Olympic Lifts

Coach Mike Burgener is one of the top Olympic Weightlifting coaches in America. In this clip from his CrossFit Oly cert on May 24, 2008, he analyzes the transition from the first pull to the second pull.

There are three pulls in weightlifting. The first pull is the positioning pull. The second pull is the explosive jump to full extension. The third pull is the aggressive pull-under against the bar into… Continue Reading

Coach Mike Burgener is one of the top Olympic Weightlifting coaches in America. In this clip from his CrossFit Oly cert on May 24, 2008, he covers the end of the first pull.

There are three pulls in weightlifting. The first pull is the positioning pull. The second pull is the explosive jump to full extension. The third pull is the aggressive pull-under against the bar into the receiving… Continue Reading

CrossFit Live was Dave Young’s version of CrossFit Radio from 2005 and 2006. This is the seventh episode from October 2nd, 2005 with Dan John. Dan is the Strength Coach and Head Track and Field Coach at Juan Diego Catholic High School in Draper, Utah.

Dan talked about his background and athletic achievements before taking questions on lifting and throwing from a variety of callers.

Dave produced 16 CrossFit Live… Continue Reading

This is Part 4 of the second episode of the Boz and Todd Experience. Boz and Todd, with special guest Chris Spealler, conducted four training sessions at Front Range CrossFit. Except for scheduling the athletes, these sessions were unplanned. They met with the athletes for the first time that night, interviewed them about their strengths and weaknesses, and took them through a training session and workout. Real world training… Continue Reading

In this excerpt from the CrossFit Olympic Lifting Certification seminar at CrossFit Marina on January 18th, 2009, Coach Burgener explains a series of skill transfer exercises for the jerk.

The jerk is an explosive movement in which the barbell is jumped from the shoulders to overhead. The standard jerk in Olympic Weightlifting competitions is the split jerk. The split jerk is extremely complex. To develop the… Continue Reading

Coach Bill Starr is a legend in the strength and conditioning world. He was a world-class competitor himself, and has been a renowned coach for nearly four decades. Here is an excerpt from Hip It Before You Whip It:

Learning how to pull a weight off the floor or a platform correctly can help every strength athlete to better perform a number of very beneficial exercises: power cleans, power snatches, full… Continue Reading

CrossFit Live was Dave Young’s version of CrossFit Radio from 2005 and 2006. This is the third episode from May 1st, 2005 with Coach Mike Burgener of Mike’s Gym.

Coach Burgener talks about his history, the supposedly dangerous nature of the Oly lifts, recovery, and why Oly lifting is the gymnastics of weight training, to name a few topics. He takes numerous callers’ questions.

Dave produced sixteen CrossFit Live shows, and they… Continue Reading

Coach Bill Starr is a legend in the strength and conditioning world. He was a world-class competitor himself, and has been a renowned coach for nearly four decades.

Over the last decade, I’ve noticed that most athletes in the weight room are emphasizing static back exercises like deadlifts, bent-over rows, good mornings, and various machine pulls rather than dynamic, explosive exercises such as power cleans, power snatches, snatch and clean… Continue Reading