Leaning back with the shoulders can cause any number of balance issues in the pull. When finishing the top of a lift, make sure to: ✅Keep pressure through your foot ✅Straighten your legs (leg drive) ✅Finish straight and tall Excessive lean can cause: 🚫Instability at the top 🚫Loss of barbell […]
Here’s an impromptu #GetTechnical while we are reviewing photos from last night’s training session at Tern Weightlifting! This is what it looks like to #KeepPulling! Standing up with the weight and driving through a hard extension (2nd pull) is only half the battle. Once you get to a range in the […]
When extending through the top of a lift, we need to generate force with the legs, but also DIRECT it, which is a two-fold process. Both the legs and arms have a role to play, but the majority of the work is done with the legs. We need to stay […]
The phrase, “Stay over the barbell,” has been widely used in many different situations. It mostly refers to keeping one’s chest and shoulders over or ahead of the barbell during a snatch or clean, but let’s take a look at what it means for the elbows. The nature of Weightlifting […]
A balanced clean comes down to how well we support the barbell in the rack position. The rack position could easily mean the difference between a missed and a made lift. In this case with one of our Remote Athletes, the rack position is limited by a “death grip” on the barbell. When transitioning […]
Let’s talk PULLS! As we broke this down for our Remote Athletes, the goal is #JumpDontHump— the snatch and clean are both essentially weighted jumps. Jumping is a LEG action and not a HIP action, so save the hip swinging for a hula hoop 😉 When executing pulls, we must end […]
After the extension or “jumping” phase of the snatch or clean, we have to remember that the lift is only half over! In this instance with one of our remote athletes, we are seeing a little bit of a disconnect between the body and the barbell prior to the receiving […]
When we talk about the teaching positions for Olympic Weightlifting, it’s important that we establish a common language and/or definition of what each position means. The main points of instruction include the Power Position, Hang Position, and the Start Position. This morning, we had a positional review (along with visual […]
Join us for a Keep Pulling Weightlifting seminar in Westchase, FL hosted by Tern CrossFit! Spend the afternoon with our dedicated Weightlifting coaching staff fine tuning your lifts or learning from scratch with our technique drills and exercises!All ages and experience levels are welcome!WHEN: Saturday, June 23rd11:30AM to 1:30PMREGISTER NOW: […]
Random training day clean complex (clean deadlift + hang power clean + jerk) featuring Jon (-85) and Rachel (-58) with special guests Ray and Pat in the background.