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Explosive Lifting for Sports by Harvey Newton

Gain some tremendous explosiveness, strength and speed by including the clean and jerk, the snatch and their variations to your training program. In the following videos one of the most knowledgeable weightlifting experts, Harvey Newton, will show you step by step how … Continue reading

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Olympic Style Weightlifting by Jim Schmitz

The best way to learn how to snatch and clean and jerk is to get a good coach–and they don’t come any better than Jim Schmitz: three-time coach of the USA Olympic weightlifting team, founder and owner of The Sports … Continue reading

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The snatch

The snatch is one of the two olympic weightlifting events (the other being the clean and jerk). The essence of the event is to lift a barbell from the platform to locked arms overhead in a smooth continuous movement. The … Continue reading

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Polish Olympic Weightlifting Methods & Techniques

An insight view on the training methods used by Polish Olympic weightlifters from the 1970′s. This video series is definitely worth a look.   Part 1:

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