This week on the USA Weightlifting Podcast, we’re going deep into the behind the scenes of the recent success at the Junior Worlds, and the future of International Competition prep, with USAW’s Senior Director of Sports Performance and Coaching Education, Mike Gattone. Mike is a USAW Sr. International Coach, personal coach of Tara Nott Cunningham, and former Assistant Strength Coach for the Chicago Bulls. In this episode we’ll be talking about Mike’s role in the Junior Worlds, how he mentally prepares his athletes for competition, and of course some fun weightlifting stories. Please take a second to help spread the word about the USAW Podcast by leaving us a review and sharing some of your favorite episodes! Enjoy the show.

Topics:

04:25 - Mike’s role at the Junior Worlds
14:00 - Mental training for competition
21:50 - Pyrros Dimas
47:00 - Junior Worlds

Links:

E-mail: mike.gattone@weightlifting.org
Instagram: @mgattone64