Here is an introduction to the snatch, in Spanish.The video is from the Columbian Weightlifting Federation. The progressions they use are easy to understand even if you don’t speak Spanish. via Waxmans’s Gym
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What do you wish you had known from the beginning?
A couple of days ago I stumbled across this thread on reddit:What is the one gym exercise you wish you had known from the beginning? I think most of us (and I am no exception) probably started out the ‘wrong’ way (by which I mean not the most efficient way), doing way too much mirror […]
70’s Big Podcast with Dr. Michael Hartman
Justin from 70’s Big has Dr. Michael Hartman on the 70’s Big Podcast Episode #10. If you enjoy weightlifting and gym talk in general this episode is for you. Topics: the 2011 Pan American Games Kendrick Farris snatch rack, cues for receiving the snatch – don’t be passive, push hips through , drop down, “stab the bar out […]
Getting Started in Olympic Weightlifting
Dan John wrote about a “Beginners Program for the Olympic Lifts”. he suggests starting out the Bulgarian way, with deep squats then learn the clean – “Push the floor away” then get the bar overhead – learn true military press, push press, push jerk,split jerk, and the corresponding behind the neck variations of these exercises […]