Olympic Weightlifting WOD for Tuesday 1-10-2012

                                 Ever felt like this after hitting a new PR??!


Warm-Up:
     2-3 Rounds of...
     - 7 Pushups
     - 7 Kipping Swings
     - 14 Walking Lunges

Dynamic Stretch

Skills and Drills:
     - Press/Push-Press/Jerk Progression
     - Introduction to the "Jerk Balance"

WOD:
     - Jerk Balance: 4 sets of 3 reps @ light weight (target 40-60% of 1RM Jerk)
     - "Jerks on the Minute": Complete 1 Jerk (taken out of the rack) every minute for 10 minutes. You may increase weight but don't go for max. Work up to no higher than 90% of 1RM.

Olympic Weightlifting WOD for Tuesday 1-3-2012

In last week's class we worked rack delivery drills to practice receiving that barbell high on the shoulders with elbows high. Here you can see Mike has done an excellent job of "meeting the barbell" in a nice tight rack position with no crashing of the bar on the shoulders.


Warm-Up:
     2 Rounds of...
      250M Row
      10 PVC Overhead Squats
      10M Inchworm

Dynamic Stretch


Skills & Drills
     Coach B Barbell Progression in Snatch Grip
     Snatch Balance Progression
          1. Pressing Snatch Balance
          2. Heaving Snatch Balance
          3. Snatch Balance

Training
     7 Sets of 1 Snatch Balance + 3 Overhead Squats*

* Recommended Loads
     Beginner: Barbell only or up to 50% of 1RM Snatch
     Intermediate: Work up to 70% of 1RM Snatch
     Advanced: Work up to 90% of 1RM Snatch

Olympic Weightlifting WOD for Tuesday12-27-2011

Warm-Up

     - Junk Yard Dog warmup with partner

     - Coach B Clean Progression

Dynamic Stretching

Rack position stretches with bands

Skills & Drills

     1st Pull Position Drills

     Jumping/ Landing Foot Position

     Rack Delivery Drill with Barbell

     Tall Clean

Training

    

Clean Complex

     Clean Deadlift x 1
     Clean Pull x 1
     Full Clean x 1
     Split Jerk x 1
     = 1 Complex
     Complete 7 sets
Pick a weight that you can hit all positions
Rest 90sec. between sets

Olympic Weightlifting WOD 12-20-2011

Warm-up:
          - Row 200M
          - 10 Russian KB Swings (swing only to shoulder height)
          - 10 PVC Dislocates
          - 10 PVC Good Mornings

Dynamic Stretching

Skills & Drills:
          - Scarecrow Snatch
          - Tall Snatch

Training:
          - Program A*:
               I. Snatch Balance: Work to a "heavy" single in 5 reps. If you have never performed this movement, start very light and work up gradually. Otherwise, target 85-110% of your 1RM Snatch.

               II. Snatch: 7 single attempts to work up to a 1Rep. Max.

          - Program B:
               I. Snatch Pull: 3 sets of 3 reps @ 70%

               II. 3-position Snatch: 5 sets of 1 complex @ 65%

* "Competition" Phase athletes who performed Monday's main WOD will do Program B. Focus on solid technique and keep it light!!

Clean and Jerk Video Analysis

Great work by everyone from last night's class. We had some first time one rep maxes and some PR's from some of the more experienced athletes.

Watching video analysis of your lifts is one of the best ways to discover flaws in your technique and ways to work through them. In the photos below, I'll describe what I'm seeing as far as the good and the bad...

Starting position for the first pull...

Here we can see that Joanna is in a pretty good setup position. Her feet are about hip width apart, her arms are pretty much perpendicular to the floor with her shoulders just slightly ahead of the bar. Her gaze is neutral (straight ahead). Would like to see a bit more of a lumbar curve but that's probably nitpicking.

The Clean...

Wow! Everything looks great. Torso is upright, bar is racked high on the shoulders with elbows forward. Nice!

Transition from Clean recovery to Jerk...

Joanna has used the momentum from the Clean recovery to pop that bar off her shoulders just enough so that she can get her hands under the bar and in good position for the Jerk. She has also shifted her feet back in to a narrower stance that is ideal for the drive portion of the Jerk. This is exactly what we worked in drills last night!!...

The Drive...

Good job of achieving full extension of the legs and hips before driving under the bar. Everything looks GREAT up to this point!

The Finish...

Uh-oh!! Something went wrong here. It looks like Joanna needs to focus on pushing her head and chest forward as the bar passes overhead. Look at the photo of Chad Vaughn from yesterday's blog entry to see what I mean. Her lead foot should also be a few inches forward but again, that is probably nitpicking.

Where are your flaws and sticking points? What are you doing to work through them? If you've never been to our Weightlifting specialty class, what are you waiting for??

Olympic Weightlifting WOD for Tuesday 12/13/2011

Warm-up:

     2 Rounds of

          - 200M Row

          - 10 Back Extensions

          - 10 OHS with PVC
          - 10 Lunges (5 each leg)

Dynamic Stretch/Mobility

Skills & Drills

     Clean to Jerk transition with empty barbell

Training

     Clean High-Pull: 3-3-3 @ no more than 50% of your 1RM Clean. Points of emphasis - keep bar close to body, no arm bend before hip extension, finish with elbows high and outside.

     Clean & Jerk: 1-1-1-1-1-1-1  Find your 1 Rep Max!

Photos from Olympic Lifting 12/6

This picture shows a perfect example of keeping the weight back in the heels and the barbell close to your body during the first pull from the ground. Jamie is doing an excellent job of not letting the barbell get out away from him where it would tend to shift his center of balance out over his toes.

Here you can see that Jamie is doing a really good job of hitting that triple extension before pulling himself under the bar. By starting the pull from the "pockets" instead of from the knees he will generate much more power through the drive of the hips and will end up in a much better position when receiving the barbell. Great job Jamie!

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Olympic Lifting class feedback...

Hey guys,

So we've been running this class for about 3 months now. I've seen some of you make HUGE progress on your Oly lifts and it's great to see! I would like to ask for some feedback on how you think the program is going, what should remain the same, what could be improved, etc.

Please post any feedback to comments.