For Episode 398 of The Paleo Solution Podcast we have guest Derrick Johnson. Derrick is a multi-time national championship winning Olympic weightlifter, all-time American record holder, and founder and president of the Kings of Weightlifting.
Download a transcript of this episode here (PDF)
Show Notes
00:00 – Pre-intro and summary
3:17 – Derrick’s background and how he started olympic weightlifting
6:54 – Sports background
9:06 – Nutrition, painkillers, and knee surgery
11:57 – How low carb and keto got on Derrick’s radar
17:12 – Controlling inflammation
17:51 – Winning championships and breaking records
20:36 – Nutrition first and what Derrick is eating
31:30 – Food with Derrick’s family
32:56 – Derrick’s training
37:00 – Coaching and dealing with hard charging athletes
40:54 – Olympic weightlifting and kids specializing in sports
43:14 – Periodization and movement variability to prevent injury
45:00 – Where to find Derrick
Derrick Johnson:
Twitter: https://twitter.com/4derrick
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/4derrick/
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/4derrick/
Kings of Weightlifting (Derrick’s Non-Profit, free after-school Olympic weightlifting program for underprivileged youth with the goal of strengthening the community one kid at a time.)
Website: https://www.kingsofweightlifting.com/
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/TheKingsOfWeightlifting/
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/thekingsofweightlifting/
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This was a interesting episode on a lot of different levels. Initially i tuned in for his experience with Low Carb diets.
And it points out again why a lot of people think a Low Carb diet is superior for performance for a lot of people. What with his lowered inflammation etc..
I was also interested in his training though. I randomly did a binge of Marty Gallagher articles last week, and i thought about them when i listened to this. Because while Marty has a lot of tools in the tool box, in which some include more volume, a lot of his preferences are for more minimal training. Doing fewer things better. He mentioned he was frustrated recently because he brought his crew to do a seminar for a bunch of beginners and supposed intermediates and afterwards he watched the people workout, and they all proceeded to ignore what he talked about ha ha ha They all did more exercises more volume, with no real focus on form.
Now a days we here of daily training for Olympic lifters all the time. But here with Derrick we have one of the best, who seems to have it really dialed in with recovery, and growth, and when to ramp things up.
The other thing i caught, was when he mentioned his core, he mentioned Dead Bugs, Bird Dogs and crawling, and it made me wonder if he had come across Original Strength, it seemed something out of their playbook
Really interesting all around