New York Weightlifting Academy

New York Weightlifting Academy The NYWA is an Olympic weightlifting gym and USAW registered weightlifting club located in Westcheste The level of expertise is unparalleled.

The New York Weightlifting Academy is a strength and conditioning facility intended for individuals and athletes alike aspiring to achieve goals in life or in sport. We train athletes of all varieties and work with some of the best CrossFit athletes in the North East. Our competitive team, Celeritas Weightlifting, regularly competes in USAW sanctioned weightlifting meets. The NYWA is the ONLY facility in the area with Level 2 and Level 5 USAW coaches.

The only way to progress in weightlifting is by being uncomfortable- physically and mentally. Pushing past the threshold...
09/06/2026

The only way to progress in weightlifting is by being uncomfortable- physically and mentally.

Pushing past the threshold of physical discomfort demands your body to change to its stressors. But the physical work is the easier part.

The more advanced and experienced you become the more mental it will be. That’s where you have to dig deeper. The hardest part is the discomfort of facing yourself. Weights will expose your flaws and weaknesses- a difficult truth for most.

If you’re willing to suffer, you will find success. Learning to endure discomfort is a priceless skill set that will unlock more than just big lifts.

09/02/2026

Push press is THE best upper body exercise. Hands down. No other exercise will develop your upper body strength like it. Push press does for your upper body what squats do for your lower body.

Push presses do the following for your weightlifting :

-Develops your dip/drive for the jerk
-Overloads upper body pressing power
-Works overhead stability
-Teaches timing of force between lower and upper body
-Volume gets your upper body thick and supreme
-Improves flexibility

so if you need more upper body development or are having trouble with the jerk, you should check your push press, frequency and strength. They will develop your upper body to improve your jerk and consequently your sn**ch will also go up.

How often are you push pressing?

Create a process for yourself. We are creatures of habit and weightlifting proves especially susceptible to habits breed...
08/31/2026

Create a process for yourself. We are creatures of habit and weightlifting proves especially susceptible to habits breeding results.

Make your training routine the same; make a ritual to follow in the weight-room. By doing this you cut out variables that can distract you. As well, your routine creates the confidence of familiarity. Watch every top weightlifting and they all approach the bar with the same idiosyncrasies.

This approach and organized training eliminates randomness. This is where success and progress reside.

08/29/2026

Weightlifting is the sport for all sports. Paulo Henrique Familiabangujj is a high-level BJJ competitor and an incredible coach Altus Jiu-Jitsu NY.

We’ve done a few sessions together already and his athleticism stands out immediately. Over time his flexibility will improve and these positions will look dramatically different. It’s anticipated that he can make some huge clean numbers in a year’s time.

Weightlifting is a tool for every athlete of any sport to use and improve their strength and performance. It simply works.

It’s not always a bad thing being a white belt again 🤣🤣🤣

Technique IS weightlifting. Technical development is a long-term process of specificity. Every lifter spends countless h...
08/28/2026

Technique IS weightlifting. Technical development is a long-term process of specificity. Every lifter spends countless hours working to learn optimal technique; learn how it feels, and replicate it session after session.

The importance lies in that it allows the best use of your mechanics to maximize your strength output.

If you want to optimize your weightlifting, it’s a must to be coached and develop yourself to great technique. The hardest part of weightlifting is channeling your mental energy to make technical changes. But that’s where true progress comes from.

08/27/2026

Weightlifters are not unfamiliar with little nagging, muscle pains, tendinitis, and injuries. And with such, the stubbornness of most athletes to continue their training in pursuit for progress keeps them pushing when perhaps they shouldn’t be looking to perform as hard.

But that’s not to say that you still can’t train. Modify accordingly to be able to perform and work on the aspects of lifting that can help you when you are fully recovered and 100%. Build weaknesses and revise technique. Often times these setbacks lead to greater progress that you may have had been without them.

A topic that a coach should not be afraid to address is the monthly cycle of a female athlete.Men and women are differen...
08/26/2026

A topic that a coach should not be afraid to address is the monthly cycle of a female athlete.

Men and women are different through many biological mechanisms and as a result, considerations need to be given regarding structure and organization of training programs.

Throughout the menstrual cycle, a female body goes through many changes- experiencing highs and lows. It’s important to understand what occurs during these stages and how to plan training to optimize.

Knowing when to push, when to back off, and facilitate exercise order to complement the hormonal, metabolic, and psychological changes can make a big difference.

08/25/2026

Speed and timing is a product of position and balance. Balance gives you the most optimal direction of the bar. And the better the direction that the bar has the cleaner, faster, and more enjoyable the lift will be.

Training is about learning how to maintain tempo and position to keep balance to make you the most successful with each lift.

In the first half of the video you could see that as the athlete dips their weight sit back towards the heels. To get a straight drive upwards, the body wants to establish a center of gravity so in this instance, it ends up overcompensating and shifting forward to the toes which leads to a swooping motion at the pelvis.

In the second half of the video the balance into the dip is better leading to minimal shifting of the pelvis and a better drive, more vertical drive, to get the bar overhead, which is why the split looks better.

The video is cheesy, but it illustrates the subtleties that are important.

Developing symmetry in an athlete is one of the most important requisites for success.If you follow Weightlifting, you k...
08/24/2026

Developing symmetry in an athlete is one of the most important requisites for success.

If you follow Weightlifting, you know that everybody is built differently. And that’s completely fine because all different body types have success. There is no one body type that is better than the other.

Ensuring every athlete develops symmetrically in relation to their upper and lower body, will allow greater use of their strength, better control of the barbell, and greater resistance to injuries. This holds especially true for female athletes.

Assess yourself and your program to see where the majority of your training is focused, relative to what your physical needs are.

08/22/2026

Killer summer of training for Liam Clancy. We threw him a block party as a farewell. Too many PRs to list, but we can say that his training plan has given him bigger numbers and a lot of technical improvement. Now to get all this horsepower to the ground. See you at States!

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17 Gramercy Place
Thornwood, NY
10594

Opening Hours

Monday 10:30am - 1:30pm
4pm - 9pm
Tuesday 10:30am - 1:30pm
4pm - 9pm
Wednesday 10:30am - 1:30pm
4pm - 9pm
Thursday 7am - 11am
4pm - 9pm
Friday 10:30am - 1:30pm
4pm - 9pm
Saturday 10am - 1pm
Sunday 10am - 2pm

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