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    I am turning 35 this year, which means that I have already joined the team of "big boys" and this fact must be accepted. To be honest, it seems to me that the times of the national junior team, when we trained with great enthusiasm for 10-12 workouts...

Tags: C&J, choosing program, programming, snatch, tips, Training Tips - Updated on January 26, 2021

LASHA`S HISTORICAL SNATCH

     Last weekend can be called historic for weightlifting without exaggeration. At the National Georgian Championship Lasha Talakhadze showed a fantastic result in snatch - 222 kg.      According to Seb Ostrowicz from Weightlifting House, Talakhadze took four snatch attempts (in normal weightlifting competition, an athlete has three...

Tags: Interview, snatch - Updated on September 23, 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

Basic Snatch Progression

I’m going to introduce my own vision of the snatch progression based on years of coaching experience. Read all the steps and learn to snatch as a pro.  Snatch Progression: Elements This article is devoted to the basic snatch progression teaching that is always offered to athletes at my seminars. ...

Tags: programming, snatch, tips, training, Training Tips, weightlifting - Updated on May 28, 2019

WEIGHTLIFTING AND SPEED

    In those days when weightlifting could be seen in black and white photographs only, it was considered a total power sport. But once speed became the most important component of the exercises, weightlifting’s emphasis became a duality of speed-strength.     The modern weightlifter is also different from...

Tags: C&J, programming, snatch, Technique, tips, training, Training Tips - Updated on April 23, 2019

EARS or NOT EARS?

    This story happened in Korea (Busan) at my first Junior World Championship. Any professional athlete will understand the story I’m about to tell you, and beginners will discover the secret that when you are in the national team, you dream of international competitions like some kids dream of...

Tags: halterofilia, snatch, torokhtiy, training, Training Tips, weightlifting - Updated on May 11, 2018

WEIGHTLIFTER’s NUTRITION BEFORE AND AFTER THE TRAINING SESSIONS

    Most people will know and agree, in order to progress with your training it is necessary to pay attention to your diet. This said, anybody can lift a barbell. However given appropriate diet and training routine, this can ensure you remain healthy as well as strong at the...

Tags: halterofilia, Nutrition, snatch, torokhtiy, training, weightlifting - Updated on April 21, 2018

TRAINING CAMP: THE WHY

   When I was a child and began training in my small and beloved gym in Zugres, Ukraine, I would look in admiration at the pictures of the great champions that hung on the walls.  My coach would tell inspiring stories about how our national team was training and it...

Tags: halterofilia, snatch, training, Training Tips, weightlifting - Updated on January 20, 2018