Team Mash Elite Grim Reaper Weightlifting Coach Guided

It has been over two years since we’ve had a true weightlifting team. Since then, I have finished my Master’s in Exercise Science, was named the Head of Sport Science at Rise Indoor Sports and become the Head of Education for GymAware Velocity Based Training.

Why did it take by so long to launch the team rebirth? That’s because I didn’t want to launch just another online weightlifting team with some general program for everyone to follow. I wanted something different. I also wanted the best coaches possible to help me with this endeavor.

I'm starting off with the two coaches that work with me daily at Rise Indoor Sports:

•      First, Coach Matt Wininger, B.S. is a graduate of Lenoir-Rhyne University where he was the Team Captain for my LRU Weightlifting Team that earned two National Championships. He earned All-American honors all four years, and is a two-time Team USA Weightlifting Athlete. He was also a sprinter on the Varsity Track and Field Team. Matt was the original Team Mash Elite Athlete having been my athlete since he was 10-yrs-old making it 14-years he's been my athlete. He's also the coach of my own children, which is the biggest honor I can bestow on a fellow coach.

•.    Coach John Lucchesi, B.S. is a graduate of East Tennessee State University's prestigious Exercise Science Department. He was a starter all four years on the Varsity Soccer Team and went on to play pro for a few years after college. John is our Head Strength Coach at Rise Sports Performance. He's also the one that keeps all of us organized. Coach Lucchesi has worked hard to understand all the tech that I brought to Rise Indoor Sports. He's also one of the most humble coaches in America making a real effort to learn under my guidance. He's the glue to this team, and the real reason that the new online team will be better than ever.

Here is the list of what to expect:
•       Coaches will answer questions within a 24-hr period
•.      Coaches can individualize programming in the following ways:
      o  Can easily minimize volume if the program is simply too much
      o  Can eliminate exercises or suggest alternate exercises 
• There's an assessment to monitor improvements
• Team Camps to be held at Rise Indoor Sports and/or the Mash Farm Quarterly.

This is going to be a team with the aim to bridge the edgy hardcore culture Mash Elite is famous for together with the latest in science and research. 

Team Mash Elite Weightlifting is back! I plan on taking over the sport of weightlifting again like I did from 2016-2020.

The base program has used every method that all of you have read about or watched from our camp Including:

• Strength Specificity
• Absolute Strength Peaked at Week 10
• Weeks 11-16 focused on maximizing power
• Velocity is included, but not necessary with RPE and Percentages given as alternative
• Flywheel prescription with alternatives if you don't have one.
• Blood Flow restriction with alternatives if you don't possess cuffs
• Bands are strategically placed throughout once again with alternatives if you don't possess bands
• Isometric work designed to strengthen positions
• Detailed explanations of my methods like: Velocity, Flywheel, Athlete Monitoring
• Also detailed videos, articles, and podcasts to explain complex topics like overtraining/under recovering, resistance training for youth, snatch, clean, and jerk biomechanics, and more
• Motivational videos throughout of our athletes to keep you fired up and inspired
• Data is automatically collected, videos for 95% of all movements, and more
• Daily readiness is monitored
• This program is the best one I have ever created for weightlifting

At the end of this program, a new one will be added. You will simply explain to your coach when you anticipate competing next, and your coach will load the next plan.