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Posted on July 14, 2022August 1, 2022

Start Position: Snatch & Clean vs Conventional Deadlift – Within CrossFit

As a qualifier for the following statements in this section, I’ve been a part of the CrossFit community since 2008, have traveled the world running…

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Posted on July 13, 2022July 11, 2022

Start Position: Snatch & Clean vs Conventional Deadlift – The Actions

So, we have surprising and MAJOR similarities between the 2 tasks, we have task specific differences between them, and even complete start position checklists for…

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Posted on July 12, 2022July 11, 2022

Start Position: Snatch & Clean vs Conventional Deadlift – The Visual

With the 3 Basics of the Conventional Deadlift Start Position and the 3 Essential Steps to the Olympic Lifting Start Positions in mind, we are…

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Posted on July 11, 2022

Start Position: Snatch & Clean vs Conventional Deadlift – The Basics

How different are the start positions of the snatch and clean versus that of the conventional deadlift? We’ve already talked in general about the differences…

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Posted on July 8, 2022

Start Position: Snatch vs Clean

I’ve indicated previously that the 1st Ascent of the snatch and clean are extremely similar and this goes for their start positions as well. The…

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Posted on April 7, 2022March 30, 2022

Start Position: Final Engagement

Tighten Back:The last step before initiating the weight from the floor is to create as much pressure through your entire body as you can. The…

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Posted on April 6, 2022March 30, 2022

Start Position: Head and Eyes

It’s now time to talk about an area of your body that has a tremendous, perhaps the MOST, influence on directing your body as a…

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Posted on April 5, 2022March 30, 2022

Start Position: Knees, Arms, Slack, and Shoulders

Flare Knees to Arms:For this, I’ll say “ideally.” This means that from the previously recommended stance, one may not have the ability to flare the…

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Posted on April 4, 2022April 4, 2022

Start Position: The Checklist, Stance, Grip, and Bar Placement

We are now ready to dive into all of the other technical points to help optimize lifting performance. The complete start position checklist (which includes…

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Posted on February 9, 2022March 14, 2022

3 Essential Steps to Your World Class Start Position: Part 2

Up to this point we’ve considered 3 essential steps you can take when getting into your start position that will set the tone for your…

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