12/27/10
12/12/10
Video honoring LJay Silvester also featuring Nik and Leif
This is about 5 years ago....digging Nik's hair...
12/9/10
12/5/10
Random Recent Throwing Videos....
Things have been busy with school and all lately but here are some videos from practice yesterday. Any comments......?
11/21/10
Rickard Nilsson
This past week we had the privilege of having Rickard Nilsson come and visit us. He helped coach us in the weight room. It was really fun having him around and we are very grateful for his visit. Here is a video of Rickard playing around with some snatches one day he was here.
11/20/10
Good Week Of Lifting
On Friday the throwers tested their vertical jump. Colby had the highest with 38". Yesterday was also a lighter day of lifting. Here are two videos from yesterday.
11/17/10
Weightlifting test day 2
Here are the results from the day-
Bench-
Leif-500lbs
Oliver-450lbs
Colby-375lbs
Zach-315lbs
Mitch-305lbs
Seth-315 lbs
Power Cleans-
Leif- 175kg
Colby- 165kg
Chris- 137.5kg
Blaine- 135kg
Sean- 130 kg
Zach- 130kg
Mitch- 125kg
And the results of the Jerk Competition-
Oliver-200kg
Brandon-190kg
1st Annual Jerk Competition
Today we will be testing in power cleans and bench press. Oliver will be testing in Jerks. He was challenged by our strength coach Brandon and it should be an epic battle. I will post the results and videos from today later on.
11/15/10
BYU Throwers Lifting Test Day #1
The throwers tested in back squats today besides Oliver who did Front Squats and Leif who tried to test in Snatches. Here are the Results-
Zach- 250kg
Oliver- 240kg FS
Colby- 240kg
Blaine- 190kg
Chris- 190kg
Mitch-190kg
Sean-170kg
Unfortunately I didn't get film of all the lifts but posted below are the ones I got-
Zach- 250kg
Oliver- 240kg FS
Colby- 240kg
Blaine- 190kg
Chris- 190kg
Mitch-190kg
Sean-170kg
Unfortunately I didn't get film of all the lifts but posted below are the ones I got-
Rickard Helping Out
It's been fun to have Rickard here the last couple of days...he has done 2 lifting sessions with us and will do more on tuesday and wednesday. It's too bad that we can't have him here for longer....here is a video of him working with Leif on hang snatches. I will continue to post more videos later on in the week.
Weightroom Testing This Week
11/11/10
Internationall Weightlifting Guru Visitng BYU
The BYU throwers are excited about Rickard Nilsson coming this weekend to workout and do some coaching for us. For those of you who don't know who Rickard Nilsson is, his bio is posted below. Rickard is a former Olympian in weightlifting and is now the head strength and conditioning coach for all Swedish Olympic sports. He is an old friend of the Arrhenius' and has visited Provo before. We will post pictures and videos from his stay later.
Rickard Nilsson
Strength and Conditioning Coach for the Swedish Olympic Committee for 10+ years
Rickard has been competing or coaching at the world-class level for nearly 30 years. After 17 years of competition at the highest level, Rickard began training professional teams in hockey and soccer as well as helping world cup skiers. His success with these athletes, along with developing a very practical testing system, led to his hire by the Swedish Olympic Committee in order to better prepare the Swedish Olympians for competition as well as to improve the development of future Olympians. Rickard has had tremendous success. Athletes under his training regimen have set several world records in track and field and many Olympic medals in many sports. In addition, Rickard has trained several skiing world cup champions, championship teams in professional hockey and soccer, and many other athletes who have won major championships. He is sought after by many professional athletes and teams for his training expertise and is often a speaker at Governing Body conventions in Sweden and other countries for all sports.
Rickard’s background as an athlete:
* 2 Time Olympian in weightlifting (’88 and ’92)
* Competed in 17 World Championships
* Holds 25+ Swedish weightlifting records
Rickard Nilsson
Strength and Conditioning Coach for the Swedish Olympic Committee for 10+ years
Rickard has been competing or coaching at the world-class level for nearly 30 years. After 17 years of competition at the highest level, Rickard began training professional teams in hockey and soccer as well as helping world cup skiers. His success with these athletes, along with developing a very practical testing system, led to his hire by the Swedish Olympic Committee in order to better prepare the Swedish Olympians for competition as well as to improve the development of future Olympians. Rickard has had tremendous success. Athletes under his training regimen have set several world records in track and field and many Olympic medals in many sports. In addition, Rickard has trained several skiing world cup champions, championship teams in professional hockey and soccer, and many other athletes who have won major championships. He is sought after by many professional athletes and teams for his training expertise and is often a speaker at Governing Body conventions in Sweden and other countries for all sports.
Rickard’s background as an athlete:
* 2 Time Olympian in weightlifting (’88 and ’92)
* Competed in 17 World Championships
* Holds 25+ Swedish weightlifting records
11/9/10
11/5/10
2011 Track Schedule
I found this on byucougars.com. This is the women's track schedule but I'm sure the meets will be the same.
2011 Women's Track Schedule
JAN 7-8 BYU Invitational Provo, UT
JAN 14 ISU Invitational Pocatello, ID
JAN 21-22 New Mexico Invitational Albuquerque, NM
JAN 28-29 Washington Invitational Seattle, WA or
Boise State Invitational Boise, ID
FEB 4-5 New Balance Invitational New York, NY
FEB 11-12 Air Force Invitational Colorado Springs, CO
FEB 24-26 MWC Indoor Championships Albuquerque, NM
MAR 11-12 NCAA Indoor Championships Fayetteville, AR
MAR 18-19 SDSU Invitational San Diego, CA
MAR 25-26 Stanford Invitational Palo Alto, CA
APR 1-2 UVU Invitational Orem, UT
USC Invitational Los Angeles, CA
APR 8-9 Sun Angel Invitational Tempe, AZ
APR 14-16 Mt. SAC Relays Walnut, CA
APR 23 BYU Tri Meet Provo, UT
APR 27-30 BYU Robison Invitational Provo, UT
MAY 5 Weber Twilight Meet Ogden, UT
MAY 11-14 MWC Outdoor Championships Colorado Springs, CO
MAY 26-28 NCAA West Regional Eugene, OR
JUN 8-11 NCAA Outdoor Championships Des Moines, IA
2011 Women's Track Schedule
JAN 7-8 BYU Invitational Provo, UT
JAN 14 ISU Invitational Pocatello, ID
JAN 21-22 New Mexico Invitational Albuquerque, NM
JAN 28-29 Washington Invitational Seattle, WA or
Boise State Invitational Boise, ID
FEB 4-5 New Balance Invitational New York, NY
FEB 11-12 Air Force Invitational Colorado Springs, CO
FEB 24-26 MWC Indoor Championships Albuquerque, NM
MAR 11-12 NCAA Indoor Championships Fayetteville, AR
MAR 18-19 SDSU Invitational San Diego, CA
MAR 25-26 Stanford Invitational Palo Alto, CA
APR 1-2 UVU Invitational Orem, UT
USC Invitational Los Angeles, CA
APR 8-9 Sun Angel Invitational Tempe, AZ
APR 14-16 Mt. SAC Relays Walnut, CA
APR 23 BYU Tri Meet Provo, UT
APR 27-30 BYU Robison Invitational Provo, UT
MAY 5 Weber Twilight Meet Ogden, UT
MAY 11-14 MWC Outdoor Championships Colorado Springs, CO
MAY 26-28 NCAA West Regional Eugene, OR
JUN 8-11 NCAA Outdoor Championships Des Moines, IA
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