The Coaches

Kim Alderwick began weightlifting in 1993 and has been a trainer in Santa Fe since 2002. She continues to compete in weightlifting and has held State, National, World and Pan American records in her age and weight class. Her background is quite diverse. She has been an elementary school teacher, a gallery associate, an aerobics instructor and fashion show coordinator. She worked closely with Carl Miller to edit his book, The Sport of Olympic Weightlifting: Training for the Connoisseur and is a a certified Level 2 Coach with USA Weightlifting.

Shane Miller has been a trainer and weightlifting coach since 1991. Miller is a respected National level coach, certified through the Olympic Training Center in Colorado Springs. In 1993, he established his club Miller Weightlifting and since that time, has coached his lifters to well over 800 medals. These include medals at State, National and International competitions in the Youth, Junior, Senior and Masters divisions. He has served on the board of New Mexico Weightlifting since 1998 thru the present and was invited to work with masters athletes at a Masters Weightlifting Camp by organizers at Colorado Springs’ Olympic Training Center in the summer of 2017. More recently he has mentored numerous students through the charter school Monte del Sol Mentorship program, trained groups of club athletes and high school athletic teams.