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Making the transition from the clean to the jerk is a skill that can leave athletes feeling a little clumsy and confused. If the readjustment isn’t made smoothly, valuable energy will be spent trying to rework the grip taking away effort the athlete would otherwise focus on putting into the jerk.

Full house today at Pennington CrossFit! New Jersey, I feel like we’re becoming BFFs. Thank you to everyone for coming out and bringing the positive energy. Some great movement and many PRs were captured today. I had a great time hanging out with everyone!! #FuBarbell #PenningtonCrossFit #weightlifting #crossfit #crossfitgirls #crossfitmen #Olympicstyleweightlifting #usaw #snatch #clean #cleanandjerk #technique #education #motivation #instagramfitness

#Animation Wednesday! It’s been almost 5 months since I’ve started learning about Chinese weightlifting philosophy from Coach Wu (@wuchuanfu). He’s currently the Singaporean weightlifting federation team coach, but came up professionally in the Chinese weightlifting system.

Mark your calendars!!! My boy Mark Bell (@marksmellybell) is taking over my Instagram on Thursday, 6/19 at 9AM (PST). He’ll be here to answer all your questions on powerlifting, training, programming, nutrition, supplementation, life; and most importantly, how to get #jackedandtan! Don’t miss this amazing opportunity to get answers from the man himself. Knowledge bombs are gonna get dropped.

#FuBarbell #SlingShot #HowMuchYaBench #Powerlifting #weightlifting #crossfit #technique #inspiration #motivation #instagramfitness

Annndd… South Carolina is a wrap! Fun group today that’s very dedicated to good movement practice! Thank you guys for spending Father’s Day with me and thanks to the Dads for coming out. The Carolinas rank high on my recommended “Must Visit” list!

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REPOST FROM @walkercourtney5: “Getting better at these Overhead Pistols! #npfl @npfl #overheadpistol #fitness #pistol #ididntfallovertoday”

Courtney Walker (@walkercourtney5) getting after some pistol overhead squat @sfcf. This ish ain’t easy. Bomb.

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The goal of the starting position is to get the body + barbell (WL system) into a good second pull position above the knee. We’ve all heard this many times before but how to customize this for each athlete is less often discussed.

The basic framework to set an athlete up is:

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1. Line the barbell roughly mid to front of the foot.

2. Have the hips at or above the level of the knees.

3. Place the shoulders on top to slightly over the bar.

REPOST FROM @wilfleming: “Starting to crank it up in training as I prepare for #usaw nationals. Today I worked up to 3 doubles at 115kg 3 singles at 125kg and then finished the day with a rep at 135 kg. thanks to the guys at #crossfitlakeeffect for letting me come train.”

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Fellow coach, athlete and friend Wil Fleming (@wilfleming) prepping for USA weightlifting nationals in July. Best of luck to him and all the other athletes gearing up for this prestigious event!

Round 2 of the Russian weightlifting seminars are coming to the states! I’ll be hanging out June 28-29 at Catalyst Athletics in Sunnyvale, CA for the 2 day seminar. For more information, or to register, check out:

http://www.catalystathletics.com/olympic-weightlifting-seminars

Spaces are limited. Hope to see you guys there!

@nikita789 @polovnikov105 @oxanaslivenko