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...
by rawbarbellclub | Jun 1, 2017 | RAW Quick Tips, Uncategorized, Youtube
Not Jumping Enough Have you ever been told that you don’t move your feet enough in the snatch or clean? That you are not jumping enough? Jane has… We’ve been working on Jane being able to use her legs and in particular her hips on her snatches for...
by rawbarbellclub | May 25, 2017 | RAW Quick Tips, Uncategorized, Youtube
Pull Back NOT Up in High Pulls At RAW Barbell Club we coach lifters to pull back not up in High Pulls. A lot of athletes and coaches struggle to see the transfer between pulls and high pulls to the Snatch and Clean. Really it’s often due to execution. If we look...
by rawbarbellclub | May 11, 2017 | RAW Quick Tips, Uncategorized, Youtube
Struggle Hitting Snatch Depth? Do you struggle hitting snatch depth? Often that struggle is a fear avoidance strategy. The truth is you need to own that bottom position. You do that by getting comfortable in the hole and getting fast a efficient at getting there. Hers...
