CURRENT MEMBERS
TITAN
WEIGHTLIFTING
ASSOCIATION
COACH
RICHARD
SEIBERT
As a member of 4 international U.S. weightlifting teams, he trained with and competed against athletes from all over the world. Traveling to Greece and Hungary for the World Junior Championships, he observed techniques (once formerly known as “Russian training secrets”) that would later evolve into a methodology for treating the most difficult low back conditions.
Later, as a resident at the Olympic Training Center in Colorado Springs, he was able to see and learn the most sophisticated techniques for treating sports injuries in the U.S.
In 1986, he completed his Doctorate of Chiropractic and opened his private practice. Post graduate certificates from the National Strength and Conditioning Association (1989) and the ACA Sports Council (Certified Chiropractic Sports Physician 1995) were to follow.
Dr. Seibert continues to compete at the Masters level and lectures on a variety of topics, including sports injury prevention, nutrition and rehabilitation.
COACH
TOMMY "THUNDER"
TEDESCO
Tommy “Thunder” Tedesco from East Meadow, “Strong Island” New York, has proudly represented the Titan Weightlifting Association since the 1980’s. Under the guidance of coach Stan Bailey, Tom has a 40 year history of Olympic lifting and powerlifting experience, including national master’s and international competitions.
In years past, he was a NY Metropolitan Junior Champion, 9-time Empire State Games medalist, and lifted for the USA at the 1994 World Masters Weightlifting Championships and World Masters Games in Australia, taking a silver and bronze medal.
Best lifts: 120 kg.(264 lb.) snatch, 155 kg.(341 lb.) clean and jerk, 290 lb. bench press, 575 lb. squat, 620 lb. deadlift, accomplished during the 1980-1990’s at about 210 lbs. bodyweight, and without steroids. Add in a few years of Japanese-style karate during that same era.
Now 64 years old, Tom retired from a 33-year career as a pulmonary technologist in 2016, and now still trains hard and heavy daily, and helps coach the new generation of Titan lifters to future glory. To celebrate his upcoming 65th birthday in March 2020, Tommy plans to clean and jerk 65 kilos 65 times, a grueling test of endurance!
