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Daily Doubles! Weekly Weightlifting Workouts: Sept 7

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Week 5 of a Squat Strength Cycle. This is your “taper”, or rather, a slight deload (lowering of the total load of your weekly workouts). That said, don’t mistake this as a “contest taper”, as it isn’t meant to deload you that much. Your total load is certainly much lower this week than it was […]

Bad Bar Path? Crush Your 3rd-Pull: Speed & Power on the Snatch & Clean

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NOTE: Today’s video is not a “normal” episode — it’s part of a HUGE 7-week series on the 3rd-Pull for the Nemesis Journal. Don’t worry, this video makes sense by itself. But if you want to go deeper, make sure you sign up for the weekly journal and watch every episode — there are a […]

Swan Rows: Move Better – Snatch & Clean 3rd-Pull Drill

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Fix your 3rd pull by learning to move your body better — In today’s episode of Weightlifting Academy! It’s one thing to be shown correct technique. It’s quite another to be able to pull it off with correct body mechanics. Most beginners I see simply don’t have the level of mind-body neurological connection that they […]

Butt-Stomp Drill – Fix Your Snatch & Clean: Move Faster, Catch Harder

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You are too SLOW and too WIMPY in your Snatch & Clean… it’s time to fix that. In today’s episode of Weightlifting Academy, the Butt-Stomp Drill! Learn to Move FASTER & Catch HARDER in both the Snatch and the Clean. There are two parts to the drill: BUTT: Flex your ass, hard and fast STOMP: […]

Weekly Q&A: Fried Legs, Stomachs, & Erupting Volcanoes

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“I see more clearly than ever before that even our greatest troubles spring from something that is as admirable and sound as it is dangerous—from our impatience to better the lot of our fellows.” — Karl Popper This is part of a new weekly series where I will answer a selection of questions from various […]

Sexy Hips, Part 2

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In this episode of Weightlifting Academy… Tamara and my “bet gone bad” continues. I explain why getting your hips through is so important to BOTH the snatch and clean… ALSO, We get a little demo from my co-coach, co-conspirator, and pretty demo girl Coach Tamara. In the next episode I’ll show you the specific drills […]

Clean Quick Tip #4 (of 5)

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I get attacked by a puppy at the end of this video… in a good way 🙂 But before that, I have a great tip for you if you are (like me) … shaped more like a Chimpanzee than a human. AKA, if you have long arms for your body. Having long arms for your […]