Can Push-Ups Predict Weightlifting Success? Find Out – with Lena Danner

Evidence Strong | Weightlifting Science by Evidence Strong

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🏋️‍♀️ Extended version of this interview: https://www.patreon.com/posts/upper-body-tests-131112445 🏋️‍♀️

Are you leveraging upper body strength in your weightlifting training? What if a simple push-up test could unlock performance gains? Discover how explosive push-up tests correlate with weightlifting success and why they matter for your athletes. Can you identify hidden talent in younger lifters using this method?

Lena Danner is a sports scientist from Salzburg (Austria), working as an athletic coach at a youth soccer academy. She is passionate about weightlifting, CrossFit, skiing, and all things outdoors, especially in the breathtaking mountains of Austria. Lena's research focuses on t ... 

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weightlifting researchsport scienceweightlifting performancestrength trainingpush-up testyouth athletesupper bodyathletic coachingCrossFit