Chad Vaughn shares some thoughts on the Hook Grip. He is advocating letting go the hook grip in the catch positions, because it causes extra, unnecessary tension and limits flexibility.
Chad Vaughn on the Squat Part 1 + Common Beginner Faults
Chad Vaughn goes over the the basics of & reasons for the (Olympic style – as low as you can, as upright as you can be) squat. Show that to people saying that you shouldn’t squat below parallel. Non Evans would approve that DSP. Update: Part 2 here & Part 3 here. In another videos he […]
Deadlift Setup Mobility WOD
Mark Bell visited Kelly Starrett at San Francisco CrossFit. In the video Kelly is showing Ben Alderman that he is not lacking hamstring flexibility. His issue is being in a constant state of over extension, which results in tight hamstrings.
Jim Schmitz Olympic Weightlifting Coaching Tips
Jim Schmitz has some promotional weightlifting videos for the Olympics. Maybe not the best instructional videos (teaching to consciously shrug the shoulders, bar goes around the knees…) but pretty nice slow motion case studies. Demonstrators: Brian Wilhelm and Kari Shimomura. Snatch Clean and Jerk Front & Back Squat
Richard Hawthorne Deadlift Instruction
At this years Arnold Classics Richard Hawthorn (610 lbs x4 @130 lbs) gave a quick deadlift instruction. weight on heels lean back get the slack out of the bar once the bar gets to the knees push the hips forward he advocates against the hip hinge Can’t argue with that. It obviously works great for his body […]
Snatch Balance with Mike Burgener
Mike Burgener on the Snatch Balance. The goal of snatch balance is just to get it moving up a little bit and then pressing your body down. get it of your back and drive with your arms bones stacked, everything needs to be tight in the bottom position Timing: arms locking out the same time […]
Learn Correct Handstand Form
More gymnastics stuff today. Here is a video with some good drills to improve your handstands. Key Elements: Posterior Pelvic Tilt – flattening the lower back, to eliminate arching Protraction of the scapulae – Cue: “Chest in” Scapular elevation – Cue “covering the ears”, shrugging up via Gymnastics Coaching
Planche Progressions
Carl Paoli goes through some Planche progressions. hand positions planche lean planche lean with elevated feet (feet on bands) planche lean with elevated feet, one foot free Headstand to Frogstand Frogstand while extending one or both legs Part 3 goes over some tuck Planche variations working towards flat tuck. Part 4 has a bouncing variation […]
So You Think You Can Squat
Because I didn’t link to them before. Here is the Elite FTS “So You Think You Can Squat” series with Matt Wenning.
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