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The Olympic lifts have several phases. The first pull, where the bar is slowly lifted off the ground. The second pull, which is the explosive part of the lift. The amortization phase...
The Olympic lifts have several phases. The first pull, where the bar is slowly lifted off the ground. The second pull, which is the explosive part of the lift. The amortization phase...
Up to this point we’ve covered how to teach the clean, variations of the clean using hang cleans and block cleans, and variations of the clean using different types of pulls. This...
In two previous posts I spent a lot of time covering different ways to teach the clean. Olympic lifters use a wide range of assistance exercises to improve their cleans. Many of...
In my last post I covered teaching the power clean to large groups of athletes. There are times where we want to teach the competition version of the lift. We often say...
The power clean is a major lift in an athletic strength and conditioning program. It is also a lift that can be challenging to teach and coach with a large group of...