Developing Power & Strength through the use of the Olympic Lifts.
This week's version of Weightlifting Wednesday features a 3 Position Snatch by new Power and Grace Athlete Logan Collins. Take a look below at what I believe to be a problem plaguing the weightlifting and CrossFIt community in our hip movement. … [Read more...]
I wanted to give a quick clarification update for those of you following the weightlifting blog. By the time you read this article, you will have noticed that we have entered a much higher intensity phase for the weightlifting programming. That is … [Read more...]
This past week I had the privilege of listening to Paul Byrd talk to our staff at school. Paul is a retired major league baseball pitcher. He was speaking specifically on principles that cause Christians to stand out as leaders. However, he said a … [Read more...]
On this week's edition of technique Tuesday I'm going to take a look at a common error we see in the jerk. Specifically, we are going to look at some behind the neck jerks. I pushed all of my female athletes to try and hit a new personal … [Read more...]
Attached is a video of a very common fault I see many athletes do on Bar MU. I call it an overreach in the arch position. This overreach causes an off tension/on tension event has a trickle down effect on the rest of the connectivity as the athlete … [Read more...]
Last week we completed our final analysis from Nationals this year with Kevin Schmitt. With that series in our rear view we're going to take a look at some training lifts over the next 6 weeks. Here's our movement coach, Joe Williams, with … [Read more...]
Hey guys in our final addition of video analysis from this year's nationals we are looking at Kevin Schmitt's 153 kg clean and jerk opener. We are specifically going to take a look at head position in the jerk and how despite good hip … [Read more...]
"Stay focused." "Keep your eyes up." "Keep your eyes on the prize." We are far too familiar with the phrases and clichés pointing out that our mindset and what we keep our eyes on will often dictate the direction … [Read more...]
The final female for the Nationals series is Sarabeth Phillips. Her Nationals was marked by being SO close to that podium and this reality is driving her to crazy new heights. Expect crazy things of her to come. For now here's a look at some … [Read more...]
For those of you who like to see what's going on with our blogs I wanted to give each of y'all a quick update with what each workout plan is focusing on right now and give you a little insight into where we are going. If you're following … [Read more...]
When I was a little boy, my dad was building a fence around our backyard and as he remembers it I came running to him asking if I could help. My parents tell me that I had a kids version of the toolset with a toolbelt and a plastic hammer and things … [Read more...]
This week marks the beginning of our movement spotlight feature. I will be addressing some of the finer points of our movement work along with some technique fixes that you can hopefully apply to your training and positions. Our first video comes … [Read more...]
After talking about the importance of body placement to the bar in Caitlin's analysis last week, I wanted to take look at how some of the same principles apply to the jerk. Caitlin's problem in her lsnatch from last week was not her bar … [Read more...]
"Therefore God gave them up in the lusts of their hearts to impurity, to the dishonoring of their bodies among themselves, because they exchanged the truth about God for a lie and worshiped and served the creature rather than the Creator, who is … [Read more...]
While they're always pros and cons to any competition, the Open is one competition I'm always excited to see us be done with. I love the worldwide view of fitness but could not hate online competition anymore than I do the Open, especially by … [Read more...]