by CrossFit Journal | Oct 19, 2016 | Crossfit Journal, Olympic Lifts
Weightlifting representatives: CrossFit’s popularity behind growth and understanding of Olympic sport. Of the 14 women who train as full-time weightlifters at Waxman’s Gym outside Los Angeles, 10 of them began as CrossFit athletes. “That tells you...
by chetcromer_ut5n0x1i | Sep 16, 2016 | Crossfit Journal, Mobility, Olympic Lifts
Zachary Long explains how to identify and correct flexibility limitations in the front-rack position. Front-rack positioning can make or break the CrossFit athlete. Poor flexibility in the front rack is one of the most frequent complaints in the gym, and without good...
by chetcromer_ut5n0x1i | Sep 1, 2016 | Crossfit Journal, Olympic Lifts
The snatch and clean and jerk can safely be used for conditioning—and have been for years. A tremendous amount of criticism has been leveled at high-rep Olympic weightlifting. Much of it comes from a variety of sport-specific coaches—often vocal...
by chetcromer_ut5n0x1i | Aug 10, 2016 | CrossFit Games, Crossfit Journal, Editorial, Olympic Lifts
By Roy Masters’ reasoning, most weightlifters in the Olympics aren’t very strong. Masters, clearly grinding a very large ax in the Aug. 8 Sydney Morning Herald article “World CrossFit Games Runner-Up Tia Toomey Finds Rio 2016 a Different...
by chetcromer_ut5n0x1i | Aug 4, 2016 | Crossfit Journal, Olympic Lifts
Mike Burgener offers quick tips for turning push presses into jerks. The jerk is a lot like Nobuyuki Kayahara’s “Spinning Dancer.” Some see the silhouette spinning clockwise, while others see counter-clockwise movement. The effect of the optical...
by chetcromer_ut5n0x1i | Aug 1, 2016 | Crossfit Journal, Olympic Lifts
Mike Burgener offers quick tips to correct footwork in the jerk. The jerk really comes down to a fraction of a second. Time it perfectly and the bar seems to stall in the air while a lightning-fast athlete wedges himself between the steel and the ground with perfect...
