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Mar 41 min read
Leo Talks Cleans with the CSCA
If you follow the Canadian Strength and Conditioning Association (CSCA) you may have noticed a Leo Totten special in their last newsletter.
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Totten Training Systems
Nov 23, 20207 min read
Hypertrophy for Weightlifters
by: Christopher Taber Ph.D., CSCS, USAW2, EP-C, PES The purpose of this article is to discuss hypertrophy for weightlifters. The...
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Totten Training Systems
Sep 21, 20203 min read
Totten Training Systems Teams Up With Amplify Sports and Wellness
It is with great honor that we spread the word about the partnership of Totten Training Systems, LLC and Amplify Sports and Wellness! If...
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Totten Training Systems
Jun 15, 20203 min read
Back to Basics: Push, Pull, Leg
By: Leo Totten, MS, USAW 5 There are a lot of fancy training methodologies out there. How do the Bulgarians train, how do the Chinese...
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Totten Training Systems
Jun 8, 20204 min read
Where Do We Go From Here?
These past couple of weeks have been a terrible stretch of time for our country. With the murder of George Floyd and the renewed interest...
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Totten Training Systems
Jun 1, 20203 min read
Whatever Happened to the Three Sport Athlete?
Back in the day, everyone played three sports in school. In fact, we all played our sports in a school setting but then continued to play...
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Totten Training Systems
Apr 20, 20205 min read
Totten Training Systems: What We Are All About!
As many of you know, I am the Head Coach and Founder of East Coast Gold Weightlifting Team but I am also the President and Founder of...
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Totten Training Systems
Apr 6, 20202 min read
TTS Coach Corner: Fast Up, Fast Under
One of the points of technique that we always stress is SPEED! I often ask my lifters after a snatch or clean, “Was that lift fast...
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Totten Training Systems
Mar 31, 20206 min read
Mastering The Jerk: Part 2
Split, Timing, Recovery This is Part 2 and will focus on the Split, Timing and Recovery of the Split Jerk. As we discussed in Part 1, the...
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Totten Training Systems
Mar 23, 20205 min read
Mastering The Jerk: Part 1
Set, Dip, Drive Think about it. We should really never miss a jerk, right? We are pretty much only driving the bar to the top of the...
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Totten Training Systems
Mar 16, 20202 min read
Snatch Balance: Is It Really?
What is a “Snatch Balance” and why do we do them? This might sound like simple questions because everyone knows the answer.
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Totten Training Systems
Mar 10, 20201 min read
Tottenism Tuesday: What is the Most Important?
There are many words that have the suffix “ability” attached to it. And they all have significant meanings. Immediately a few come to mind –
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Totten Training Systems
Mar 2, 20205 min read
Weightlifting Key Positions - Part Six
Putting It ALL Together - the SNATCH We have discussed all of the key positions and “putting it all together” for the CLEAN, now let’s...
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Totten Training Systems
Feb 24, 20204 min read
Weightlifting Key Positions - Part Five
Putting It ALL Together - the CLEAN It is one thing to know the key positions and the transition from one to the next, but now we need to...
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Totten Training Systems
Feb 10, 20204 min read
Weightlifting Key Positions - Part Three
Power Position, Full Extension and the Transition between the two Continuing on in our series of Key Positions and the transition from...
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Totten Training Systems
Feb 3, 20205 min read
Weightlifting Key Positions - Part Two
Knees, Power Position and the Transition between the two As we mentioned in Weightlifting Key Positions - Part Two, the start position...
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Totten Training Systems
Jan 30, 20202 min read
Totten Training Throwback: Positive Coaching - A Weightlifting Perspective
A few years back, a publication of the USOC called the Olympic Coach had a great picture of a weightlifter on the cover coming up with a...
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Totten Training Systems
Jan 27, 20204 min read
Weightlifting Key Positions - Part One
Floor, Knees and the Transition Between the Two Many lifters lose lifts right off the floor! The optimal start position from the floor...
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Totten Training Systems
Jan 20, 20203 min read
Footwork Timing in the Split Jerk
Recently, there was a great post on SportEdTV by a good friend and long time mentor, Harvey Newton. Harvey is one of the best coaches...
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Totten Training Systems
Jan 9, 20203 min read
Totten Training Throwback: Sex Differences in Resistance Training Program Design
by Christopher Taber – PhD, CSCS, USAW 2 Should there be Resistance Training differences for each of the sexes? It’s common knowledge...
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