by rawbarbellclub | Jul 18, 2017 | RAW Quick Tips, Uncategorized, Youtube
Keeping Your Arms Straight Keeping your arms straight and relaxed in you pulls can be hugely beneficial in the efficiency of your Olympic lifts. This isn’t true in all cases but for Coral it does affect the amount of power she can generate in her clean and...
by rawbarbellclub | Jul 6, 2017 | RAW Quick Tips, Uncategorized, Youtube
3 Position Jerk Drill Some lifters have trouble with how they percieve they move when performing the classical lifts. The jerk catch in particular. Of course individual limb lengths, asymmetries, and styles etc. will play a part in your catch position. There are some...
by rawbarbellclub | Jun 29, 2017 | RAW Quick Tips, Uncategorized, Youtube
Dipping Forward In Your Jerks Are you dipping forwards in your jerks? You may be trying to step through way too early.. Stepping through is a great cue when used and executed correctly. So is pushing yourself down in the jerk. Luis has been unstable in his jerks today...
by rawbarbellclub | Jun 22, 2017 | RAW Quick Tips, Uncategorized, Youtube
Dropping Your Elbows in the Jerk Dropping your elbows in the jerk is a bad habit that will halt your progress. Try adding a simple dip or two before your Olympic Jerk to re-pattern the movement. All we ask is that you keep pushing up on the bar and stay braced and...
by rawbarbellclub | Jun 15, 2017 | RAW Quick Tips, Uncategorized, Youtube
Don’t Rock Onto Your Heels We see a lot of you lifters with a CrossFit background rock onto your heels as you pass the knees in your pull. Moving your body mass anywhere but upwards in the Olympic lifts can lead to a loss of power. Olympic Weightlifting is about...
by rawbarbellclub | Jun 8, 2017 | RAW Quick Tips, Uncategorized, Youtube
How to Keep Your Shoulders Back Properly Everyone gets cued to pull their shoulders back in a lot of training modalities. Our own physio/coach Kush shows Jane how to properly cue this in her RDL’s. Off course it’s a long process and we are going to develop...
