Discovering Escapability in Olympic Weightlifting
This is one of those topics that rarely come up in discussions of weightlifting technique, but it can prove to be the cause of problems.
Author: Bob Takano
Bob Takano is a highly respected weightlifting coach who was inducted into the USA Weightlifting Hall of Fame in 2007 for his contributions to coaching. He has been the coach of four national champions, two national record holders, and 27 top ten nationally ranked lifters. Bob has been on the coaching staffs of 17 U.S. National teams to international competitions, five of those being World Championships. His lifters have competed in seven Olympic Trials with one, Albert Hood, the third American to snatch double bodyweight, earning a berth on the 1984 team.
Furthermore Bob has been a CSCS since 1986, having authored six articles for the NSCA Strength and Conditioning Journal, and served as a member of the editorial board of that journal from 1996 to 2000. He has also co-authored a chapter for the NASM’s Essentials of Sports Performance Training, and a chapter on the Training of Weightlifters for the IOC Sports Medicine Commission’s Encyclopedia of Strength and Power. 20 of the female volleyball players he’s coached have earned Division 1 scholarships.
Bob is on the teaching staff for the USAW Weightlifting Coaching Education program and presents his own seminars as well. He has just opened his own gym, Takano Athletics, at 6036 Variel Ave., Woodland Hills, CA 91367. He is available for seminars, and is currently running his own coaching internships. He can be contacted at rob@takanoathletics.com or 818-421-3514.
Posts from this author
Front Squat Like You Know It Matters
The front squat is an exercise that’s absolutely vital for weight lifters, not only because of the necessity to come out of the squat clean
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Love To Lift Challenge – Day 100 Of 100
Day 100 of 100 1)Hang Snatch: (X/3)4 2)Hang Clean: (X/3)4 3)Jerk: (X/3)4 4)Back Squat/Vertical Jump: (X/4, 0/3)5
Love To Lift Challenge – Day 99 Of 100
Day 99 of 100 1)Snatch High Pull & Snatch: (X/2+1)5 2)Clean High Pull & Clean: (x/2+1)5 3)Jerk off rack: (X/3)5 4)Back Squat: (X/2)5 5)Behind the
Love To Lift Challenge – Day 98 Of 100
Day 98 of 100 1)Power Snatch & Overhead Squat: (X/1+3)4 2)Power Clean & Power Jerk: (X/1+3)4 3)Snatch High Pull: (X/3)4 Supine Sprints: X5
Love To Lift Challenge – Day 97 Of 100
Day 97 of 100 1)Snatch: (X/2)6 2)Clean & Jerk: (X/2+2)5 3)Halting Snatch Deadlift: (X/3)4 4)Front Squat: (X/4)5 5)Good Morning: (X/6)4
Love To Lift Challenge – Day 96 Of 100
Day 96 of 100 1)Power Snatch: (X/4)4 2)Power Clean (x/4)4 3)Power Jerk: (x/3)4 4)Clean Halting Deadlift: (X/3)4 Frog Jumps: (0/5)4
Love To Lift Challenge – Day 95 Of 100
Day 95 of 100 1)Snatch: (X/3)5 2)Clean & Jerk: (X/3+1)5 3)Snatch Extension: (X/3)4 4)Back Squat: (X/4)5 5)Push Press: (X/4)4
Love To Lift Challenge – Day 94 Of 100
Day 94 of 100 1)Snatch: (X/2)2, (X/1)4 2)Clean & Jerk (X/2+1)2, (X/1+1)3 3)Romanian Deadlift: (X/4)4 4)Front Squat (X/3)4 5)Push Press (X/3)4
Love To Lift Challenge – Day 93 Of 100
Day 93 of 100 1)Snatch on toes: (X/3)4 2)Power Clean: (X/3)4 3)Overhead Squat: (X/3)4 4)Snatch Extension: (X/3)4 Supine Sprints: x 6
Love To Lift Challenge – Day 92 Of 100
Day 92 of 100 1)Snatch: (X/2)5 2)Clean & Jerk: (X/2+1)5 3)Front Squat: (X/3)4 4)Behind the Neck Snatch-grip Push Press (X/3)4
