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@mattzery asks: what do you do to help athletes who have trouble keeping the bar in close coming out of their second pull?

This common fault can can be a result of a few things:

1. A strong hip drive with a weak leg drive at the finish of the second pull.

2. Letting the elbows get too far behind the bar.

3. Too much tension in the arms.

The Overhead Squat:

Feet - Roughly shoulder width apart with the toes angled out 5-20 degrees.

Hips - Hips open allowing the body to sit to full depth in the hole.

Trunk - Relatively upright and stacked over the hips and feet.

Shoulders - Externally rotated with the shoulder blades slightly retracted and rotated upwards to actively resist depression.

Arms - Elbows locked out with the palms facing up using a wide grip (snatch grip preferably) to support the bar.

Kari Shimomura (@kshimee) executing excellent technique on a 85kg/187lbs clean&jerk.

When it comes to the competition style lifts, there are a few options in which an athlete can direct the bar from shoulders to overhead: power/push jerking, squat jerking and split jerking.

Christine Carosi (@christinecarosi) snatch PR at 67kg/148lbs. The celebratory victory dance after the bar was dropped was the best.

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Check out blog.hella-life.com for my latest article “Breaking The Barriers of The Mind: The Tao of Weightlifting.”

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Got legs? For our longer legged friends, the set-up may look a little different. We teach positions and movement as an ideal. However, the ideal also depends on the make-up of the athlete. Don’t get stuck trying to fit a square peg into a round hole. Think differently.

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Lisa Warren 70kg/153lbs snatch. Lisa set a lifetime PR with this lift and has a lot more room in the tank.

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Calen exhibiting an extremely efficient transition between his 2nd and 3rd pull. You can see from the elevation in his hair that he’s already on his way down while the bar still has it’s own momentum up.

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Sometimes some things in life just don’t make much sense. Like this sign I parked next to when I was up in Petaluma, CA coaching the weightlifting team this past Saturday. If you understand this one, please post insight to comments.

April Kitagawa, masters competitor in the 55-59 age category, here to tune up some Oly skillz before the Games in July.

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