic weightlifting coach (or Olympic lifter),’ when they’ve had absolutely nothing to do with an Olympic team. A novice can be quickly and easily misled.”
To learn more about Coach Newton’s proper use of terminology, click below:
Terminology (PDF)
Terminology II (PDF)
