11 Podcast Episodes
#94: US Olympic Weightlifting Coach Jim Schmitz Goes For Gold!
#94: US Olympic Weightlifting Coach Jim Schmitz Goes For Gold!
Jim Schmitz, owner of The Sports Palace, a weightlifting and weight training gym and club established in San Francisco i... Read more
9 Aug 2021
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1hr 1min
Jim Schmitz 10 X Olympic Weightlifting Coach At the Olympics Games
Jim Schmitz 10 X Olympic Weightlifting Coach At the Olympics Games
Jim Schmitz is an old school Olympic Weightlifter and later transitioned into powerlifting. He has coached countless ath... Read more
20 Feb 2021
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55mins
Interview with Jim Schmitz
Interview with Jim Schmitz
We talk about recent events in the sport of weightlifting, possible changes to the weight classes and training for the M... Read more
20 Mar 2018
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50mins
Interview with Jim Schmitz- We talk about recent events in Weightlifting, How to make the USA more competitive and Jim's thoughts on gym culture.
Interview with Jim Schmitz- We talk about recent events in Weightlifting, How to make the USA more competitive and Jim's thoughts on gym culture.
In this podcast from February we discuss recent events, talk about Kyle Pierce's program and reflect on Jim's start in t... Read more
15 Apr 2017
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45mins
Interview with Jim Schmitz- The Rio Olympics, Doping, and the future of competitive Olympic Weightlifting
Interview with Jim Schmitz- The Rio Olympics, Doping, and the future of competitive Olympic Weightlifting
Wow! This one is well worth the wait. We talk about Jim's experiences at the Rio Olympics, the lifting, the games and th... Read more
28 Sep 2016
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43mins
Interview with Jim Schmitz - We talk about the Upcoming Olympic Games in Rio, the Frog Pull among various other topics.
Interview with Jim Schmitz - We talk about the Upcoming Olympic Games in Rio, the Frog Pull among various other topics.
In this warmer to the Rio Games, Jim and I discuss the recent positives coming out of Houston and London. The preparatio... Read more
2 Aug 2016
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44mins
Interview with Jim Schmitz - We talk about the legend Tommy Kono, the USA Team Trials and the Upcoming Olympics
Interview with Jim Schmitz - We talk about the legend Tommy Kono, the USA Team Trials and the Upcoming Olympics
We start off with a bit about Pyrros Dimas, then we focus on Tommy Kono, the US team trials and the coming Olympics amon... Read more
3 Jun 2016
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36mins
Interview with Jim Schmitz - Splitting with the Snatch and Clean and Managing Weightlifters
Interview with Jim Schmitz - Splitting with the Snatch and Clean and Managing Weightlifters
In this installment our topics are - the advantages of splitting, coaching the best, and recent events in US and Interna... Read more
26 Mar 2016
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39mins
Interview with Jim Schmitz - World's Roundup
Interview with Jim Schmitz - World's Roundup
We talk about Jim's experience at the World's 2015. His work as a journalist and what he thought of the competition and ... Read more
23 Dec 2015
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37mins
Interview with Jim Schmitz -Instinctive Periodization and Olympic Inclusion OCT 15
Interview with Jim Schmitz -Instinctive Periodization and Olympic Inclusion OCT 15
In our second interview we discuss the state of Olympic Style Weightlifting in the US. We talk about his recent article ... Read more
18 Oct 2015
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17mins