Are you…Feeling disconnected in your...

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Are you…

Feeling disconnected in your jerks?
Pressing/grinding out the lockout?
Slow getting under the bar?

Try some “open palm” jerks at lighter weight to be sure you’re not over tensioning against the barbell. This technique will allow you to better express your legs and allow the arms to follow through and drive you underneath the barbell. (Warning: open palm to start and then close your grip as you lock out your elbows)

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There will come a time in a weightlifter’s career where...

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There will come a time in a weightlifter’s career where their lifts start to stall and PRs are fewer and far between. Welcome to Intermediate Land — where you snatch, snatch and snatch some more for maybe a kilo or two of improvement every now and then. Improving technique, increasing volume, and adjusting intensity are all ways to manipulate a program to further enhance physiological adaptations and promote positive stress, but this all takes time and a basic knowledge of periodization to tweak properly. So how does one still learning the ropes of proper programming punch through the walls of plateaus?

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I’ve always said gymnasts make the best weightlifters. My...

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I’ve always said gymnasts make the best weightlifters. My friend @carlpaoli practicing his snatch.

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Not only is she the Fittest Woman on Earth, Annie Thorisdottir...

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Not only is she the Fittest Woman on Earth, Annie Thorisdottir (@icelandannie) has the smile of a winner! Such a treat to have Annie hanging out and training with us this week.

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Back to some basics today! It is my experience that most of the...

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Back to some basics today! It is my experience that most of the athletes coming to me for technique tune-ups have their grip in closer than where I’d like to see them. This is understandable because the closer grip is a stronger grip and feels more stable overhead.

If performance is your aim, however, then having the grip positioned so the bar can hang at the proper level will allow for quicker transitions and better leveraging.

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CrossFit Games Open WOD 13.213.2 is in the house with some...

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CrossFit Games Open WOD 13.2

13.2 is in the house with some metabolic spiciness! We’ve got a crazy stack of some shoulders to overhead, deadlifts, and box jumps. The catch? The weights are super light and the workout is only 10min long. What will separate the best from the rest won’t be their motor, their lungs or their strength. It’s going to be all about movement efficiency and timing in transition. Keep these pointers in mind for better efficiency to carry you through the WOD:

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Weightlifting, the artist’s view.#FuBarbell...

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Weightlifting, the artist’s view.

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Rich Froning sequence of a 300lbs/136kg snatch.Did you...

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Rich Froning sequence of a 300lbs/136kg snatch.

Did you know…

- Rich Froning has the highest weightlifting total of any Crossfit athlete.
- Rich Froning has won the CrossFit Games the last two years in a row.
- CrossFit HQ has been putting a heavy emphasis on the Olympic lifts each year during the Games having up to 36% of all the allotted points be tied to the Olympic lifts and its derivatives.

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#Weightlifters have a routine. There’s a specific way they...

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#Weightlifters have a routine. There’s a specific way they like to address the bar, set-up and pull; and they’ll do this subconsciously before every rep especially as they get to their heavier attempts. As part of their “pre-flight check,” you’ll also notice them adopt an almost zen-like state. All of this automation and calming of the nerves serves a purpose to reduce activities happening in the psyche and body which result in maximal force being produced into the bar.

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Thank you to EA’s CrossFit in Sonoma, CA for having me out...

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Thank you to EA’s CrossFit in Sonoma, CA for having me out and hosting a great #OlympicStyleWeightlifting workshop. What a fun day with an amazing crew of athletes!

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