Thursday Mar 11
"Harvey Newton is one of the really splendid and most informed gentlemen in the world of sports / strength science. I had the pleasure attending one of his seminars in 2008 in London and came away with many tips and ideas to implement. Since 2008 I have continued to learn from Harvey through his coaching services which I find indispensable."

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.

Weightlifting Training

“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)

Contact Olympic Coach Harvey Newton.

"Coach Newton:

When my daughter, Leslie, began in high school weightlifting, I wanted to obtain for her expert instruction so that she could learn the fundamentals of the clean and jerk lift. I attended a state weightlifting meet, and observed you coaching the two most phenomenal lifters in the meet.

It was obvious that their high school coaches stepped aside, and permitted you to handle the coaching of their athletes. After witnessing your lifters best all other lifters by wide margins, I went down to the floor to meet you. I was very pleased that you were willing to take on another athlete, and your assistance with Leslie has been very instrumental in her success and love for the sport of weightlifting.

During the summer after we met, I took a trip to York, Pennsylvania. We toured the USA Weightlifting Hall of Fame. Leslie was astonished to see your picture as the coach of the Olympic Team.

I have attended every state high school weightlifting meet for the past several years. Not unexpectedly, the best lifters in the clean and jerk are routinely coached by you. In the sectional meet last year, Leslie was called for push-pressing her first two lifts, and became frustrated. You took the time from the lifters you were coaching to speak to her. Her third lift was successful. Leslie felt honored that you would assist her in this manner.

I hope to keep in touch with you and have you assist Leslie in the years to come.”

Steven R. Kutner, Esquire