All Things Gym

Best of Olympic Weightlifting

A Collection of Exercises and their Variations from Around the World.

Standing Ab Wheel Rollouts

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Ross Enamait clarifies what good form on the Standing Ab Wheel Rollout is. The mother of all core exercises, especially with the variations Ross does … One Arm, Weighted one handed. Here is his tutorial using a ramp. Don’t have an ab roller? Ross has got you covered. Roll outs using an office chair.

Hamstring Prehab Exercises

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Joe DeFranco has 2 hamstring prehab exercises to share. Upright Sled Walks dragging a sled with a vertical posture will hit the hamstrings better than dragging with a forward lean strike the ground with entire foot, think “pulling the ground back” (fully extending) with every step Eccentric Furniture Slider Leg Curls you get greater glute […]

Pelican Push Ups

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Jim from Beastskills makes progress on his way to the Reverse Muscle Up. Remember he also had this video where he does Reverse Muscle Ups on Boxes. Here he is doing Pelican Push Ups. These require not only a great deal of strength, but also good shoulder flexibility. In case you haven’t already seen it here is […]

Shrugs for Weightlifting

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Check out Donny Shankle’s post on Weightlifter’s Shrugs. Not for traps, but to facilitate the wrists turning over faster at the “ receive” command of a snatch and clean by utilizing the rotation of the bar. By forcing the wrists into flexion at the “finish” they will turn over faster into extension during the catch.