Posts tagged "olympic lifts"
Stuart McGill: Creating Strong Default Patterns
Spine expert Stuart McGill focuses on how he creates the strongest default patterns – good patterns that can be strengthened with load.
Glenn Pendlay: Consistency in Olympic Lifting
No lifter is perfect, but consistency is important to Glenn Pendlay: if you're consistent with your mistakes, you can learn . . . and if you're consistent with your good technique, you'...
Dan John: Olympic Lifting—Etching vs Reaction
Athletes live in transitions. Dan John differentiates between when those transitions should be reactive and when they should be etched—as in Olympic lifting.
Robert Dos Remedios: Building Better Athletes with Optimal Program Design
What do your athletes really need? Robert Dos Remedios wants to make sure that your program design has the right focus—building better athletes.
Dan John: My Game Changers
What were the game-changing events in Dan John’s life? One thing’s for sure: Dan’s game changers are all about performance!
Glenn Pendlay: Programming for Older Lifters
Glenn Pendlay has coached his lifters to over 100 national championships . . . they’re not all young. His plans for older lifters highlight the physical and mental differences in thei...
Glenn Pendlay: Olympic Lifts from the Top Down
Can you make every lift feel the same? Glenn Pendlay talks you through the essential positions of the Olympic Lifts that you need to hit every time.
Stuart McGill: Testing Athletes with Jumps
The Olympic lifts require a state of relaxation and Stuart McGill has an interesting way to screen for its presence: box jumps.
Glenn Pendlay: The Training Log
Progress doesn’t happen without a plan, and for Glenn Pendlay, a plan doesn’t happen without an old-school training log. It can work for you too.
Glenn Pendlay: The Texas Method
You may have heard of the Texas Method, but do you know the story behind it? Glenn Pendlay tells you about his program, where it originated and how cheating played a part in its creatio...
Glenn Pendlay: Olympic Lifting Techniques—Hand Position for the Snatch
Sometimes, it’s the simple things that matter in Olympic Lifting. Glenn Pendlay takes you through proper hand placement for the snatch for safety, efficiency and power.