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Kendrick Farris (@kendrickjfarris, @blessthegym_kotp) is an Olympian. He is also a friend, role model and motivational driver. Teaching athletes how to achieve their personal best each day they step onto the platform is what Kendrick wraps into the message of Bless The Gym. Sharing similar views and philosophies, Kendrick and I wanted to bridge into an experience. It was a fun 4 days getting to know the man behind Bless The Gym and an even better time co-coaching the athletes. Check out this cool video Nate Helming (@natehelming) put together for us!

I’m very proud of this Faults & Fixes bundle, because it’s a lot more than just programming…its about teaching you best practices for fixing faults with your lifts so that you can move a barbell efficiently and get the most our of your lifts!

codyapp.com/fixfaults. Link is in my bio.

This Fixes & Faults series helps you identify common faults, demonstrate progressive drills and assistance exercises, and discusses strategies to implement these drills. The videos will address stance, accuracy, speed, load, balance, extension, finishing, and recovery.

Last Saturday I did some power cleans off the blocks trying to time the usage of my lats and quads. My timing was off and was only able to make 75kg/165lbs. After some lengthy discussions with Jon (@iamjwjw) and Coach Wu (@wuchuanfu), I’m starting to figure out the timing much better. Today I gained 5kg on this lift and made 80kg/176lbs which is also a lifetime PR power clean from the blocks. Still not a finished product, but it’s moving in the right direction.

Very excited to announce my newest @codyapp series that take you through the ENTIRE sequence of Olympic-Style lifts, DIAGNOSE and FIX FAULTS for your footwork, extension, and finish in your lifts.

codyapp.com/fixfaults. Link is in my bio.

I get a lot of questions about helping people with their lifts and improving their technique… and that’s why I put together this bundle to help you identify common faults and recommend a series of progressions and drills to improve your skills!

Last week Jon Wong (@iamjwjw), student of Coach Wu (@wuchuanfu), talked about the purpose of the back squat in light of Chinese weightlifting methodology. Today, we will move into a discussion of how to establish proper positioning for this style of back squat.

Highland Games world champion Matt Vincent (@matsoexplosion) came through last week to do some filming for his new “Drifta Lifta” series (https://m.youtube.com/#/user/mvincent4130). He wanted to do a quick segment on Olympic lifting and we had a little under an hour to get some work done.

You train hard. You play hard. You work even harder. Don’t lose sight of what ties it all together. Family.

Shout out to the man that keeps my back and body healthy @drtremaynedc!

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I’ve been learning about Chinese-style WL methods now for almost 8 months. Through many long Skype sessions and my personal interpretation of Coach Wu’s (@wuchuanfu) explanations, I was able to start changing my movement patterns to start matching what I felt was a closer representation of this WL style.

It wasn’t until Jonathan Wong (@iamjwjw) came through last week that the process became clearer of the involvement of the lats and quads. My timing is still a bit off here, but 75kg/165lbs did feel pretty crisp racking on the shoulders.

Had the opportunity to meet, film and hang out with Matt Vincent (@matsoexplosion) yesterday. Matt boasts an impressive athletic career being a:

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- 2x Highland games world champion.

- LSU shotput, discus, hammer thrower.

- Weightlifter with a total of 322k (145/177).

- Powerlifter totaling 1,775 raw (685,425,665).

- Traveler and world’s strongest/fattest hipster.

As promised, the video reel of the CalStrength (@cal_strength) and Caffeine&Kilos (@caffeineandkilos) crew lifting it up at FuBarbell yesterday! Some big numbers were tossed around including Mike Jenkins 192kg/422lbs clean, Spencer Morman’s (@moormanlifter) 184kg/405lbs clean&jerk, Jenny Werba’s (@jwerba) 76kg/167lbs snatch and Collen Fotsch’s (@colleenfotsch) 101kg/222lbs clean&jerk. Yes, we used ALL the weights. Be on the lookout for some fun collaborations coming your way! @shathemonsta @hisakaflockaflame