by admin_1 | May 25, 2017 | RAW Quick Tips, Uncategorized, Youtube
Pull Back NOT Up in High Pulls At RAW Barbell Club we coach lifters to pull back not up in High Pulls. A lot of athletes and coaches struggle to see the transfer between pulls and high pulls to the Snatch and Clean. Really it’s often due to execution. If we look...
by admin_1 | May 11, 2017 | RAW Quick Tips, Uncategorized, Youtube
Struggle Hitting Snatch Depth? Do you struggle hitting snatch depth? Often that struggle is a fear avoidance strategy. The truth is you need to own that bottom position. You do that by getting comfortable in the hole and getting fast a efficient at getting there. Hers...
by admin_1 | Apr 26, 2017 | RAW Barbell News, Uncategorized
Team Bundesliga Weightlifting Competition This week we made our way to the Odd Socks Halterophilie for their first team Bundesliga Weightlifting Competition. The competition was really well run, a bit hard to understand at first, due to the format and rules, but once...
by admin_1 | Apr 20, 2017 | RAW Barbell News, Uncategorized
2017 World Masters Games Weightlifting Next Week begins the 2017 World Masters Games in Auckland, New Zealand. Weightlifting is one of the big sports that take part in the games that celebrate the fact that it’s frankly never to late to find a sport you love and can...
by admin_1 | Apr 17, 2017 | Training, Uncategorized
Bar Whip Dealing with Bar Whip What is Bar Whip? Bar Whip is the oscillation that occurs when the bar changes directions quickly. It occurs because modern barbell are created to be somewhat elastic. This makes it possible for bars to bend and ‘whip’ when...
by admin_1 | Apr 14, 2017 | Featured, Sandbag tv, Uncategorized, Youtube
Your First Olympic Weightlifting Competition A few weeks ago we had a chance to chat with some of the top NSW Olympic Weightlifters and coaches to ask them what there advice would be for the the weightlifter entering their FIRST Olympic Weightlifting Competition. The...