USA MASTERS Training Camp - CA
About this Event
Friday to Saturday with Olympian and 2 time Olympic Head Coach, Michael Cohen and special guest coach, Jim Rutter at Philadelphia Barbell Club in Philadelphia, PA. A great opportunity to fine tune your skills and get excited for upcoming 2026 events.
LIMITED TO 30 PEOPLE
Bio - Michael Cohen -USAW Level 5 Coach, 2 time USA Head Olympic Coach and USA Olympic Team member (1980). A USOC Coach of the Year twice, Michael has produced medalists at all levels of competition, from National, International, Pan American and Olympic. He has also produced 43 National champions, 82 Jr. National Champions, 32 Jr. World team members, 9 Senior World Team Members (including gold medalists), 4 Youth World team members, 2 Pan American gold medalists, and 4 Olympians. Michael himself is a multi time National Champion, Junior National Champion, Pan American Games medalist, Multi time World Team Member, 4 time Maccabia Games Winner, Olympic Festival team member, and more. Michael is CEO of USA Masters Weightlifting.
Other Coaches: Wes Cravy - At 37 years old, Wesley Cravy is a National Weightlifting Coach, U.S. Army Infantry combat veteran, and the owner and Head Coach of West Coast Weightlifting. After serving eight years in the Army, including multiple combat deployments, he transitioned his passion for discipline, performance, and leadership into coaching, where he has now spent over a decade developing athletes in Olympic weightlifting and sports performance.
With 16 years in the sport, Wesley has coached athletes ranging from beginners to national-level competitors while building a culture centered on excellence, accountability, and long-term development. Above all, he is the proud father of two daughters, whose example continues to fuel his commitment to leadership both inside and outside the gym.
Friday night: Meet and Greet, Active Stretching at 6pm
Saturday - 9:00am Snatch Training and related movements
Lunch Break
3pm - Clean and Jerk and related movements
Other Topics to Include - snatch technical issues, competition rules, competition nutrition, weight loss for competition, coaching strategies, maximizing the clean, jerk technical issues, squats, programming for all levels, Q and A Roundtable
Fees include an event T-shirt.
All hotel and travel expensed are incurred by the athlete.
Where is it happening?
Event Location & Nearby Stays:
USD 267.54 to USD 320.89
