Tuesday 19th March 2013

Olympic Weightlifting Technique -

Clean to front rack position

1x3 - bar
1x3 - 50k, 60k, 50k, 50k, 50k

Wrist mobility - 3x30 sec holds
Triceps mobility - 3x30 sec

 

 

Broomstick chest & shoulder stretch

Test front rack position try to get close to below

 

 

Following these tips has helped a great deal to find, develop and mobilise front rack position. So much so that when in this front squat position I don't lose the bar while front squatting.

NOTE* I have been fighting with myself as to whether to drop the Bench press, Incline bench press, because these movements make you tight and from what I have seen from Olympic weightlifting programs there is not much call for them. But I however think that if these areas are strong as well as other areas of the body through other movements that are not preformed in Olympic lifting I can only see them having a benefit due to keeping the body equally strong through all the muscle groups. If that makes sense. But it may come to a point where these movements and others may have to be dropped due to other movements having to be used such as Push press behind neck.