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Swing to Win – Kettlebell Swings Better Than Olympic Lifts?

Olympic weightlifting derivatives have long been hailed as the apex exercises for power training in strength and conditioning. There's now evidence that's probably wrong. For most people, most of the time, ... Continue Reading

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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. One of them is that it may inhibit a lifter from making a best ... Continue Reading

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How To Hang Clean: The Only 3 Things You Need To Know

Photo by Bev Childress There's propaganda floating around that the hang clean is so crazy-complicated that you probably shouldn't bother with it at all. Many coaches will avoid teaching it, for this ... Continue Reading

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No Dying! How To Avoid The Most Dangerous Accident In Olympic Weightlifting

"Less freakout, more lockout." - Peter Curcio The other night my masters lifter Dave was setting up for a snatch attempt that would match his personal record. It had been a while since he'd gone for ... Continue Reading

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A Love Letter to My Snatch

My love, Everything hurts. The shooting pain in my left hip flexor causes me to writhe whenever I do anything as simple as standing out of a chair. The cracking in my knees belies my age - an age ... Continue Reading

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Gwen Sisto: A True Story of When Olympic Weightlifting Meets Juggling

For Gwen Sisto not weightlifting has never been an option. She was first introduced to the sport as a child, when her brothers read a newspaper article about a local Olympic weightlifting team and started ... Continue Reading

Featured Coach: Sean Waxman, Part 1 – Building a Legacy

Upon first meeting Sean Waxman you might think, “Wow, this is a big guy who must have played football.” After you begin talking with him, however, you will realize this is a guy who is well-educated, ... Continue Reading

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The Rule of 3 Workout Routine: Veni, Vidi, Vici!

Have you ever watched The Three Stooges? Ever heard a joke like, "A priest, a doctor, and a lawyer walk into a bar ..."? Why did Goldilocks have to deal with three bears? Something about the number ... Continue Reading

3D Analysis of the Starting Position of the Snatch

A recent study in the Journal of Strength & Conditioning examined the start position of the snatch, one of the Olympic lifts. Previous studies have mainly focused on the peak vertical bar velocity of ... Continue Reading

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