Power Training: Clean Pulls
In previous posts we have covered the hang power clean, push jerk, and hang power snatch as power training exercises that can be used in a team strength and conditioning setting. One...
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Variations of the Clean, Part 2
In a previous blog we covered hang and block cleans as assistance exercises for the clean and we discussed the place these exercise had in the strength and conditioning of the non-weightlifting...
Teaching the Clean, Part 1
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...
Do we need to catch the bar anymore?
The Olympic lifts have been a mainstay of strength and conditioning programs for decades. The rationale is that they are a whole body exercise, done from a standing / athletic position, and...
Advanced Tools for Increasing Training Intensity
Over the past few weeks, I’ve done some tweets and Facebook posts about the overload principle and how the exercises that we use fit into it. To review, the overload principles states...