How does the fastest woman on earth do cleans? Cleans have been in the programs of track and field athletes for decades. Throwers, sprinters, and jumpers can all benefit from training in the weight room with cleans and snatches due to the high threshold motor unit recruitment that is unique to lifting with the Olympic…
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Teaching Olympic Lifts in Large Groups
If I presented most people with the following list, the likely response would be “Psssshhhht, impossible” -Actually finding a real live bigfoot. -Water skiing with no boat. -Climbing Mt. Everest with no ropes. -Developing a cold fusion machine. –Teaching Olympic lifts the right way to large groups of athletes. Like the guys on Monster…