Weightlifting House

Time Stamps below - Coach Jianping Ma, former Chinese National champion, Junior World medalist, World Cup medalist, and former Olympian for China in 1984 joined us on today's podcast. After his own athletic career, Jianping Ma began coaching. He became the head coach for Team Anhui and Team Zhuhai China. He is the former head coach for Seychelles national team (1992 - 1994) and former head coach for the USA university national team (2003 - 2007). Currently, Coach Ma is the head coach for Lindenwood University, Missouri. His team at Lindenwood are the current USA national champions.In addition, Coach Ma is the Co-Director of Ma Strength and teaches Chinese style weightlifting technique around the world. 00:00 - Growing up under Chairman Mao 17:00 - Passing out from pain27:12 - Five most important words in Chinese Weightlifting Philosophy31:50 - Starting Position37:27 - Chinese Selection Process 48:00 - Sex Differences52:25 - Starting Young1:00:31 - Squatting Frequency/Loading1:11:00 - Top Chinese Athletes1:22: