I don’t do it consistently but at least I know what I’m after now.  It will take time to unlearn so many bad habits.  Lol!

I really appreciate your feedback and knowledge and look forward to working with you again!

(Rosaura - USA)

Sherri - NYC

"I just wanted to thank you for the incredible course yesterday. I was so surprised how effective you, and the class was over zoom. I felt like I learned a tremendous amount, absolutely worth the investment (and getting up that early in the morning ha!). I can’t wait to take more courses in the future. You are an incredible teacher/coach and we were all privileged to learn some of that hard fought experience you have."

Thanks again,

Kathryn Bourque

"Thank you so much for helping me believe in what I can do. I started focusing on Olympic weightlifting 18 months ago and had no idea where it would take me. If only I had known, I would have started years ago. I feel so much stronger, fitter and have a new zest for life because I have found my sport. It’s taken half a century but I got there!

Your coaching has been so good at helping me understand how to move, and what I am capable of. I started with the one week daily programme with a broomstick and then when I had access to a gym, did sessions once a week. I learnt so much - your simple cues worked for me. The biggest lesson for me was I can move fast under the bar. I didn’t believe it until I met you when your attitude was there is no reason why I can’t move fast. A subtle twist in thinking and that’s all it took.

My final session last night was amazing, I have never felt so happy with my snatch moves - it suddenly all made sense. That’s why I love this sport so much, the fact that the smallest changes can lead to big improvements.

A very big thank you - your belief in me helped me believe it too!

I hope to come to a residential camp one day, once we can travel again."

Jennifer Brown, NZ (masters 55-60 age group).

"Over lockdown I have been limited with weights, so was practicing more frequently. The opportunity to learn from Michaela was unmissable. My technique has improved massively and having spent five mornings drilling in correct form and personalised tweaks in an inclusive, friendly environment has really awakened my love of the sport. I cannot praise highly enough, the simplicity of coaching cues, the level of detail and Michaela's own passion is what makes her a fantastic coach."

Beth Connon

(KK Vines - USA)

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)

Firstly, thank goodness for modern technology
Secondly, thank goodness for Michaela Breeze!!

Michaela’s Zoom coaching sessions have been an absolute god send to me!!
Having recently completed the online Zoom sessions – block of 6, I have learnt far more than I ever
thought I would through online coaching. I feel empowered and motivated thus reigniting my love of
Olympic weightlifting.

Michaela has a wealth of experience, enthusiasm and energy with an obvious passion for the sport
this transmits itself to the lifters, Michaela is friendly with a great sense of humour, giving clear,
expert advice. Coaching cues have been outstanding, this has helped me to continue to improve and
believe in myself.

This course has helped me to overcome my fear of snatching the bar, the bit where you drop under
the bar, I will remember “loose arms and keep the bar low” “it’s not a fecking pull”
I can highly recommend Michaela as a lifting coach and the Zoom sessions, these sessions are highly
organised and professional with positive feedback received throughout so if your keen to improve
your lifting technique, whether you have a broomstick or a bar, give this a try from the comfort of
your own home and hopefully it will help you achieve your weightlifting goals – building foundations
for perfect form!

One happy lifter, Julia Cawthorn

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)