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Strength & Conditioning – Sean Waxman: Week 2, Day 2

Day two of week two of our three weeks with Olympic weightlifting coach, Sean Waxman. Today involves back squat, hang power cleans, and more.

Sean Waxman

Written by Last updated on Oct 25, 2022

We are in our second week of programming from featured coach Sean Waxman. Sean coaches Olympic weightlifting out of Waxman’s Gym in Southern California. Join in on this weightlifting training — four new workouts are posted each week, starting on Monday, and can be done on any day you have available.

To learn more about Sean, read our two part feature interview:

Part 1: “Building a Legacy”

Part 2: “On Being a Coach”

1.

Back Squat

5 sets of 3 – 1 set each at 60%, 70%, 80%, 82.5%, and 85% of your 1 Rep Max

2.

2 Hang Power Cleans + 2 Front Squats

6 sets at 60% of your 1 Rep Max

3.

Pull-Throughs, with band – 3 sets of 10

Scapula + Pulldown, with band – 3 sets of 10

Bar Walk – 4 minutes at 50% of your Back Squat 1 Rep max

Barbell Curl – 40% of your 1 Rep Max, 3 sets of 8

Post weights and questions to comments below.

Sean Waxman

About Sean Waxman

Sean Waxman comes from a family three generations deep of national and world level athletes. Adept at football, baseball, and track, it was in college that Sean truly fell in love with Olympic weightlifting. He gave up football to focus on weightlifting and becoming a coach.

Sean has always taken the title of coach quite seriously and has backed up his teaching with a masters degree in biomechanics as well as seven years of full-time training as an athlete himself. As an Olympic weightlifter under the tutelage of Bob Takano, Sean became a USA Weightlifting National Team member, won a national medal, and was five-time California State Weightlifting champion.

Now Sean's mission is to build a team of American athletes who can consistently perform on the international level. He is also passionate about taking CrossFit athletes to the next levl of their performance. He coaches out of his gym, Waxman's Gym, in Southern California.

Sean's three weeks of programming are for a beginner or intermediate athlete and include the primary Olympic lifts as well as a variety of assistance work.

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