Oylmpian Caine Wilkes Lifting Seminar on Snatch and Clean and Jerk

2922 McKelvey Road,Pittsburgh PA 15221

10 April, 2022

Description

Olympian Caine Wilkes is coming to The Steel City to start his Seminar tour on his personal journey/road to the Olympics. Caine will be speaking about his journey to the Olympics and the highs and lows in the weighlifting world. He will be focusing on Snatch and Clean and Jerk technique. This is for all levels of athletes. Caine has been weightlifting for over 20 years, starting in a high school gym, and going all the way to the Olympic stage. He is a six-time National Champion; also, Caine has won the Pan American Championships three times, and most recently was part of Team USA at the Tokyo 2020 Olympics. Caine is just the eighth American ever to total 400kg or more in competition. Also, in 2015, Caine became just the fifth American ever to clean & jerk at or over 500 lbs in competition. He has one of the all-time highest totals by an American ever, at 416kg, combined from a 186kg snatch and 230kg clean and jerk. Caine has been coaching alongside his dad for years at seminars and gyms, and coaches locally at gyms in the Charlotte area. He is a USA Weightlifting Level 1 Coach and has his Level 1 certification in CrossFit.