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Mike Burgener coaches All Black Owen Franks

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Here are almost 60 minutes of Olympic weightlifting coaching footage. Mike Burgener is coaching All Black rugby player Owen Franks who wanted to improve his Olympic lifts. Another example of how Olympic lifts will improve almost every athlete that needs power in his sport. If you are like me and don’t have acces to profesisonal coaches you will definitely […]

Push Press Form Cues

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Joe Bellisano on Push Press Form nice initial straight dip to start the “push portion” the bar remains in contact with the body (clavicular pec area) during the dip (push portion) explodes up onto the balls of the feet, transferring the energy and momentum from the hips and lower extremities -to- the upper flattening of […]

Rolling the Bar on Deadlifts

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usingthisonce asked What’s the benefit of rolling a bar toward you before a deadlift? An there were some interesting answers. The psycholodical reason by dotjpg: I do it for 1rm attempts, it’s purely a psychological thing for me. If I can see the bar moving it’s a less daunting prospect to try and pick it up than if […]