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Do You Have a Team Around You?


In the media scrum before UFC 265, legendary UFC two-division champion Daniel “DC” Cormier gave the following advice to interim heavyweight title hopeful Derrick Lewis: “Every time I felt pressure, I just made sure somebody was alwa... Continue reading
Exercise Selection for Technical Improvement


All right, buckle up and settle in because we’re going to go yard on this one. I’ve talked about this idea in the past, but not in great detail, and it’s an important concept, especially these days with all of us being bombarded by ... Continue reading
Second Skin: Part I


Which bodies are allowed on the platform? In the May and June, 2021 issues of Performance Menu, I explored attitudes surrounding trans athletes in strength sports, and discussed USA Weightlifting’s Policy for Transgender Inclusion. (Notably, tw... Continue reading
Ask Greg: Issue 199


Hussam Asks: How and when do you think Hypertrophy styled training or a hypertrophy block should be incorporated in a weightlifter’s programming? I don’t think you’ve ever discussed this topic before.   Greg Says: I don&rsquo... Continue reading
Performance Menu End


About a week ago, I found out this magazine is going to be ending in a few months. Today is July 7, 2021, and December will be the last issue.   I’m not letting the cat out of the bag by announcing this. The news has gone public. For som... Continue reading
Providence or Merit: How to Think about your Training Progress (or Lack Thereof)


Lately, I’ve been thinking about the concept of fairness a lot. We often uphold fairness as the gold standard principle by which society should be organized. Even though we may disagree on the parameters of what constitutes “fair” (... Continue reading
Targeted Walking and Dr. Sarnos Philosophy Healed Me from Two Years of Back Pain


By 2019 my acute back pain morphed into sciatica tinkling legs and got me fired from a grueling job (the very job that gave me the back pain in the first place). I gobbled $100 in dodgy eBay “Beat-back-pain” books and hoarded packets of A... Continue reading
Interview: Andy Coggins


Want to know one of the most common qualities you’ll see from great coaches? They spend a lot more time talking about other people than themselves. Another one is when they establish themselves through athlete production in meets instead of pos... Continue reading
Ask Greg: Issue 198


Kerri Asks: From what I've heard, you coach beginners with the same cues/ technique, and then as they progress, they develop their own ways of lifting (like you always coach split over squat jerk, different feet position, etc). At what point woul... Continue reading
Weightlifters Comparing Themselves to Their Old Level


A few months ago, boxing legends Mike Tyson and Roy Jones Jr. got in the ring to fight an exhibition bout. For those of you who don’t know, Tyson and Jones are widely considered two of the greatest fighters of all time. Back in the 80s and 90s,... Continue reading
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