I'd just like to first take this opportunity to thank you for allowing me to be able to join in on the Zoom sessions! Its been incredible and accessible which is amazing! I appreciate the time and words given on form and technique. Mistakes that I know I make due to previous coaching experiences years ago that drilled the wrong technique into my head. To which I have always found difficult to change my ways. I now feel positive and confident that I can make these changes even with a broom or bar! I look forward to adapting and drilling this into my practice to perfect movements through the feedback and coaching given in sessions. Once again thank you!

(Kellie Lock)

Thank you for helping me to get better in my understanding of Olympic Weightlifting.

Online Sessions was good experience for me :
Every word and phrases written in your book “It’s not a fecking pull” it came out alive for me.

Wish you Health & Strength 
Anil Kumar
India

“ I really enjoyed the Zoom classes, I didn't think it is possible to make such a speedy progress as a beginner. The sessions offered a great balance of general information about good lifting form as well as and personalized coaching. By the end of sessions, I felt that a lot of things clicked and I managed to have a solid grasp on clean and snatch. Thanks to Michaela I was moving with confidence for the first time!”

(Eszter)

I cannot tell you how much I've enjoyed your classes. I would be so happy to include a testimonial, and all of it is from the heart. :)

I've been a CrossFitter for over five years now, and I've had some exceptionally good coaches - like Games level coaches and not a single one of them could ever really help me improve my lifts after a certain level. All this time I thought it was me. So when a friend recommended Michaela's intro classes, I'll admit that I was a bit of skeptical, because I've literally tried every method out there for improving my snatch technique, and nothing, and I do mean nothing has worked. I've tried pinning my shoulders back, hovering them over the bar, pulling then shrugging, shrugging early, shrugging late, pulling early, pulling late, pressing from my heels, pressing from my toes, raising my hips and shoulders together, lifting my elbows high, shrugging with all my might, and none of it has worked to improve a personal best heavier than about 50 kilos (105#s), and every lift over 40 kilos (85#s) draws a wince from the audience. (It gets uuuuuugly, folks!)

So, when in Michaea's first class she explained the difference in technique between a pull-and-a-shrug and a jump-and-a-catch, I tell you that was some kind of epiphany for me - (mind blown!)  I'm a very cerebral athlete; I want to understand the mechanics of a movement so that I can adopt the techniques that'll work consistently over time, and seeing how a jump to a catch could be more effective with less effort was like, "Ohmigod...that's how that works???!" After just two weeks every lift I do is better, and my confidence in all my lifts has shot through the roof! I'm so much less anxious when it comes to the strength portion of my CrossFit classes now, because I have only 2 things to focus on instead if eight(teen.) In other words, this experience has been revelatory! Add to that Michaela's incredible talent for coaching - she's seriously awesome. In fact, I've been marveling at just truly how good a coach she is because she is equal parts patient, kind, tolerant, deeply experienced, knowledgable, and, above all, eager to help her students. She's a combo of every trait you hope to find in a professional coach and her classes are a wonderful experience that I think literally anyone - from novice to expert - could benefit from. I'm so, so grateful to her, and thrilled that I've had the distinct advantage of discovering her this way. I can't wait to learn more and keep adjusting my technique. I seriously haven't been this excited about lifting in years, and I swear that if you're willing to give her just two weeks, you'll see incredible improvements too.

Victoria Laurie

I cannot tell you how much I've enjoyed your classes. I would be so happy to include a testimonial, and all of it is from the heart. :)

I've been a CrossFitter for over five years now, and I've had some exceptionally good coaches - like Games level coaches and not a single one of them could ever really help me improve my lifts after a certain level. All this time I thought it was me. So when a friend recommended Michaela's intro classes, I'll admit that I was a bit of skeptical, because I've literally tried every method out there for improving my snatch technique, and nothing, and I do mean nothing has worked. I've tried pinning my shoulders back, hovering them over the bar, pulling then shrugging, shrugging early, shrugging late, pulling early, pulling late, pressing from my heels, pressing from my toes, raising my hips and shoulders together, lifting my elbows high, shrugging with all my might, and none of it has worked to improve a personal best heavier than about 50 kilos (105#s), and every lift over 40 kilos (85#s) draws a wince from the audience. (It gets uuuuuugly, folks!)

So, when in Michaea's first class she explained the difference in technique between a pull-and-a-shrug and a jump-and-a-catch, I tell you that was some kind of epiphany for me - (mind blown!)  I'm a very cerebral athlete; I want to understand the mechanics of a movement so that I can adopt the techniques that'll work consistently over time, and seeing how a jump to a catch could be more effective with less effort was like, "Ohmigod...that's how that works???!" After just two weeks every lift I do is better, and my confidence in all my lifts has shot through the roof! I'm so much less anxious when it comes to the strength portion of my CrossFit classes now, because I have only 2 things to focus on instead if eight(teen.) In other words, this experience has been revelatory! Add to that Michaela's incredible talent for coaching - she's seriously awesome. In fact, I've been marveling at just truly how good a coach she is because she is equal parts patient, kind, tolerant, deeply experienced, knowledgable, and, above all, eager to help her students. She's a combo of every trait you hope to find in a professional coach and her classes are a wonderful experience that I think literally anyone - from novice to expert - could benefit from. I'm so, so grateful to her, and thrilled that I've had the distinct advantage of discovering her this way. I can't wait to learn more and keep adjusting my technique. I seriously haven't been this excited about lifting in years, and I swear that if you're willing to give her just two weeks, you'll see incredible improvements too.

Victoria Laurie

Having reached a plateau in my progress after 6 months of getting frustrated, Micheala 's online sessions have reignited my enthusiasm to train.  The sessions have confirmed that I was being limited by my technique rather than strength and I am looking forward to building up the weight again now that I have spent some time improving my technique.

(Aja Ling - USA)