The Olympic Lifts Are Only A Tool
Strength and conditioning coaches come from a variety of athletic background and all have unique histories with training. Just like with everyone else, it’s not unusual for a strength and conditioning coach...
Olympic lifts
Learning to Use Strength
For athletes strength has a purpose, it’s not something that time is spent developing just because. A powerlifter or Olympic lifter competes to lift the most weight possible. For other types of...
For Beginners Variety is Important
The power clean and its variations is a fundamental exercise in the strength and conditioning of athletes. The exercise develops most of the muscles of the body, is easy to learn, is...
Power Output and the Power Clean
The Olympic lifts and their variations are used extensively in the conditioning of athletes. This is because they are a ground-based, total-body exercise that develops power against resistance. While competitive weightlifters and...
Warming Up for the Clean
Warming up properly is important for injury prevention and for performance. This is true in strength training just like any other mode of exercise. This post is going to cover suggestions on...