FuBarbell

Getting some squats in at The Sports Palace before heading out to spend the next few days with family. Run by Coach Jim Schmitz (@jimschmitz), this is the place where I first grew my roots. The walls have history dating back to the 70s and Jim can recount stories of every Olympic, World, National, and PWA local level meets. I’ve been to many wonderful weightlifting gyms and this is by far still my favorite.

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Messing around down at CrossFit Hollywood continuing to explore different styles of barbell movement.

The Russians and Zygmunt Smalcerz (USOTC resident coach) are teaching a straighter pull off the floor with horizontal movement being mitigated by the act of the hips coming in to make contact with the bar.

My technique with this style of pull is far from perfect, but I will continue to explore and report my findings.

by @dancefightlift “”Good weightlifter” *pat pat*”

Had the pleasure of working with Jackie Perez (@jackie585) today dialing in some snatch technique. I’m very excited with the progress we made on our very first session. The first two lifts (53lbs) is what she came in with at the top of the session with and the last lift (123lbs) is after a solid 90min of work. Nailed it!

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Position is key when it comes to creating movement that is productive towards your activity. Here are 3 points of performance in relation of the barbell when it passes the level of the knees:

1. Weight balanced in the foot

2. Shins vertical against the ground

3. Shoulders and chest up and covering the bar

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It’s been a great week hanging out and learning new styles of movement from, as Zygmunt Smalcerz would put it, “the best in the world!”

I also got the chance to push forward the FuBarbell collaboration with @ericcalderon who got some pretty cool shots during our filming.

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#Polovnikov using the plate drill to force explosiveness, a complete finish and aggressive movement of the feet.

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OTC resident coach Zygmunt Smalcerz talking points of performance on the clean with Dmitry Klokov demonstrating position and movement.

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From left to right: Nikita Durnev (@norwoodweightlifting), JoAnn Aita (@joannaita7), Diane Fu, and Ilya Ilyin (@ilyinilya).

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Hanging out @waxmansgym for the Dream Team Coach’s Clinic with @klokovd @norwoodweightlifting @ilyinilya #Polovnikov and Zygmunt for the next 3 days.

Thank you Sean Waxman for hosting this very cool event and providing coaches and athletes with this unique opportunity. I’m having a great time listening to the Russians teach their system for weightlifting with additional insight and commentary from our very own resident team coach from the US Olympic Training Center.