1. PLANNING WEIGHTLIFTING ROUTINES EVALUATING BAR TRAJECTORIES 2. START LOW, GO SLOW MANAGING PARTIAL AND FULL-RANGE EXERCISES STRICT SAFETY PROTOCOLS 3. LEARNING FLUID MOVEMENT LEARNING POUNDAGE MANAGEMENT UNDERSTANDING KNEE INJURIES 4. WORKING ON TIGHTENING THE CONDUIT OF MUSCULAR FORCES FEET ESCAPE DURING FULL BODY EXTENSION WHEN TO LET GO? 5. DIFFERENCE BETWEEN THE MUSCULAR SYSTEM AND THE MUSCULOSKELETAL SYSTEM HOW DOES MUSCLE FUELING AFFECT GENERATING MOMENTUM? 6. REFINING THE BAR TRAJECTORY IN THE SNATCH LIFT OPTIMIZING BODYWEIGHT AND STRENGTH 7. LIFTING FROM THE HANG HANG SNATCH HANG CLEAN 8. SPREAD-OUT VERSUS INTERRUPTED STRENGTH-TRAINING FEET ESCAPE AVOIDED BOUNCING IN THE DEEP SQUAT 9. CLEAN PULL CLASSICAL CLEAN CLASSICAL JERK 10. COMPARATIVE PERFORMANCE ANALYSIS 11. PROGRESS IN THE DEADLIFT PROGRESS IN THE POWER CLEAN 12. ONLINE COACHING VERSUS COACHING IN-PERSON 13. VECTOR ANALYSIS MAGNITUDE, DIRECTION, AND TIMING OF FORCES REACTIVE FORCES IN ENERGIZED MASSES 14. ANATOMY OF WEIGHTLIFTING

This book is designed for children of ages 6 to 8 years for the purpose of guiding their imagination in the direction of the sport of strength training, fitness, and health. The book presents visual examples of Weightlifters in different phases of their development to become champions. This gives the child real visual imagery of the route to championship and self empowerment.

This book is aimed at educating and preparing adolescents of the ages 12 to 16 in the basics of Olympic Weightlifting and Strength Training. The book familiarizes teachers, parents, and kids with the fundamentals of lifting and resistance training. The book starts by explaining how muscles work by burning energy and moving the nutrients around the body organs. Young children need to be educated on the process of transport of energy from food to cells allover the body. They then will understand how strength training helps the body grow and stay healthy and fit. Strong muscles and bones help the individual to maintain high level of health and fitness. The growth process involves the development of the mental and neural functions, which help the person solve complex problems and maintain high coordination and balance. Weightlifting is introduced by warming up without weights. Lifting light plates follows the warm up as an intermediary transition to serious lifting. The Olympic lifts are then practiced with dummy objects prior to engaging in heavy weights. This prepares the lifter to ingrain the mental imagery of performance under resistance. The two main Olympic lifts: the Snatch and the Clean and Jerk, are described in details and demonstrated by practical home-gym video clips. The book's main theme evolves on how to offer adolescents the option of becoming Olympic Weightlifters when they are young enough to accomplish such an extraordinary goal. The book's main tools are the simplicity and rigorousness of exercising for BIG IDEAS. Unless the workout out plan simple and logical, it would not lead to the life-long commitment to exercise, health, and fitness. The authors advocate the role of managing and executing exercise planning as a life-long endeavor of positive accomplishments and enriching the child's life. Mohamed F. El-Hewie Woodland Park, New Jersey, USA, August 2010. Sjaak Smorenburg Houten, The Netherlands, August 2010.

1. PLANNING WEIGHTLIFTING ROUTINES EVALUATING BAR TRAJECTORIES 2. START LOW, GO SLOW MANAGING PARTIAL AND FULL-RANGE EXERCISES STRICT SAFETY PROTOCOLS 3. LEARNING FLUID MOVEMENT LEARNING POUNDAGE MANAGEMENT UNDERSTANDING KNEE INJURIES 4. WORKING ON TIGHTENING THE CONDUIT OF MUSCULAR FORCES FEET ESCAPE DURING FULL BODY EXTENSION WHEN TO LET GO? 5. DIFFERENCE BETWEEN THE MUSCULAR SYSTEM AND THE MUSCULOSKELETAL SYSTEM HOW DOES MUSCLE FUELING AFFECT GENERATING MOMENTUM? 6. REFINING THE BAR TRAJECTORY IN THE SNATCH LIFT OPTIMIZING BODYWEIGHT AND STRENGTH 7. LIFTING FROM THE HANG HANG SNATCH HANG CLEAN 8. SPREAD-OUT VERSUS INTERRUPTED STRENGTH-TRAINING FEET ESCAPE AVOIDED BOUNCING IN THE DEEP SQUAT 9. CLEAN PULL CLASSICAL CLEAN CLASSICAL JERK 10. COMPARATIVE PERFORMANCE ANALYSIS 11. PROGRESS IN THE DEADLIFT PROGRESS IN THE POWER CLEAN 12. ONLINE COACHING VERSUS COACHING IN-PERSON 13. VECTOR ANALYSIS MAGNITUDE, DIRECTION, AND TIMING OF FORCES REACTIVE FORCES IN ENERGIZED MASSES 14. ANATOMY OF WEIGHTLIFTING

