Uncensored Humanity UH 013 - Coach Dan Bell Progress vs. Maximal Progress

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We have back with us today is my Olympic Weightlifting coach Dan Bell of Rubber City Weightlifting. Dan has over 30 years of experience in strength sports. Dan has been coaching Olympic Weightlifting for the past 19 years. He has coached athletes of all different skill levels and ages. From local meet lifters to national level lifters all the way to Olympic level lifter Holley Mangold. Dan and Holley were featured on the MTV show True Lift while Dan was preparing Holley for the 2009 Pan American Championships in Guatemala.

Dan is not just a lifter and coach, he studied English from the Ohio State University. Dan has published the book “Nadir's Fire”, that you can find on Amazon. Dan is one of the top Olympic Weightlifting coaches in the country. He is very good at developing national level lifters from people with no prior lifting experience. Dan also teaches USA Weightlifting Level 1 coaches clinics a few times a year. If you are an aspiring strength coach you need to take one of his clinics.

Today we talked about progress in training vs. something fictional called maximal progress. We also talked about a new squat study that he read recently testing effectiveness of 1/4 squats (or bro squats), parallel squats and full range of motion (ass to calves) squats. It was interesting and I was a little surprised at the results of the study. We also talked about how to turn out 500 pound squaters and 400 pound benchers from high school athletes doing a revolutionary new program. Dan also brought up how excited he is for the new USAW Coach's Symposium. He's been asking for something like this for years.

You can find Dan on Facebook and Instagram @RubberCityWeightlifting. You can visit his website at RubberCityWeightlifting.org. He has some great plans for jerk blocks on his website. People have been using his design for jerk blocks for years as they are some of the best available. Plus, they are free. You can register for his USAW Level 1 coach's seminars at USAWeightlifting.org. He has two coming up. One is Cincinnati on May 19-20 and the second in Cranberry PA on June 2-3.

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Artwork by Kathryn Kidwell

Intro music Rover by S Strong – available on Youtube audio library

Outro music Whitestick by S Strong – available on Youtube audio library