I’m new to Austin and I’m taking a class with Oleg Kechko this semester (as I’ve mentioned more than once here). Anyway, I just wanted to say to those in the area, I’m beyond happy to now be training with Oleg and his crew at OK Weightlifting on Austin’s Northside (I think it’s the Northside).
Oleg’s simply one of the nicest guys and best coaches I’ve ever met and I’m excited to say I’ll be training with him and his group. To anyone in the area, it would be fantastic for you to stop by. I’ve been looking for a good coach and have traveled as far as (it’s not that far, but still) Houston to meet with a good weightlifting coach (Tim Swords) and I’m happy to say I’ve got a great coach here in my new hometown.
If anyone cares to stop by, give me a shout and I’ll even leave a Spike shooter there for ya. Train Hard!
I would love to bring my son by and possibly get some quality coaching. Is he strictly a strength coach, or does he coach other aspects of sport? Let me know where his gym is, I’ll check it out.
We use all of the olympic lifts regularly, it would be good to see if I’ve taught my son good form, he’s pretty dang strong, people have been telling us to enter him in powerlifting meets, they said he’d do very well. His school does not offer powerlifting so he’d have to enter as an independant. I will definitely stop by the gym, I’m in that area all the time.
Good to hear. I’ll try and get a phone number to you. Since it’s a training gym, they are only open when sessions are running. To my knowledge, most days at 11AM-1 or 2 and 4-4:30PM to 6-6:30PM. It changes so I’ll get a phone number for you to call and get it to you (probably via PM).
It’s nice to hear that you’ve had your son training the OL’s. Technically very difficult but very rewarding to strength and power. Train Hard!
We’ve been planning on going in but between track and baseball practice my sons schedule has been pretty full, he’s at baseball practice as I write this or we would have come today.
This is Daniel from (from youtube). Hope all is well. How’s David W? Lifting is going well.
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Everything is great. C&J 135Kg today, David W is lifting better and doing more volume.
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Awesome with the 135 kilos. I’m learning russian technique now (since my coach is from Belarus) so it’s taking some adjustment time, but other than that I’m training hard and will post vids when I can. I’m not posting vids at youtube because I’m focusing on the cues from my coach and not so much what I see (since I have beginner eyes).
Hey O-tep. Definitely stop by, it will be well worth it. Oleg and Tracy are great.
As for the ankle mobility issue, Coach Michael Boyle has a technique (that he picked up from one of the therapists at Athletes’ Performance; it’s also in his book ‘Designing Strength Training Programs and Facilities’) called ankle-self mobilization. To my volleyball players, I call it a shin pull. You basically stretch the calf and contract the shin simultaneously creating an active stretch. Not magic, but it works. He’s got some video on his site that does a good job demonstrating the technique. His website is www.michaelboyle.biz .
