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Episode 38

USA Weightlifting coaches Greg Everett & Ursula Garza address audience questions on weightlifting technique, program design, competition and more.

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How to modulate intensity, volume and exercise selection within a week, how to count volume, and how to make the most out of training remotely with a coach.

Episode 54

Looping bar path in the snatch, fear of heavy cleans, gym/team ethics and poaching, what to put in a training journal

Episode 53

Proportions and how they influence potential as a lifter; choosing a weight class based on height; what to do if you power all of your snatches; bar rattling with contact and timing in the lifts.

Episode 52

Where should the elbows be pointed (and how should the shoulders be positioned) in the start and pull of the snatch and clean; how do you warm up to text max snatch and clean & jerk; and what are the differences and uses for the 4 snatch balance variations.

Episode 51

How much mobility do you really need for weightlifting, and is more a problem? Instability and lack of control snatching from the floor relative to hang; should you receive your lifts as low as possible? How to gain some weight for skinny people.

Episode 38

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