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Christy Phillips (@christycrossfit), 5x CrossFit Games athlete from the Mid Atlantic region, came through for a visit last week. Her weightlifting coach (2000 Olympian @caraheads) and her have been working at cleaning up some details on both the snatch and the jerk.

Christy’s challenges on the snatch were:

1. Not relocating the feet to receive the bar.

2. Trying to “flip” the bar up with her back.

3. Brushing low on the thighs.

This resulted in her snatch hovering around 135lbs.

Christy’s challenges on the jerk were:

by @jackie585 “The ladies! @dianefu @dancefightlift @emily_cf #margaux #sfcf #crossfit @csagym”

Have some strong ladies coming through the gym this week to hang out. It’s never a dull week around here!

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by @oliftmagazine “@JimSchmitz

The 1988 Olympics, Coaching, Programming, & The Sports Palace. A great read written by @dianefu”

OLift Magazine: Handbook for American Weightlifting. Check them out!

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As a community, we have all evolved to be very savvy. We strive to learn and assimilate as much information as possible. And let’s be honest, learning curves of new athletes coming through the doors are so much faster with all the great resources available these days.

Quick lunch time sesh during my seminar at CrossFit Steam this weekend. I love the energy that lifting at other boxes brings to me and the vibe is always on point! Thanks to everyone who stuck around and hung out while I trained.

Thanks CrossFit Momentum! Met some great people that asked some really good questions throughout the day. This was a group ready to throw down and learn! Alright New York, see you again soon. Can’t wait till my next visit.

#FuBarbell #USAWeightlifting #crossfit #crossfitgirls #crossfitmen #Olympicweightlifting #snatch #clean #cleanandjerk #technique

CrossFit Steam was where it was at today! Thanks for being great hosts and even bigger thanks for bringing the good vibes. This was a fun group to say the very least. Looking forward to my next visit in the months to come!

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Skill, strength, stability. Which piece(s) are suffering for you? Playing around with the clean to sots press will illuminate deficiencies leaving weaknesses no where to hide. Go seek and destroy.

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Great work for the FuBarbell team this weekend at the Hassle Free Open and Invitational.

Pat Griffin (@paddygriffin) went 5/6 with 87kg/115kg. This was a PR total and lifetime PR on the clean&jerk.

Katie Fiscalini (@katiefisc) went 4/6 with 62kg/74kg. This was a PR total and lifetime PR on the snatch.

Kristin Newman (@dancefightlift) went 4/6 with 82kg/105kg. This is 4kg above her total at The American Open positioning her well for Nationals this July.

For those of you who enjoyed my podcast with the @barbellshruggedpodcast boys, here’s another one with Nick Horton, “The Iron Samurai”, from Weightlifting Academy.

I got a chance to meet Nick a few years ago at The American Open and have since been following his work in the weightlifting world. He’s a great guy and even better coach. This was a fun hour plus that we just got to hang out and banter about all things gym.

Check it out at:

www.weightliftingacademy.com/Diane-Fu-Interview