Gregor Winter, Author at All Things Gym

Elevated Platform Snatches to Fix an Early Jump

August 25, 2011 By Gregor Winter

Ursula Garza and Jodi Vaughn present a simple solution to fix an early jump when performing a snatch. Problem: jumping to early (not fully extended) Fix: perform deficit snatches from an elevated platform to make the first pull longer When you remove the platform and get back to normal height, your timing will have changed and you […]

Try This: Bodyweight Palloff to Overhead Press

August 25, 2011 By Gregor Winter

Ben Bruno demonstrates a little something for your core and shoulder stability. The Bodyweight Palloff to Overhead Press

Drop Snatch to Various Heights

August 24, 2011 By Gregor Winter

Ursula Garza and Chad Vaughn demonstrating the Drop Snatch. A great drill to tech yourself to tighten up when catching the snatch. Drill: catch the bar at various heights (quarter / half squat) and tighten up immediately

Dmitry Klokov – Snatch 192 kg

August 24, 2011 By Gregor Winter

Dmitry Klokov – Snatch 192 kg at the 2010 World Weightlifting Championships in Antalya, Turkey

Fixing the Snatch with the Burgener Warm-up

August 24, 2011 By Gregor Winter

Update: YouTube Video Watch: “Correcting Issues With The Burgener Warm-up” with Coach Mike Burgener – video [wmv] [mov] Problem: Snatching horizontal hip thrust Fix: first part of the Burgener warm up (the “down and up”) first cue : vertical hips, with first segment of the Burgener Warm-up second cue: snatch from the high with hang elbows high and outside, keeping the bar close […]

Weighted Planche

August 24, 2011 By Gregor Winter

ashita a.k.a. VassTheSupersaiyan (you may remember him from doing the balcony human flag) got himself some Rogue Parallettes and shows you how a weighted Full Planche and Planche Push-ups should look like. Bravo Monsieur.

Hardest High Bar Routine Ever

August 23, 2011 By Gregor Winter

How long until someone pulls this together? A Highbar routine with a 7.8 D-Score.Difficulty: 4.7Connection: 0.6Element Groups: 2.5Just for fun. Endo full to El and Stalder Rybalko to El would make this a 8.0 D-Score

Egg Cooking Calculator for Perfectly Boiled Eggs

August 23, 2011 By Gregor Winter

Enter your Egg’s stats and start the timer If we can agree on anything nutrition wise, it’s that eggs are awesome. Here is a little app that tells you how to boil that perfect egg. Enter your eggs specifications and how done you want it to be and let the app calculate the perfect cooking […]

Train for Strength First, Speed Later

August 23, 2011 By Gregor Winter

Eric Cressey wrote about Speed Training on T Nation. You have to have force in order to display force quickly.Very simply, if you haven’t built a solid foundation of strength, incorporating specific speed work in your program probably won’t do much for you.. Focus is outstanding concentric bar speed in perfect technique. In an example […]