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Weights
I know this is a weird question, but I have a nice oly weight set at home and I also lift at school, and at school my max power clean is 285lbs but my max full clean at school is 295lbs. I think I should be able to do more than 10lbs on my clean than
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Prevent pushing in the split jerk
Do you know any drill that I could do to prevent pressing the bar in the split jerk when the weight gets heavy and I start to fatigue. For example on a set of 3 jerks from the rack at 85% the 1st rep is very solid technique wise, the 2nd rep isnt as
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2 pos cleans and grip
On 2 pos cleans are you supposed to do a full clean then immediately let the bar down from the clavicles and do a full clean from the knees or do do a full clean then set the bar down then pick the bar back up immediately then do a full clean from th
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Whento use lifting straps
I don't use lifting straps on cleans or snatches, but am wondering when or at what % should I use straps while doing clean & snatch pulls, shrugs, and rdls? Also are you better of using straps or not for grip strength?
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How To Keep Elbows Straight
Coach-
Even with minimal weight, I have a very though time keeping my elbows pointed straight ahead. They always pop out to the sides, away from my chest. I've tried wider and narrower grips; only the narrow grip seems to help. I know i'm probably t
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Getting under the bar
Coach B,
I've been running into a problem as of late in that my power clean and power snatch are getting heavier than the squat versions of the exercises. I'm 5'10 75kg lifter with a 90kg clean and jerk and a 70kg snatch. Both are power variants.
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Flexibility
Coach, I started traditional crossfit about 1 year ago and recently started following the crossfit football protocol. My PR's are bench 315, press 160, c&j 205, squat 300, deadlift 400. All of the lower body lifts are done with POOR hamstring and h
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12 week program tempo
Coach,
I was wondering about the tempo of the workouts in the 12 week program. I am a crossfitter and I'm taking 12 weeks to focus on strength through your program. My normal tempo is crossfit rx'd, as fast as possible, and I'm finding this isn'
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WL technique
What is the significance of the elbows being oriented outward during the second pull? Also, should one begin the first pull with the elbows oriented outward? Thank you!
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Squat or power in 3 pos cln/sn?
Is it a squat clean or power clean, squat snatch or power snatch, when we do 3 pos. cln/sn's? I believe we are supposed to catch in the power position (roughly 1/4 squat(?)) but I don't want to cheat myself out of a lot of valuable squat work if what
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