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Coach Wu (@wuchuanfu) in the house at Torrance CrossFit (@torrancecrossfit)! Getting the day started with some introductions. Cameo by Jaime Hagiya (@jamiejoyce2). Great to see her on the mend and back in action!

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Coach Wu (@wuchuanfu) has officially landed in LA! I’m on my way down to meet up with him now. This is going to be a great week for everyone involved. But without further ado, here’s the last piece of the Chinese methodology Back Squat series by Jonathan Wong (@iamjwjw).

Tempo:

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The tempo (or movement rhythm) which an individual performs the Back Squat is critical to skill and strength transfer to the Snatch and Clean & Jerk.

Week 4 of practicing the lat sweep + quad extension. The coordination of the two is coming along quite nicely. This is 73kg from the blocks which would be a PR for me. The timing of the lift still needs to be better to make the extension smoother, but I’ll take this for now.

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Coach Wu (@wuchuanfu) working up to 107kg for a triple in 15min during his seminar in Malaysia. Even with little time to train these days, Coach Wu has motor patterns that are deeply practiced and understands how to use his body efficiently.

Coach Wu will be in the states this Friday. Looking forward to hanging out with him and continuing to learn about Chinese weightlifting methodologies in person. Last chance to sign up for Coach Wu’s seminars in LA (@torrancecrossfit, @danielsan, @jamiejoyce2) and SF (@unitedbarbell, @jwerba, @verymiao).

Week 3 of practicing the timing and technique of the lat pull + quad punch. First video is from practice yesterday at the top of the session where you can see my traps and lats coming in too early/fast prior to my legs extending. Second video is 2 hours later trying out different cues and lines of thought to coordinate the body better. The timing is much better on the second lift yielding a pull that is more accurate, stable and ends up driving the barbell higher even after 2 hours of training. I’m pretty sure I snatched 65kg a zillion times during this session.

Last Saturday I did some power cleans off the blocks trying to time the usage of my lats and quads. My timing was off and was only able to make 75kg/165lbs. After some lengthy discussions with Jon (@iamjwjw) and Coach Wu (@wuchuanfu), I’m starting to figure out the timing much better. Today I gained 5kg on this lift and made 80kg/176lbs which is also a lifetime PR power clean from the blocks. Still not a finished product, but it’s moving in the right direction.

Last week Jon Wong (@iamjwjw), student of Coach Wu (@wuchuanfu), talked about the purpose of the back squat in light of Chinese weightlifting methodology. Today, we will move into a discussion of how to establish proper positioning for this style of back squat.

I’ve been learning about Chinese-style WL methods now for almost 8 months. Through many long Skype sessions and my personal interpretation of Coach Wu’s (@wuchuanfu) explanations, I was able to start changing my movement patterns to start matching what I felt was a closer representation of this WL style.

It wasn’t until Jonathan Wong (@iamjwjw) came through last week that the process became clearer of the involvement of the lats and quads. My timing is still a bit off here, but 75kg/165lbs did feel pretty crisp racking on the shoulders.

Jonathan Wong (@iamjwjw), student of Coach Wu (@wuchuanfu), came through for a visit last week in San Francisco. We spent much of the time training and discussing concepts taught to us by Coach Wu of Chinese weightlifting philosophy. We decided to put out a series of posts to help everyone further understand the message that is being delivered from out East. Enjoy.

The Art of Power: Interpretations of the Chinese Weightlifting Methodology By Jonathan Wong