Category: Technique
To Pull Or Not To Pull
Should you keep pulling the bar high on the second pull, or let it float and get under…
Technique Aug 13, 2026How to Start Olympic Weightlifting: A Beginner’s Guide
New to Olympic weightlifting? Our beginner's guide covers the two lifts, finding a coach or club, the kit…
Lifting Nov 2, 2017Olympic Weightifting Seminar with Tamas Feher
Where: St. Birinus Weightlifting Club, St. Birinus School, Mereland Road, Didcot, OX11 8AZ When: Saturday 25 & Sunday…
Snatch Jul 7, 2017Snatch Balance vs Drop Snatch: What’s the Difference?
The three are close cousins, and the difference is simply how much help the legs give you. In…
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…
Technique Mar 11, 2017Time Index Factor
Mass & Time In Motion While studying various and numerous lifters, both elite and novice, I arrived at…
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,…
Are Technique, Style & Speed The Key To Success?
Article By Matthew Wells Using myself as an example, I’m going to talk about style and technique vs…
Technique Feb 26, 2017Should My Child Be Lifting?
Having been a coach for over 6 years I’ve often been asked, or even told, everything you can…
Technique Feb 16, 2017Find Your Focus Point
What I am referring to by the title of this article is, that you need to have a ‘focus…
Clean & Jerk Feb 11, 2017Trouble-shooting Your Jerk – 5 Key Pointers
Yes, we’ve covered the Jerk in a couple of articles before but this article will be slightly different…
A Bit of Everything Dec 29, 2016Getting Started In Olympic Weightlifting
Hello And Welcome Are you completely new to Weightlifting and looking to get started? Maybe you’ve seen your…
Snatch Dec 15, 20165 Key Pointers To Get The Perfect Snatch
The Snatch is often referred to as the technical lift of the biathlon. Approached with elegance but executed with ultimate…
Clean & Jerk Dec 13, 20163 Top Tips For The Perfect Jerk
The Jerk can be difficult to master. With slight variations to the technique meaning the difference of the bar…
Clean & Jerk Dec 10, 2016Top 3 Tips To Improve Your Clean
In this article we are sharing with you our three top tips to improve your Clean. Without further…
