#28 - Olympic Weightlifting with Patricia Strenius & Jim Gyllenhammar Nirvana Strength Practitioners' Panel

This Episode we speak with two heavy olympic weightlifters from Sweden. 

- What is it like to be an Olympic level athlete and coach? 

- What is their relationship like and how do they make it work?

- What are all the components needed for a successful trip to the Olympics and how do factors outside of training affect those?



We Recorded this episode before all of the current global situation so unfortunately the Olympics in 2020 have been postponed, but we expect to see Patricia and Jim competing again very soon.

Patricia Strenius

www.instagram.com/strenius/

Strenius competed at the women's 69 kg event at the 2018 European Weightlifting Championships in Bucharest, Romania, winning a silver medal in the snatch competition (99 kg), a gold medal at the clean and jerk competition (131 kg) and a gold medal in the total score (230 kg). The last time Sweden had a European weightlifting champion was in 1949, when Arvid Andersson won the title.[1] Strenius also set a new Swedish and Nordic record with the 131 kg lift at the Clean & Jerk competition. The lift total of 230 kg is also a new Swedish record.

Jim Gyllenhammar

www.instagram.com/jimgyllenhammar

Jim started as a weightlifting athlete and was the first athlete ever in Sweden to lift over 400kg in the total. The last years Jim has been focusing on coaching and the national team head coach for Sweden

Jim runs his successful weightlifting program lyftare.se, check it out if you want to know more. It’s in Swedish though.

As an athlete, Jim holds Swedish Records in ~94kg with a Snatch of 152kg, Clean & Jerk of 190kg and Total of 342kg.



Host: Ian MacLeod, Co-Founder/Head Coach, IG @ianmac_nsb

Location: The Haven Suites Bali Berawa, IG @thehavenbaliberawa