by rawbarbellclub | Oct 4, 2017 | RAW Quick Tips, Uncategorized, Youtube
Active Back in the Bench In today’s episode of RAW Quick Tips, Rhe show us how to have an ‘active back in the bench’. How much ya’ bench? Have you ever been asked that? As weightlifters benching is often not at the top of our to-do list in our...
by rawbarbellclub | Sep 28, 2017 | RAW Quick Tips, Uncategorized, Youtube
Knees Out in Pulls Ever wondered why people yell out “knees out in pulls”? If you watch an elite lifter in slow motion, you’ll soon be impressed by the mastery they display over the barbell. What you will also note, is that true masters pull the bar...
by rawbarbellclub | Sep 20, 2017 | RAW Quick Tips, Uncategorized, Youtube
Wider Grip Front Rack For the beginner learning weightlifting movements, front rack can be difficult. It is an often weird a and unnatural position that seems at odd with how we would normally position an athlete to hold weight. Protracted scapulae, shoulders in...
by rawbarbellclub | Sep 13, 2017 | RAW Quick Tips, Uncategorized, Youtube
Scaling the Hollow Rock Hollow Rocks and Holds are a great way to easily build strength and stability in the midline. If you can brace the spine in a meaningful way, under the immense loads of your own extremities (arms and legs), your are vastly more prepared to...
by rawbarbellclub | Sep 6, 2017 | RAW Quick Tips, Uncategorized, Youtube
Choosing Attempts Choosing attempts is a tricky one that we get asked about a lot. There is an art to getting yourself up to working sets without misses, and still feel good enough to complete your sets, or even PR. I have a quite simple protocol to use and it’s...
by rawbarbellclub | Aug 31, 2017 | RAW Quick Tips, Uncategorized, Youtube
Squatting For Weightlifting In this episode of RAW Quick Tips, Rhe goes through squatting for weightlifting, with you dropping your body between you legs, rather than sitting back. It is the most superior way to squat with respect to the sport as it has the most...