Welcome to The Heavy Metal Strength Coach Podcast. It's time for Season 2 Episode 2 With Sarah Davies.
Boy, what an episode this is. We cover Sarah's journey from shocking adversity 10 days before the British Championships to her becoming the most successful British female in weightlifting history. We discover how through newly found mental strength she is now forcing ahead with real change in the sport from the top down. Do not miss this one.
We chat about:
Advantages and disadvantages of being coached by a partner.
Learning resilience through trauma.
Even coaches need a 2nd and even 3rd pair of eyes.
Stripping technique right back in order to take the strength ceiling higher
Problem numbers and how to get past them.
Is competing well a learned skill?
Visualising good lifts, not weight on the bar
Don't change what works well.
Training lifter vs competition lifter
Weightlifting doping investigation.
Olympic Athletes commission
Athletes can now vote on the executive board.
2/22 female members on the weightlifting board but 50/50 gender split in the sport
The athlete's committee gender split is in favour of females
The importance of the olympics for the sport of weightlifting
Fake it until you become it.
Jack & Sarah becomes Sarah Davies The Weightlifter
Approachability
Useful Links:
Sarah Davies Instagram: @sarahd_gb
Instagram- @theheavymetalstrengthcoach
Spotify-https://open.spotify.com/playlist/37TICZHdWRGe4Cgx2ZD47V?si=qBpPR_h_TnuTW5iKUVjgzQ
The Heavy Metal Strength Coach Blog- https://www.gainsglutesglitter.co.uk/blog-1
Podcast: https://open.spotify.com/show/1VAwdffh9Nv0FkovrJ55kg?si=xJD9mDpHSp22dA76-hb8vQ
