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Since winning the 2012 National High School Power Clean Championships, Brittanie Mastricola has been making great progress in the sport of Olympic-style weightlifting. A BFS-sponsored athlete, Mastricola has successfully made 50 out of 52 attempts in competition, and has exceeded the qualification totals for the 2014 Junior Nationals and Collegiate Nationals Championships. Shown are lifts from her recent performance at the Connecticut Open Weightlifting Championships, held in Stamford on July 21, where she won the Best Lifter award for juniors.

BOOK REVIEW:

The Athlete’s Guide to Sports Supplements Some of the most popular sections in bodybuilding magazines are the supplement ads, promising that the secret to physical superiority can be found in a pill or powder. Likewise, every major pharmacy and supermarket devotes large sections of shelf space to numerous types of natural products formulated to resolve specific health issues or simply to improve overall quality of life. Trying to determine which of these products work, and which doesn’t, is a challenge. One tool to help you take on this information overload is The Athlete’s Guide to Sports Supplements by Kimberly Mueller and Josh Hingst (Human Kinetics, 2013).

This book provides concise descriptions for approximately 120 popular supplements, listed alphabetically. Each entry reviews where the supplement comes from, how it works, what benefits are claimed, health concerns, dosage recommendation, and reviews of research studies. There are many useful tools, such as a section on how to read a supplement label and tables that help you locate specific supplements according to their purpose, such as strength, endurance and recovery. If you’re looking into taking sports supplements, or if you’re a coach and want to be able to provide intelligent answers to your athletes’

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The Future of American Weightlifting: C.J. Cummings There’s no question about it: 13-year-old Clarence (C.J.) Cummings is the most promising youngster in American weightlifting. Providing some perspective on Cummings’ talent is Marty Schnorf, one of the most respected youth weightlifting coaches in the country. Featured in the Summer 2003 issue of BFS magazine, Schnorf coached 1988 Olympian and American record holder Curt White; White won the Senior National Championships at the age of 14. Here is what Schnorf had to say about Cummings:

“I, as well as most people who have been in the sport a while, regarded Curt White as the most talented young weightlifter in USA Weightlifting history. Last year I told people the USAW now has one even better. That lifter is C.J. Cummings.” At a bodyweight of 133 pounds (60.5 kilos), at the 2013 Senior National Champions in July Cummings snatched 222 pounds (101 kilos) and clean and jerked 277 pounds (126 kilos), winning the bronze medal. All his lifts were national records in the Youth 13 and Under category. Stay tuned!

3KRWRVE\%UXFH.OHPHQV BFS Player Profile: Lindsay Paige Simpson Chanel Krause: Making High Marks in the Pole Vault A recent graduate of Saint Paul’s Episcopal School in Mobile, Alabama, Chanel is the fifth of six athletic children in her family. Her sister and four brothers all received Division I college scholarships, and Chanel is continuing the legacy. Chanel’s first love was gymnastics, where she achieved a Level 8 ranking by the age of 12. Her favorite event was the vault, so it’s only natural that when Chanel switched to track and field, the pole vault would be her primary event; she also did the hurdles and the heptathlon.

By her sophomore year she could leap 12'6", which was the highest result in the country for her age group. In her junior year she won the state championships in the pole vault and placed 3rd in the 300 meter hurdles, 4th in the 100 meter hurdles, and 4th in the heptathlon. In her senior year she cleared 13 feet, and in state she placed 3rd in the 300 meter hurdles, 2nd in the 100 meter hurdles and 4th in the heptathlon. All together, during her high school career she earned 13 all-state titles. She now attends the University of Louisville.

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From BFS Magazine — September/October 2013. Part of the BFS Magazine Archive (1980–2014).