FuBarbell

Each week Coach Wu (@wuchuanfu) spends time with me chatting about Chinese WL philosophy. Now a coach of the Singaporean national team, he lifted as part of the Chinese national team during his competitive career having a best snatch of 157kg and clean&jerk of 190kg as a 72kg lifter.

Coaching has him pretty tied up these days so his own personal training is only so-so. But still, his ability to be able to harness his power is pretty unbelievable. Here, Coach Wu is demonstrating to me how to use the quads to drive energy. Don’t blink, you’ll miss it.

Hanging out at Max’s Gym (@mxaita) this morning to get some work done on our squats. Max’s best back squat is 335kg/737lbs and holds an elite total in powerlifting. This exercise is called “the handle squat” used to build up the quads for a stronger leg drive.

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Raphael Dozzi of Max’s Gym (@mxaita) demonstrating a deficit snatch deadlift + snatch high pull (2 + 2). This exercise is used as a way to strengthen the back and learn how to elongate the pull. @nikita789 @polovnikov105 @oxanaslivenko @vladimir.safonov

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Kickin’ off day 2 of the Russian WL seminar! Visily Polovnikov (@polovnikov105) with an impressive muscle clean + press at 150kg. @nikita789 @oxanaslivenko @vladimir.safonov

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#USie post seminar! Great first day and fun connecting with friends. @nikita789 @polovnikov105 @oxanaslivenko @vladimir.safonov @joannaita7 @mxaita

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Visily Polovnikov (@polovnikov105) clean pulling an “easy” 330kg to kick off the Russian WL seminar down at Catalyst Athletics. The seminar is now in full effect! It’s been a fun day of living, learning and watching Russian WL philosophy. Thank you Greg Everett and the Catalyst Athletics (@catalystathletics) team for hosting this weekend.

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My favorite, Bob Harper (@trainerbob), reppin’ some FuBarbell love during his WOD. ❤️

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Lester Ho (@lesterhokw) is back with another lesson in biomechanics! This week we will touch upon bar speed and it’s role during application.

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“Understanding bar velocity is not just knowledge on how fast the bar is moving once you initiate movement off the ground. It is also about when the maximum point of velocity is attained within your lift.

Visily Polovnikov (@polovnikov105) snatching an easy 190kg at Black Box Fort Worth. There’s still a few spots left for The Russian Weightlifting seminar at Catalyst Athletics in Sunnyvale, CA this upcoming weekend June 28th-29th! Come chill with me as we live, learn and watch some weightlifting this weekend at one of California’s premier weightlifting facilities. @oxanaslivenko @nikita789 @vladimir.safonov

Finally broke 200 on the clean Saturday thanks to the support during the seminar lunch break at Pennington CrossFit. Always appreciate the positive vibes and strong community atmosphere of all the boxes I visit.

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