Front Rack Position: How To Hold The Bar
Another gold standard of the grip we are aiming for is keeping all fingers underneath the bar. At a minimum, the tips of your four…
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Front Rack Position: Establishing Grip Width
For the front rack position (similar to the overhead position), we also want to use end ranges and skeletal structure to support load as opposed…
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Overhead Position: Application
Overhead position goals are the same as for your bottom position sculpture, and in the same order of priority. Our goal is to develop as…
Overhead Position: Establishing Snatch Grip
Remember, one of the major reasons we’re looking at the overhead position is to solidify where we’ll be receiving our snatches – let’s not overlook…
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Overhead Position: The Opposing Options (Shoulder Rotation & Bar Alignment)
In the last post we established the “unavoidable” characteristics of the overhead position we’d like you to be aware of and prepare for: wrists back,…
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Overhead Position: The Unavoidables
Imagine performing a 100-meter, overhead walking lunge with an axle bar (this type of barbell is fatter/of greater diameter than a regular barbell). How would…
Bonus: For the athlete with Clubfoot
Disclaimer: This content is not intended to be a substitute for professional medical advice, diagnosis, or treatment. Always seek the advice of your physician or…
Sculpting Your Squat – Reassess, Reassign, and Repeat
So it’s been four weeks and you’ve completed the commitment you made, congratulations! I’m excited that you have taken this first step towards increasing your…
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Sculpting Your Squat – Your Squat Sequence: Direction & Quality
Just as I recommend you individualize your mobility drills, you should customize the squat variations in the warm-up sequence. Before we direct you towards finding…
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Sculpting Your Squat – Assign: Your Squat Sequence
Your Squat Sequence will be a squat progression combined with mobility drills that you’ll use as a general warm up before each of your workouts,…
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