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The Best Foods to Build Those Clean & Jerk Muscles
The saying, “we are what we eat”, remains as true today as it did in the golden iron…
Booklet Jun 13, 2017The Practical Guide To Olympic Lifting
We’ve amalgamated all the Lifting Times into one, master booklet. We have improved and streamlined all the Weightlifting…
Equipment Jun 9, 2017A ‘Club’ Training-Platform for Weightlifting
By Mike Bennett Our club, North London Weightlifting Club recently realised the need for another training platform. Previously we…
Training May 19, 2017What’s The Best Programme?
By Sean Mcloughlin We are now in an age where information is cheap and widely available on the…
assistance exercises May 15, 2017A Look at the Functionality of the Power Snatch
Some determination needs to be made about what the lifter considers to be a power snatch, as far…
Clean & Jerk May 1, 2017The Behind-the-Neck Jerk: How to Do It (and Why)
The behind-the-neck jerk — often just called the back jerk — is exactly what it sounds like: a…
Technique Apr 12, 2017Weightlifting Techniques up Close – Squat & Split Snatch
Article #1 Squat & Split Snatch In this series of articles I’m going to look at different weightlifting…
Equipment Apr 9, 2017Reebok Legacy Lifters
Intro We’ve been lucky enough to get hold of a pair of Reebok’s latest Olympic Weightlifting shoes –…
Ongoing Training
This article is a follow on from Matthew Wells’ Technique vs Pure Strength. Introduction To follow on from my…
Competition Mar 24, 2017Going To A Competition? What To Expect & What To Do
It can be a scary thought going to an Olympic Lifting competition. It may be your first, it may…
Equipment Mar 21, 2017Adidas Leistung 16 II Review
We’ve managed to get our hands on a pair of Leistung 16.II Olympic Weightlifting shoes. These are the…
News Mar 15, 2017Adidas Weightlifting Shoes: Which Model Should You Buy?
The short version: if you’re buying one pair of Adidas lifting shoes and you’re serious about the snatch…
Club Mar 13, 2017Throwing Tin Around In Patchway Community College
Introduction In a priority neighbourhood, one of the first things to be left behind at a time of…
Technique Mar 11, 2017Time Index Factor
Mass & Time In Motion While studying various and numerous lifters, both elite and novice, I arrived at…
Psychology Mar 9, 2017Matthew Wells On Visualisation
Visualisation is an important way to get ahead of your game in Weightlifting. It can calm your nerves…
Strength Mar 7, 2017What Is the Posterior Chain (and How Do You Train It)?
Your posterior chain is simply the run of muscles down the back of your body — calves, hamstrings,…
