Avoiding Uneven Pulls
Sean Waxman has a quick coaching tip on how to avoid the dreaded Stripper Pull. Problem: Shoulders and hips rising unequally during pull Fix: have a partner pushing down on your shoulders and lower...
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Mark Rippetoe Press Instruction from Starting Strength 3
Have you watched Mark Rippetoe’s updated Press instruction video? This is how he teaches it in the Starting Strength Vol 3 Press chapter. reach hip forward without any spinal movement press up get...
View ArticleGetting Under the Bar Quicker
Sean Waxman addresses another common weightlifting error – Not Getting Under the Bar Properly. He has some exercises to drill the change of direction so you can get under the bar quicker. Getting Under...
View ArticleGood Morning Mistakes
Clint Darden goes over the details of Good Mornings. He talks about arched back (hamstring emphasis) and rounded back (lower back emphasis) version. elbows down butt goes back with wide stance, force...
View ArticleLog Clean & Press Tutorial
Strongman Marshall White goes over the basics of a Log Clean & Press. Log Clean & Press Tutorial is a post by Gregor Winter from All Things Gym.
View ArticleFixing Early Arm Bends in Pulls
Glenn Pendlay talks you through fixing early arm bend in the pulls. slow, deliberate pulls without arm bend pulls from the knee + snatch from the knee complex pulls from the floor + a lift from the...
View ArticleChad Vaughn Split Jerk Article
Chad Vaughn wrote an article on the Split Jerk. From stance, grip width, jerk dip, shoulder-hip alignment to jerk foot position he covers pretty much everything. As for the dip, I cannot remember ever...
View ArticleBack Extensions – Straight Back vs Curl Ups
The Cal Strength guys uploaded some of their old technique / tip videos (like the Upper Body Stretches & Lower Body Stretches for Weightlifters) to the CalStrength YouTube Channel. We touched the...
View ArticleSnatch + Clean & Jerk Technique Instruction with Dmitry Berestov
Here is a Snatch and Clean & Jerk technique tutorial featuring 4 Russian masters of sports. Most prominent is Dmitry Berestov. He along with Aleksandr Zakharov, AleksandrKrasnov (56kg) ,...
View ArticleOleksiy Torokhtiy Power Jerk Instruction *Translation Needed*
Meanwhile in Ukraine … Oleksiy Torokhtiy shows you how to Power Jerk. It’s in Russian so if you can help with the translation of the main points please do so in the comments. In the meantime watch his...
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