Just wondering what is the best place online to learn the proper technique for olympic lifts. A site with video and detailed explanation would be a plus. Thanx!
I know this isn’t the response you wanted, but I’m not sure I’d try to pick those up without a qualified coach guiding me on my way. Online demonstrations can’t give you feedback and correct glitches in your technique that could turn out to be really harmful in the long run.
i’ld have to agree with Zev. When i was in High School I was lucky enough to have an amazing Weightlifting Coach. (Yasko, maybe some have heard of his son who is an olymic lifter) It two years of CONSTANTLY doing doing clean and jerk and Snatches to get good at them, and now after about a year of not doing them at all, my form has gone to shit…which makes a difference BIG time when it comes to olymic lifts… there has been times in which i had great form and clean and jerked 315. Then next day walked up to a bar with 275 on it and could not clen it cause i had shitty form. The technique is everything…it is damn near impossible to muscle alot of weight over you head without killin yourself unless you got the form…But i must say, there is nothing that i have ever done that is better for overall speed and power than the clen and jerk…
Making an appointment with a qualified weightlifting coach in your area would be your best bet. Run a search on the U.S. olympic weightlifting federation and on their site I believe they have a directory of all certified coaches. You could also go over to the olympic weightlifting forum at goheavy and ask around…if nothing else you could always send a video of your o-lifts to one of those guys for evaluation. Heres a site that has some video footage of various o-lifts.
exrx.net/Lists/PowerExercises.html
best of luck!
I’m currently nursing a herniated disc as a result of learning to snatch from a book, so i wholeheartedly endorse the comments of the other respondants. Just phone or email a qualified coach in your area (they’re not hard to find on the net) and tell them what your goals are, they should be able to hook you up…But if you’re a complete knucklehead like me, and you’re going to try to do it yourself anyway, there’s some decent stuff at www.ironmag.com if you go to the training articles. Make sure you start with an empty bar until you get the movement licked. But i can’t stress finding a real life coach highly enough.
Everyone is right on this post. The BEST way is for a qualified olympic lifting coach teach you. But that is hard to find. If you look you will find. But if you are impatient, then go to ironmind.com, they have a great book/video byJim Schmitz (u aint getting a better coach), and also Brooks Kubik sells an excellent videotape on that subject, go to brookskubik.com. I didnt learn from a teacher, I learned from those 2 places, and I did fine. The biggest secret is to start with no weight and just learn the form, and increase the weight slowly and staedy. Another book people are raving about is Weightlifting Olympic Style by Tommy Kono (again u aint getting a better teacher there, he’s been there and done it all). Good luck, and the rewards are awesome
I wanted to chirp in with my agreement and finding a qualified coach. I often use a great young coach in the Cincinnati area but if you can give some geographic ideas, maybe we can all help. In faith, Coach Davies