p2018 Revised Editionp pSince shortly after its original release in 2008, Olympic Weightlifting A Complete Guide for Athletes Coaches has been the most popular book on the sport of weightlifting in the world and has become the standard text for learning and teaching the snatch and clean jerk.p pThis all new third edition has been expanded over 150 pages with revised and improved chapters, new chapters, improved organization, more tables and diagrams, over 600 photographs, improved readability, and improved reference functionality with an index, glossary and expanded table of contents.p pThe book presents a complete progression for athletes and coaches starting with foundational elements such as breath control and trunk stabilization, squatting, balance and weight distribution, warming-up, individual variation working to complete learning and teaching progressions for the snatch, clean and jerk covering training program design extensively, including assessment for recruiting and new l