USA MASTERS Training Camp - PA
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: Jim Rutter - Jim is an international weightlifting coach, author, and course instructor who has developed athletes of all levels from beginners to the world stage. As founder and head coach of Philadelphia Barbell Club, he has produced more than 30 national medalists and 12 international podium finishes, coaching Team USA lifters at Youth Worlds, University Worlds, Junior Pan Ams, and multiple Olympic qualifying events.
At the Masters level, he has produced dozens of national and international medalists, and Philadelphia Barbell has finished in the top-three team standings for both men and women at multiple Masters National Championships. As an athlete, he has held national masters records in four different age brackets.
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
