Olympic weightlifting

Learn the snatch and the clean and jerk with coach Dave Earle, from your first session to the competition platform.

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The program

Lift with
purpose.

Power Academy is GYM41’s Olympic weightlifting program. Sessions run 1 hour 15 minutes and are coached in small groups, so you get eyes on every lift.

It is open to all levels. New lifters learn positions and technique with a PVC pipe and light bars, while experienced lifters train towards meets with a structured plan.

In 2025 GYM41 hosted the Kitchener Open weightlifting competition on its own platforms.

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Power Academy lifters with their medals

The platforms

Six platforms.
Built to lift.

Rogue and Eleiko plates, competition bars and racks, with room to drop.

A row of wood and rubber lifting platforms with bumper plates along the wall
A squat rack on a platform under the Ontario championships best team banners
A lifter holding a snatch in the bottom position
A lifter setting up to pull from the floor
A lifter in the rack position at a weightlifting meet

At a glance

The details.

1 hour 15

Every session, with warm up, technique work and strength.

All levels

From your first snatch to your next personal best.

Six platforms

Rogue and Eleiko plates, competition bars and racks.

Five coaches

Head coach Dave Earle with JP Maranan, Katie Mills, Eric Quach and Nicole Smart.

Class schedule

When we
lift.

Every session is 1 hour 15 minutes, coached in small groups.

Monday

  • Noon – 1:15pmDave Earle
  • 5:45pm – 7pmDave Earle & JP Maranan

Tuesday

  • 4:30pm – 5:45pmDave Earle & Katie Mills
  • 5:45pm – 7pmDave Earle & JP Maranan

Wednesday

  • 4:30pm – 5:45pmEric Quach
  • 5:45pm – 7pmEric Quach

Thursday

  • 10am – 11:15amDave Earle
  • 4:30pm – 5:45pmDave Earle & Nicole Smart
  • 5:45pm – 7pmDave Earle & JP Maranan

Saturday

  • 10am – 11:15amNicole Smart

Head coach

Meet Dave.

Dave Earle

“I’ve been obsessed with being strong since I was 12 years old. I made a lot of progress, but I wasted a lot of time not having a great mentor to guide me. That’s why I began coaching over a decade ago: I wanted to be able to guide youth athletes, in Olympic weightlifting and other power sports, to their fullest potential.”

Dave set Ontario records in weightlifting and played rugby for McMaster University. His team is one of the largest and most successful in Canada, with athletes from recreational lifters to international masters competitors, coached to be mentally and physically strong, to move well and to rarely get injured.

Dave EarlePower Academy Head Coach

  • NCCP Competition Development (Level 2) Olympic Weightlifting Coach
  • NSCA Certified Strength and Conditioning Specialist
  • Precision Nutrition Level 1
  • Registered Massage Therapist (RMT)
  • Active Release Technique (ART)
  • FRC movement specialist

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