By this time, Natalie Woolfolk is in Beijing, preparing to compete in Olympic lifting for the USA in the 2008 Summer Games. Before she left, she got in some training at Mike’s Gym.

Thanks to Covert Mike for telling me about the video and directing me to Catalyst Athletics. There are so many things to watch and take note of in this video like the progression exercises she does, all the technique nuances, but the one thing that really jumps out is just how fast she is! She makes the lifts look like I can go in the gym and do it like that. <dream sequence ends>.

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