Watch Chad Vaughn (Florence, Texas / Spoon Barbell Club) winning the Men’s 77 kg category at the 2011 USA Weightlifting National Championships Here is his Chad going 3 for 3 in the Snatch ending with 150kg! And here is Chad Vaughn’s winning 185kg Clean and Jerk from the Men’s 77 session, giving him a total […]
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Identify range of motion problems Mobility WOD
Kelly Starrett, Jami Tikkanen and Glen Cordoza demonstrate is a nice test to identify range of motion problems. From a kneeling position, jump and land in a full squat. Key Questions Do you land with your knees out? Do you land with a stable ankle? Do you land without a collapsed foot? Oh boy… I got a lot to […]
Get your hip ready for some lifting Mobility WOD
Kelly Starrett and Jami Tikkanen have a nice modification to that classic lying “squat against a wall” band drill. This one you can squeeze in before your lifting session to get your hip area ready for action. By getting into the shown figure four position you are simultaneously working external and internal rotation. Plus, the […]
Triple+ Body Weight Clean and Jerk
Long Qingquan 170 kg (56 kg lifter)
2011 Junior World Weightlifting Championships
Here is some video footage of the 2011 Junior World Weightlifting Championships held in Penang Malysia. Results can be found here. Joel Jamieson, who accompanied his younger brother, Mike Nackoul, also wrote a post about his experiences there. 2011 Junior World Weightlifting 105+ kg Class 2011 Junior World Weightlifting 105 kg Class 2011 Junior World […]
Intensity
Dmitry Klokov Beijing 2008
Now Live: USA Olympic Weightlifting Nationals
Just a reminder… The 2011 USA Olympic Weightlifting Nationals Webcast is now streaming live overt at http://weightlifting.teamusa.org/live or here Schedule (all times are ET) 8:30 a.m. Men’s 77kg B / 85kg B 11 a.m.Women’s 63kg B 1 p.m.Women’s 63kg A* 3 p.m.Men’s 77kg A* 5 p.m.Women’s 69kg* 7 p.m.Men’s 85kg A* 9 p.m.Men’s 94kg A
Activating your Lower Back
Lots of people don’t know how to contract the lower back muscles. In his article “Proper Back Position for Power” Mark Rippetoe shares the cues on how to teach athletes to activate their lower backs. “A lifter who can’t control his lumbar spine isn’t as good a lifter as he can be.” For some subtle […]
Trigger Happy Shoulders
Cassidy Phillips, inventor the quad roller and trigger point ball takes over today’s MWOD and shows some techniques for increasing internal rotation in no time. In usual MWOD fashion they use active tack and stretch (breath, release, pivot) to tackle the Pec major and Pec minor and create movement that puts the muscle on tension. Result: significantly increased shoulder range of motion […]