My name is Adam Kuehl, I have been a competitive elite athlete (discus thrower) for several years and am enjoying my career as a Strength & Conditioning coach currently at Colorado State University.  I have been fortunate to train and learn under some well-respected coaches in the strength and throwing realms of the world. In [...]

Welcome the newest member of Team Juggernaut, Olympic Lifter, Colin Burns! Name: Colin Burns Age: 29 Height/Weight: 5’9”, recently made the move from 94kg to 85kg Hometown: Monroe, WI Current City: Grand Rapids, MI Years Training: 17 years Years Competing: around 3 years PRs in relevant lifts/events: 155kg snatch, 175kg clean and jerk Where you Train: Currently I train at Crossfit 616 here in [...]

Simply put, Shane Hamman is the greatest American Olympic lifter ever. Hamman is the American Record holder in the 105+kg class in the Clean & Jerk (237.5kg), Snatch (197.5kg) and Total (430kg). In addition to his Olympic lifting prowess and two appearances on the Olympic team, Hamman is also the IPF World Record holder in [...]

Check Out the Darkside Crossfit Training Log Here Last Sunday, we took 5 lifters to the worst most digusting city ever… Lexington, to compete in a USAW meet. For 3 of our lifters, Nathan, Lauren, and Lauren, it was their first meet. Lauren C. – Lauren has been about to shit herself with nervousness all [...]

Check Out Courtney’s Training Log Here I was informed Friday afternoon that my Coach wasn’t going to be able to make it the meet.  I let him know that was fine, it was a long drive, and I would be just fine on my own. After sitting in the sauna for 3 hours, I was [...]

Check Out Courtney’s Training Log Here Name:Courtney Gould Age: 26 Height/Weight: 135lbs/5’2” Hometown: Oroville, WA Current City: Portland, OR Years Training: 8ish years Years Competing: 7 Months PRs in relevant lifts/events: Current Best Lifts: Snatch: 63kgs Clean: 79kgs Clean & Jerk: 70kgs Squat: 250lbs Bench: 145lbs Deadlift: 330lbs Where you Train: Elite Performance Center & [...]

Every spring for the past 3 years, Juggernaut has been honored to play host to a contingent of athletes from Great Britain, including 2008 Olympic Gold Medalist in the 400m, Christine Ohuruogu. It is a pleasure to watch Christine, who also has a 2007 World Championship (in 400m) and 2012 Indoor World Championship (4x400m relay) [...]

By Chad Wesley Smith There is constant debate about including the Olympic lifts in athlete’s programs, I’m not here to debate that topic, I have addressed it before in  Why We ACTUALLY Suck at Olympic Lifting and Athletes and Olympic Lifting. The fact of the matter is that Olympic lifting (Clean, Snatch, Jerk and their [...]