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Tommy Yule: Olympic Weightlifting for Athletes March 16th Leeds Met University

WEIGHTLIFTING FOR ATHLETES WITH TOMMY YULE: LEARN FIRSTHAND FROM AN OLYMPIAN!

LEEDS METROPOLITAN UNIVERSITY, 16TH MARCH 09.30am-4.30pm

COST:

£119 BEFORE THE 23RD FEBRUARY

£139 THEREAFTER

LIMITED TO 25 SPACES

ABOUT THE WORKSHOP:

This workshop is all about getting the best from your athletes through weightlifting. Tommy’s experience in elite sport as Head of S&C for UK Athletics and the English Institute of Sport, as well as his competitive Weightlifting experience representing Team GB at the Commmonwealth and Olympic Games have given Tommy a unique perspective on the use of Olympic Weightlifting for athletic performance.

In this workshop you’ll get a thorough understanding of how to perform and teach the olympic lifts and their derivatives as well as apply them to your clients and athletes from all sports.IN THIS WORKSHOP YOU WILL LEARN:

- How to perform the power snatch and power clean

- Which derivatives of the olympic lifts are most applicable for sports performance including some of Tommy’s favourite lifts with his athletes

- How to programme for strength and power development effectively

- Which supplementary exercises you should be using and why, including some ‘Must-Do’ exercises that virtually all athletes need in their programmes.- Learn from one of the UK’s brightest S&C coaches with years of experience in elite sport. The lessons that he’s learned, the things you shouldn’t be doing and principles that have brought success.

ABOUT THE PRESENTER:
Tommy Yule is a talented and accomplished strength and conditioning coach with 10 years experience in managing and leading strength and conditioning support in high performance sport. He has coached many international athletes, including Olympic, World and Commonwealth Games medallists and is currently a consultant S&C coach for UK Athletics and the English Institute of Sport. Prior to this he was a Regional Head Strength and Conditioning coach for the for English Institute of Sport where he had a wide-ranging remit across many sports including leading the support for the Olympic boxing and diving teams.

Tommy is a graduate from the University of Oxford and is currently doing his PhD at Loughborough University in the monitoring of Strength development for Elite athletes.  Over a long career as an international athlete in Olympic Weightlifting he has won 5 Commonwealth Games medals, British record holder, 6 times British Champion and represented Great Britain at 2000 Olympic Games.

All details for the event will be sent out to you after purchasing.

Payment must be made via Paypal to qualify for early bird discount. No refunds will be offered. Cheques can be sent to: 12 Bentcliffe Mount, Moortown, Leeds, LS17 6QW and made payable to Athletes Unlimited for the FULL amount of the workshop (See Price Above).