The moment I ran across Sage’s online blog, I was smitten: a weightlifting expert and a competitive CrossFitter with a writer’s flair. Though Sage comes from the legendary Burgener family, she speaks with a powerfully independent voice, and — as her…
Name: Anthony Rocco “Pomp” Pomponio Age: 27 Height/Weight: 5”8 185lbs, 85kg weight class Current City: Colorado Springs, CO Gym: Olympic Training Center Occupation: Olympic Lifting Coach/Personal Trainer/Youth Physical Education Coordinator PRs: Competition: 330kg total Snatch-153kg Clean & Jerk- 182kg Training: Back Squat- 230kg Front…
In this interview, I sit down with Andy Timm– a new member of Iron Athlete’s coaching staff as well as the East Valley CrossFit competition team. Andy has been involved in gymnastics since age 3 and competed at the Junior…
Rush Club is a head to head single elimination functional fitness competition. Unlike other competitive fitness events, Rush Club uses weight classes to match up athletes. We take more of a “fitness to weight ratio” approach which makes the event…
Could you start by telling us a little about your weightlifting career – as both a competitor and a coach? (please, brag) At 14 years old, I started weight training with my older brother at a nearby YMCA. When I went…
Your family name is so well-known in weightlifting circles that it’s basically synonymous with world-class coaching. I imagine that, growing up around weightlifting, you might have had a very different relationship with the sport than those of us that stumbled…
Could you share a bit about your background and the work you do? I’ve always enjoyed being a competitive athlete. Like most, I’ve accumulated an impressive list of injuries over time, many of which I had to learn how to…
Would you mind sharing a little bit of your background—your history in competitive rowing, as well as your introduction to CrossFit? I had a strange journey from a desert hippie girl from Santa Fe to a Collegiate rower. I saw…
When I first started researching Jim for this interview, I was astounded and so very intimidated by his background. He has coached ten weightlifting Olympians and was an US Olympic Weightfting Team Coach at the 1980, 1988, and 1992 Olympic…
NFL strength and conditioning Coach Brett Nenaber generously took time out of his busy schedule to speak with me about working with such elite athletes. He also discusses his own background in weightlifting, and his more recent experience as a…