Answering your questions regarding Olympic weightlifting programming, strength coaching, and manipulating training variables to enhance recovery, monitor stress, and increase overall competition performance.

Alec Pagan, of RPE 11, and I sit down to discuss your questions, specifically:

- What percentage do you use for snatch and clean pull work?

- What are your favorite accessory exercises for weightlifters/strength athletes who primarily use a barbell?

- How to train your adrenal system so that you do not gas out on clean and jerks after heavy snatches in a meeting?

- How frequently should you change snatch and clean and jerk variation lifts, as well as strength/accessory exercises within a program?

- Best warm up/stabilization drills to do before the clean?

- 5-day Templar’s program for team athletes (30min)?

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