First Pull

Consistently learning is the key to high level weightlifting performance. Wikipedia describe learning as the process by which you acquire new or modi [...]

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[...] of the First Pull. Since then, I have wanted to tackle a few technicalities about the second pull. By most standards, the second pull is defined as the pull from the knees to the hip. In my [...]

[...] This is the final part of my essay on the second pull where I ultimately challenge some of the conventional thoughts on pulling mechanics. In part [...]

[...] Klokov Thøgersø’s flickr In Part 1 of this series, I made the point that the third pull and second pull can be considered as the same pull. Following this,  I would like to expand on muscle [...]

[...] and ride it down. More often than not, this is due to improper hip action at the end of the second pull which messes with the flow of the lift. The pull in weightlifting is a great challenge to the [...]

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[...] were. I wanted to be like them and train with them. That was my goal since I was a kid. Credit Hookgrip 3. Coaches have different ideas of how to start a lifter in weightlifting. In your case, what [...]

[...] even skip a training once in a while if I need it! Hahaha. Clean and jerks at 2013 World’s. Credit Hookgrip (Link) How are your training conditions? What about sponsors and funding, are there any? [...]

[...] it because they haven’t put forward winning conditions for the athletes they trained? Credit Hookgrip All coaches fail at one point or another, but only the best learn from that and [...]

[...] and reduce the risk of sports-related injuries” Misunderstanding of the sport of Olympic Weightlifting Many people confuse the sport of Olympic Weightlifting with weight training. Olympic [...]

[...] the initiation of the 2nd pull and then to himself during the 3rd pull, in performing the Olympic weightlifting movements using all viable, modern techniques in which the bar touches the body of the [...]

[...] experience as a lifter. Push this further, a football coach is not qualified to discuss weightlifting technique by any means, but he/she understand the importance of technique in sports. They know [...]

[...] so far? What do you think is/are the best lesson(s) that you learned from those years of competitive weightlifting? I started to do weightlifting at 15 in 2003. In a couple of months, I will have 11 [...]

[...] control the bar in a way that puts him/her at mechanical advantage. Advice of the day 14 Weightlifting training and programming should be based on priorities rather than what you like to do the most, [...]