Hauptmann

Herr Hauptmann's comment of the month for February:
...You say: "I want to be in the Olympics." Good. Take up softball or badminton or archery or rifle shooting --there must be a hundred Olympic sports by now. Why in the world would you try lifting as an on ramp to the Olympics? Our last male Olympian gold medalist was in 1960.

  • Herr Hauptmann clarifies the mysteries behind the Zen of lifting! Hauptmann mental preparations for lifting

  • Herr Hauptmann explains the secrets of being a world-class lifting coach:
    • My motto: sit at a card table way in the back of the gym and don't look up--things go better that way.
    • Apparel is important: seconds on tacky warmup suits from K-Mart.
    • Workshops: workshops are for the mundane; seances and long naps are for the sublime.


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