Artie began in the sport of Weightlifting as an athlete, who largely coached himself to three Junior World Records, including one on the total. His first experience coaching others on a National level came at the 1968 Sr. Nationals and he has worked with other athletes at nearly 50 Sr. Nationals since then. He coached World Champion, and multiple World Recordholder, Karyn Marshall, Olympian Jerry Hannan, National Champion and World Team member Rhiannon Reynolds, multiple Jr. World Team members and Sr. National medalists, along with countless beginners.
He has achieved the highest coaching level recognized by the USAW – Senior International Level – the only such coach in the NYC/LI area. He has served as Chair of the USAW Coaching Committee, and is a USAW Level 1 and Level 2 Coaching Course Instructor. He wrote the USAW Level 1 Coaching Course used between 2012 and 2018, and introduced as accelerated learning by coaching course approach for that course.
Artie is the author if the highly acclaimed “The Weightlifting Encyclopedia” and was the producer of its Video Companion. He also authored scores of articles for Weightlifting USA, USA Weightlifting (print USAW publications) and online the past 40+ years, as well as many other print and online publications.
His other Weightlifting experience includes being a member of the USAW Board of Directors for a total of 23 years, starting as an Athletes Rep and ending with four years serving as Chair of the Board. He is a member of USAW Hall of Fame as currently serves as Chair of USAW Hall of Fame Commission. He attained the highest IWF Technical Official Level of – Category I, in 1981 (he was also a former National level Physique Judge and Powerlifting referee). Artie has also been a meet director for scores of competitions, including the 2002 Nationals in NYC. He is the current President of Weightlifting.org, a 501 (c) (3) charitable organization devoted to the development of Weightlifting.