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BEGINNER TIPS TO IMPROVE YOUR CLEAN TECHNIQUE

    Find some cool insights about CLEAN exercise from my friend, Olympic Champion - Ruslan Nurudinov, the current holder of the world record in clean and jerk - 241 kg. Tips, drills and a lot of cool stuff in this article.     One of the main events in my...

Tags: C&J, Technique, tips, Training Tips - Updated on July 06, 2021

HOW TO FIX BUTT WINK

    Deep squats are a must-have exercise for any weightlifter. One of the most common problems for beginner athletes is the butt wink. If such a mechanic of movement is present for a long period of time and with large weights, the athlete will definitely make some troubles in...

Tags: mobility, squat, Technique, tips, training, Training Tips - Updated on January 11, 2021

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

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

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

TECHNIQUE EVOLUTION

This article also available as audio. Check this out! Subscribe and listen it anywhere:             The weightlifting technique development, starting from the black-and-white pictures stage up to nowadays, has been taking place thanks to the coaches, athletes and sports scientists’ vast experience. Legislators of such weightlifting...

Tags: Technique, tips, training, Training Tips - Updated on March 19, 2019

WARM-UP AND COMPETITION

This article also available as audio. Check this out! Subscribe and listen it anywhere:            The 2017 World Championship (Anaheim, USA) was remarkable for its level of event organization, Lasha Talakadze´s record, as well as an incredible number of forgone sets - in some weight categories there...

Tags: Competition tips, programming, Technique, tips, Training Tips, weightlifting - Updated on February 19, 2019

Trainings without injuries: a method proven by a champion in weightlifting

    In a perfect world the Olympic champion is always healthy, positive, rosy-cheeked and able to adjust his body over the years in order to fight for gold medals at the peak of his own abilities. But in reality, the greatest victories come when we overcome the most. Alexey Torokhtiy,...

Tags: programming, Technique, tips, training, Training Tips - Updated on November 27, 2018

BIOMECHANICAL ANALYSIS OF TECHNIQUE. WHAT IS IT?

    The proper technique for doing exercises in weightlifting, especially snatch and clean&jerk, is the decisive criterion for getting good results. If an athlete's equipment does not meet certain standards, then he will not achieve high results!     Sooner or later there is such a moment where everyone...

Tags: programming, Technique, tips, training, Training Tips - Updated on October 09, 2018

ABOUT TECHNIQUE

    A technique is an ideal system of movements, of varying complexity, that while respecting the laws of economy and rationality, result in the athlete channelling all his physical qualities onto a bar.     It is a considerably difficult and complex task to develop a high level technique as...

Tags: Technique, tips, training, Training Tips, weightlifting - Updated on March 30, 2018