Starting Strength Coach Josh Wells shows how to use a pause at the knee to learn to move precisely for the Olympic lifts. Fix your initial knee extension, balance, and back position and make every rep count.
The grip for pressing movements and receiving the bar in the snatch and clean and jerk have some things in common, but are not the same. Starting Strength Coach stef bradford covers what is different and why.
Starting Strength Coach Josh Wells explains key criteria for a legal Clean & Press. Rusty Holcomb demonstrates power, split, and squat catches for the clean, and then correct vs. disqualifying movement during the press.
A common error in the snatch is entering the final phase of acceleration early, at the mid-thigh "jumping position" learned for the clean. This leaves the bar far from the body as the pull is finished. Starting Strength Coaches Stef Bradford and Josh Wells show how to use alignment and balance to find and move between the correct jumping positions for the two lifts.
Rip describes the challenges involved in learning and coaching the Olympic lifts and why including them in your strength training program is worthwhile.
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