TWO MINUTE CLOCK Hi Friends, Do you spend time on performance calculators and wonder why you can't snatch 80% of your clean and jerk? Can't clean and jerk 90% of your front squat? Can't snatch 62% of your back squat? Wondering what the problem is? I'm currently building a performance calculator and have been crunching numbers lately. As much as it is fun to look at numbers like these. It's always best to keep in mind that these ratios do not apply to everyone! Let me explain why your ratios...
over 2 years ago • 2 min read
TWO MINUTE CLOCK Hi Friends, Weightlifting can feel like a roll of the dice sometimes when it's heavy enough, especially if you feel like you're out of your comfort zone technically. When thing get like this, we can adopt the 'pull and pray method', or simply try 'let the magic happen' once we go start to move under the bar. I thought today, I'd list some quick ways you can take the guesswork out of it, and how you can have a little more control over your lifting! Lack Speed Under the Bar?...
over 2 years ago • 1 min read
TWO MINUTE CLOCK Hi friends, As we are now in March, just over 1/6th of the way through the year... This is the period where most of our 'New Years Resolutions', have come to a close. In weightlifting, I've always been interested in as to why I can to can't stick to something. Whether it be rehab exercises, abdominal work, stretching, accessories... I've had good and bad runs with all of that and more, like I'm sure most do. If you're wondering why you may have 'fallen off'. Here's some...
over 2 years ago • 3 min read
TWO MINUTE CLOCK Hi friends, I love talking the intricacies of weightlifting, I could do it all day... Well I kind of do already. But, with that, I also like to remind myself, athletes, followers, and of course, my beloved newsletter subscribers, not to discount the bigger picture in becoming a better weightlifter. One thing that people may not take into account that does move the needle when it comes to improving on your technique, is simply getting in the repetitions, over a long period of...
over 2 years ago • 2 min read
TWO MINUTE CLOCK Hi Friends, I was swiping through my camera roll recently, looking back on my initial couple years as a full-time weightlifter. I would say a valid description when it came to my day to day training was 'manic'... I posted a meme the other day relating to one specific max out session that changed the way I conducted myself in the training room. STORY BEHIND THE MEME For context, let me set the scene... It was 2017, 8 months out from potentially qualifying for my first major...
over 2 years ago • 2 min read
TWO MINUTE CLOCK Hi friend, I've been swiping back through my lifting video archives after a recent post I made on 'the feet' in weightlifting. It seems that many weightlifters have a form of fetish... Not the 'foot fetish' you're thinking (I mean, whatever floats your boat!)... but I mean a 'FAST foot fetish'! This is in regards to stomping the feet in the catch position of a snatch or clean. Giving the impression of speed under the bar and a sense of aggression. There's no better sound that...
over 2 years ago • 3 min read
TWO MINUTE CLOCK Hi Friends, I spent the weekend coaching four of my athletes at my local weightlifting club. 20/24 lifts across the board, an average of 83.33% lifts made. A percentage I'm sure anyone would be happy to take for themselves! I always find it so interesting to observe the art that is the 'competing', and all the individual approaches that come with it... I've seen everything from the most odd superstitions, a pre competition nap, specific post weigh in meals, to the all...
over 2 years ago • 3 min read
TWO MINUTE CLOCK Hi friends, I've been pondering over the technical term 'triple extension' over the past week. Not so much in the position itself, but in the overwhelming interest of beginners who tend to 'get into specifics, before covering the basics'. Something I know well from experiencing myself. As I share a lot on technical concepts of the snatch, clean and jerk. The concept I receive the most questions on, is triple extension. TRIPLE EXTENSION I would consider triple extension a...
over 2 years ago • 3 min read
Two Minute Clock Hi Friends, I hope this email find you well... And I don't say that is to speak in boring 'email speak', but more so to the fact that I don't entirely know what I'm doing when it came to creating this newsletter. Example being, considering everyone received the 'welcome email' once subscribing, know that it took me an entire day just to figure it out 🤦♂️ ... A little embarrassing to admit, but it reminds me of a quote that I find rings true in many aspects, including...
over 2 years ago • 3 min read