Weightlifting
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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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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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In the Starting Strength programming we use versions of the Olympic lifts and they’re very important to the program. But a lot of people figure out a way to get out of having to do them. The reason they don’t want to do them is because they don’t know how. They haven’t figured out how…
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In this post I’m going to explain how to build a weightlifting platform. But first I’m going to tell you all the advantages that this structure will bring to your home gym: Protects your garage floor. Protects your equipment. Makes lifting safer. Makes lifting quieter.
