IMPROVE YOUR SNATCH DOING SNATCH BALANCE DRILLS
Today we’re going to be talking about the Olympic lifts. We’re going to be talking about the snatch and one of the best accessory lifts to do for the snatch. The snatch and the clean have a similarity: it is a rapid extension, then a drop to get under the bar and then a hard…
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HOW TO USE STRAPS FOR YOUR HEAVY DEADLIFTS, RACK PULLS, OR OTHER LIFTS
As you progress in your lifting and in your pulls, you will need to use some kind of an aid with your grips, especially if you’re doing rack pulls, if you’re doing heavy shrugs or if you’re doing a lot of volume on your pulls. Sometimes just alternating the grip or hook gripping is not…
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3 SIMPLE BENCH PRESS TIPS
We’re going to talk about bench press tips. These are three quick tips that Starting Strength coach Pete Troupos brings us. He thinks they might help out your bench press. Hopefully, you find them useful. The first tip is going to be about grip and gripping the out of the bar. The harder you grab…
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HOW TO DEVELOP TOP SPEED OR MAX VELOCITY
Contrary to popular belief, all out sprinting will not increase speed. Recent studies have shown that sprinting all out will actually cause the nervous system to “record” and reinforce an athletes current max velocity – not help to increase it. If you want to develop and improve your top speed other techniques must be utilized.…
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SPRINT FASTER WITH A PROPER FOOT STRIKE
Learn how to sprint faster by maximizing ground contact and developing a proper foot strike. A common mistake many sprinters make is striking the ground on their toes resulting in massive ankle amortization and increased ground contact times. The goal of these drills is to get the athlete to develop a flat foot strike by…
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IMPROVE YOUR FOOTWORK IN THE SPLIT JERK
Josh Wells is a Starting Strength coach and he´s been doing Olympic weightlifting for over 26 years. Today I’m going to explain to you based on the experience and knowledge of coach Josh Wells about how to improve foot position in the split jerk as you move under the bar and then recover to the…
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HOW TO MAXIMIZE YOUR BLOCK STARTS
Run faster with proper sprinting technique. In order to maximize speed at the start of the race, you need to learn how to properly perform block starts. When done correctly, blocks starts are the best platform to apply maximum force in order to overcome inertia. This post looks at how to properly work your way…
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THE IMPORTANCE OF FOREARM POSITION IN THE BENCH PRESS TO AVOID IMPINGEMENT AT THE SHOULDER
In the last post we talked about the close grip bench. We explained why you would do a close grip bench, how to do close grip bench… Now, we´re going to talk about the way is teached the regular bench press, that is to say, the standard bench press from the blue book that Starting…
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WHAT GRIP WIDTH SHOULD YOU USE IN THE BENCH PRESS?
The width of your grip on the bench press is a relatively important variable in the training effect you obtain from the exercise. A wide grip on a bench press is typically what is used in powerlifting meets because the wider grip in the bench press reduces the range of motion that the bar has…
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