Schools and community organisations in England and Scotland can take advantage of British Weight Lifting’s Raise the Bar programme for a FREE 6-week course.

Well established research shows that muscle strengthening exercise is associated with:

The UK’s Physical Activity Guidelines recommend that:

Raise the Bar is helping to change this by equipping young people with the knowledge and skills to develop their strength and make healthy decisions and is also preparing young people to be strong in adulthood.

We are offering a FREE coach led introduction to weightlifting delivered each week for 6 weeks at a time:

Warm up: Group warm up games, mobility, jumping and landing.

Main weightlifting session: Introduction to basic movement patterns involved in performing the Olympic lifts and developing strength e.g. snatch, clean and jerk, back squat, overhead squat, chest press, lunges, deadlift, jumps.

Post weightlifting: Core training, stretching and health tips.

Each coach delivering Raise the Bar meets the following criteria:

We’re required to collect organisation and participant details for registration purposes.

We want to understand the impact of the programme and ask that feedback is given by participants at the end. This is completed via an anonymous online form.

Full details are available about the reasons why we collect data, how it is stored, and how it is used.

If you are interested in booking a Raise the Bar programme for your school or organisation, please get in touch using the contact details provided. Our booking team will arrange the dates, times and location in agreement with you and the coach.

1st Floor Office Suite, St Ann's Mill, Kirkstall Road, Leeds, West Yorkshire, LS5 3AE

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