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High Bar vs Low Bar Squat: Which Is Best For You?

This article also available as audio. Check this out! Subscribe and listen it anywhere:        In this article, we will look at the high bar vs low bar squat. Find out the difference between high bar and low bar squat to choose your best position. When I was asked...

Tags: programming, squat, tips, Training Tips - Updated on October 06, 2020

TRAINING FROM DEFICIT

    Every thinking athlete and coach is constantly looking for tools and methods to improve the quality of training and increase the result. The most common solution is to vary the parameters of the volume and intensity in the training schedule. Simply put, in some cycles we plan more...

Tags: programming, tips, Training Tips, weightlifting - Updated on September 15, 2020

TRANSITION PERIOD

   Unfortunately or fortunately, no training program can last forever and after the next stage of preparation, which can last 2-3 months, the athlete performs in competitions. Regardless of whether he has achieved the planned result or not, there comes a transitional period. This training period is not secondary, as...

Tags: programming, tips, training, Training Tips, weightlifting - Updated on September 08, 2020

BULGARIAN METHOD

    Event to this day Bulgarian weightlifting method remains a subject to discuss and one of the most controversial and speculative topics on relevant blogs and forums. This method has earned a sheer mass of fans because the richest history of weightlifting in Bulgaria has practically turned it into...

Tags: programming, tips, training, Training Tips - Updated on August 04, 2020

SLOW, STATIC, ECCENTRIC EXERCISES

    Exercises performed at slow speed, exercises of an eccentric, static and mixed style occupy a large place in the training of weightlifters. To understand them, I offer to consider what practice of using these exercises is in the Ukrainian weightlifting school. There are data from the training programs...

Tags: programming, squat, strength, tips, training, Training Tips, weightlifting - Updated on June 16, 2020

POWER POSITION

     The Power Position is the most important, but also the mysterious and contradictory phase of performing a snatch and clean, due to the technique of performing which the same magic occurs when the heavy barbell accelerates and flies with incredible power along the vertical trajectory. It seems to...

Tags: programming, snatch, tips, training, Training Tips, weightlifting - Updated on June 02, 2020

SNATCH TURNOVER PRACTICE

    The previous article focused on Turnover theory and today we will pay more attention to the practical aspect and focus on one of the simple but important exercises that will help make Turnover fast, efficient and economical.     For those who missed last week's article, I recommend...

Tags: programming, snatch, Technique, tips, Training Tips - Updated on April 14, 2020

THE SNATCH TURNOVER THEORY

     Turnover is the movement of the body under the bar which begins from the moment when the body is fully extended (A) and lasts until the moment when the bar has reached its maximum height (E).     The duration of this movement is approximately:  0.25 to 0.30...

Tags: programming, snatch, tips, Training Tips - Updated on April 07, 2020

TOP 3 EXERCISES FOR JERK DIP & DRIVE

    An important condition for a high result in jerk is the quality of the phases – dip and drive. Athletes often perform the dip too quickly or shortly, and drive – not powerful enough or not in full amplitude.     These mistakes may have several reasons: -...

Tags: C&J, programming, Technique, tips, training, Training Tips - Updated on March 17, 2020

4 MISTAKES IN ARMS` WORK

    Everyone knows that after power position and full extension in snatch and clean, the next very important technical phase begins  – arms’ work. But not everyone knows exactly how to do it and what to focus their attention on. Athletes make a large number of mistakes because of...

Tags: programming, tips, training, Training Tips - Updated on March 10, 2020