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Had a good time this weekend at the @cathletics movie premier of American Weightlifting. @jimschmitz along with other top weightlifting coaches nation wide gave great interviews about the history and their future hopes for this sport.

Photo Cred: Tom Davies

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A common fault amongst many beginners is using their backs to lift the bar into their hips during the 1st pull. This brings the back into play too soon and diminishes it’s helpfulness in the finish of the 2nd pull. Instead, focus should be on the legs pushing the platform away to elevate the barbell preserving the use of the back for the explosive final extension.

A few line of thoughts to help maintain this movement sequence are:

1. Stay covered over the bar.

2. Keep the sternum over the bar as long as possible.

3. Chest up; push the floor away.

Comparison of 4 power positions. The frames were captured right before the athletes started extending towards the finish at the top of their pull.

For the inevitable question of which is ideal? It will vary from coach to coach and athlete to athlete. Some will want to see varying degrees of shoulders over the bar to shoulders behind the bar along with the weight distribution biasing the front heel edge or going towards the base of the toes.

I can’t think of a better way to spend a Sunday morning than coaching weightlifting to a crew of motivated folks. Thank you CrossFit SkyBox for hosting FuBarbell.

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FuBarbell Saturday crew. These guys are the best.

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Sarah Hopping-Estrella setting a lifetime best for her power clean & jerk at 243lbs/110kg. Sarah carries an impressive athletic history in track & field from Stanford University and is a current CrossFit Games contender. Yeah, overall awesomeness right here.

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Fun times hanging out with the boys from @barbellshruggedpodcast talking up snatch, clean&jerk and CrossFit.

To catch this and other interviews, checkout:

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The eyes help set the proprioception for the rest of the body. In other words, wherever you look, your body will tend to motion in that direction. This is largely a reason why weightlifters look directly ahead to the horizon when lifting.

I actually like having athletes look higher than the horizon level to help rotate the body more upright in the receiving position.

Getting some practice in during lunch yesterday. Blocks take a bit of effort to set-up at my box so it was a nice treat to have them already out and ready to go.