9/11/11 Sunday AllStar Olympic Weightlifting Club

We had our second meeting today and worked on the Power Clean. We watched Coach Rippetoe's Starting Strength video, "The Power Clean", and learned the finer points of a clean 'Clean'. We then went through some drills and finished with a Mid-Hang Clean. We got some demos by Arjun and all attempted 3 X 5 Power Cleans. Big improvments were made today in everyones lifts and it was nice to take the time to focus on technique. Getting the elbows around the bar fast and high seems to be something all of us could focus more on, so we practiced, and practiced, and practiced! Remember, this club is for ALL athletes who train here and it is FREE as part of your program. I highly recommend coming so you can spend some time with the more complex Olympic Lifts, so when they show up in a weekly WOD, you are primed and ready.

Arjun Demos the Power Clean

 ELBOWS HIGH!