For those readers who are inclined to visual learning with the least amount of text, we present this illustrated edition of the Weightlifting Attic. We presented the sport of weightlifting in 584 photos and illustrations with comments on their roles in the four-year training program in Sjaak Smorenburg's Weightlifting Room. The illustrations emphasize the techniques of lifting and errors that are inherent in the learning process. We added anatomical illustrations when we felt that the reader might need a hint in figuring out the basic working schemes in the process of lifting. The book covers the following topics: Classical Weightlifting room Power Snatch Snatch, narrow grip One legged Squat Clean and Jerk The Deadlift and Pull Front Squat Failed Snatch Comparison with International lifters Hang Snatch Hang Clean The Snatch: Head, hips, bar trajectories The Clean and Jerk: Head, hips, bar trajectories Jerk from the Rack Front Squat Power Snatch Shoulder Press and Squatting Narrow hand gripped Snatch Anatomy of leg muscles Efficient Olympic Bar Trajectory Training on the head and squatting positioning Mohamed F. El-Hewie Woodland park, New Jersey, July 2010. Sjaak Smorenburg Houten, The Netherlands, July 2010.

This book is aimed at educating and preparing children of ages 6 to 12 in the basics of Olympic Weightlifting and Strength Training. The book familiarizes teachers, parents, and kids with the fundamentals of lifting and resistance training. The book starts by explaining how muscles work by burning energy and moving the nutrients around the body organs. Young children need to be educated on the process of transport of energy from food to cells allover the body. They then will understand how strength training helps the body grow and stay healthy and fit. Resistance exercise is defined as the effort to stimulate muscles to grow and adapt to lifting. The strong muscles stimulate the bones to deposit minerals and remain strong. Strong muscles and bones help the individual to maintain high level of health and fitness. The growth process involves the development of the mental and neural functions, which help the person solve complex problems and maintain high coordination and balance. Weightlifting is introduced by warming up without weights. Lifting light plates follows the warm up as an intermediary transition to serious lifting. The reader is introduced the equipments and terminology of weightlifting that should assist him/her to decipher the arcane language of strength training. The book's main theme evolves on how to offer kids the option of becoming Olympic Weightlifters when they are young enough to accomplish such extraordinary goal. The book's main tools are the simplicity and rigorousness of exercising for BIG IDEAS. Unless the workout out plan simple and logical, it would not lead to the life-long commitment to exercise, health, and fitness. The authors advocate the role of managing and executing exercise planning as a life-long endeavor of positive accomplishments and enriching kid's life.

This book is aimed at educating and preparing children of the ages 6 to 12 in the basics of Olympic Weightlifting and Strength Training. The book familiarizes teachers, parents, and kids with the fundamentals of lifting and resistance training. The book starts by explaining how muscles work by burning energy and moving the nutrients around the body organs. Young children need to be educated on the process of transport of energy from food to cells allover the body. They then will understand how strength-training helps the body grow and stay healthy and fit. Resistance exercise is defined as the effort to stimulate muscles to grow and adapt to lifting. The strong muscles stimulate the bones to deposit minerals and remain strong. Strong muscles and bones help the individual to maintain high level of health and fitness. Weightlifting is introduced by warming up without weights, which is followed by lifting light plates as an intermediary transition to serious lifting. The reader is introduced to the equipments and terminology of Weightlifting that should assist him/her to decipher the arcane language of strength-training. The book's main theme evolves on how to offer children the option of becoming Olympic Weightlifters when they are young enough to accomplish such an extraordinary goal. The book's main tools are the simplicity and rigorousness of exercising for BIG IDEAS. Unless the workout plan was simple and logical, it would not lead to the life-long commitment to exercise, health, and fitness. The authors advocate the role of managing and executing exercise planning as a life-long endeavor of positive accomplishments and enriching the child's life.