FuBarbell

New practitioners of weightlifting will often walk themselves up to the bar, put their shins right against the bar and set-up with the majority of their weight sitting back in towards their heels. The outcome in this style of set-up often results in the lifter either pulling the bar around their knees, shooting the hips up first while rising, scraping the shins up during the first pull and/or being off balance over the base.

Got to hang out with the strong boys and girls down at NorCal CrossFit a couple weeks back when @kendrickjfarris dropped into town to hang. We did triples on the rack jerk and Kendrick led the crew through his warm-up and coached the boys as they worked up in weight.

Videoed here are: Jason Khalipa (@jasonkhalipa), Garrett Fisher (@garret0329), Miranda Oldroyd (@crossfitmiranda), and Molly Vollmer (@molly_vollmer). Lauren Fisher (@ltfisher12) was in to play too, but she was tapering to slay Jr Nationals that weekend.

Big thanks to John for hosting a great day at Buckeye CrossFit. This day flew by fast! Thank you everyone who attended from all around bringing in positive vibes and an open mind to learning. Oh, and Columbus has the EASIEST airport to navigate. Wow.

Everyone coming in and out for the Arnold Classic is going to have a great time!

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Continuing the string of strong friends coming through to play. Ben Claridad from Midtown Barbell was in lifting with us last week. Here he is pulling an “easy” 143kg/315lbs snatch from a deficit and following it up with some “panda” snatch pulls. In talking to Coach Wu from Singapore, he has no idea where that name came from. Just like when I asked Dmitry Klokov, he’s never heard of Smolov or The Russian Squat program. Fun facts.

Annie Thorisdottir (@anniethorisdottir) in town to play this past week. Watching her move, she looks stronger than ever! Here she is jerking an easy 93kg/205lbs. Legit.

#FuBarbell #TheTrainingPlan #TTP #USAWeightlifting #crossfit #crossfitgirls #crossfitmen #Olympicweightlifting #snatch #clean #cleanandjerk #technique #strongwomenarebadass

If we were a comic strip.

Starring: @jackie585, @suppleleopard, Diane Fu

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Just in case you missed this dropping yesterday…

I’m very excited to announce that you can now train with me online! For those who have attended my FuBarbell seminars and want continued learning, or for those of you who have never trained with me in person and want to develop a working Snatch and Clean and Jerk, then listen up!

I’m very excited to announce that you can now train with me online! For those who have attended my FuBarbell seminars and want continued learning, or for those of you who have never trained with me in person and want to develop a working Snatch and Clean and Jerk, then listen up!

The crew at The Lab CrossFit wrapping up a fun and exciting day! Seattle is done and done. Thanks everyone for bringing such positive vibes and energy.

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