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Welcome to MASTER DIESEL

Language / Язык: ENG RUS      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...

Tags: C&J, choosing program, programming, snatch, tips - January 26, 2021

SNATCH vs CLEAN

Language / Язык: ENG RUS      The story about the athlete that is said to “have mastered the snatch, but his clean didn’t work out” is rather trivial. The opposite can also happen: the athlete is barely handling the snatch in the second or third of three attempts and...

Tags: C&J, programming, snatch, tips - December 15, 2020

LASHA`S HISTORICAL SNATCH

Language / Язык: ENG RUS       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...

Tags: interview, snatch - September 23, 2020

POWER POSITION

Language / Язык: ENG RUS       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...

Tags: programming, snatch, tips, training, weightlifting - 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 - 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 - April 07, 2020

SNATCH BASIC PROGRESSION

Language / Язык: ENG RUS      This article is devoted to the basic snatch progression teaching that is always offered to athletes at my seminars. As everybody knows, there are lots of approaches to teaching and they all differ both in the sequence of the proposed phases and elements...

Tags: programming, snatch, tips, training, weightlifting - May 28, 2019

WEIGHTLIFTING AND SPEED

Language / Язык: ENG RUS      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...

Tags: C&J, programming, snatch, Technique, tips, training - April 23, 2019

EARS or NOT EARS?

Language / Язык: ENG RUS PT ES     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...

Tags: halterofilia, snatch, torokhtiy, training, weightlifting - May 11, 2018

WEIGHTLIFTER’s NUTRITION BEFORE AND AFTER THE TRAINING SESSIONS

Language / Язык: ENG RUS PT     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...

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