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Olympic Weightlifting: A Complete Guide for Athletes & Coaches?

A total of 12 reviews of this product on Reddit.

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12th Jul 2020

Not bad. Notice that you do not reach triple extension: when your ankles and knees are extended, your hips are still slightly bent. Because of this, the bar flies forward and you jump forward underneath it.

Consider getting a copy of Greg Everett’s “Olympic Weightlifting”, available here. It’s long and a little pricey, but it’s very thorough. Read the whole thing. When you move from the power clean to the full clean, focus on meeting the bar with your shoulders and riding every clean into the hole. Get as comfortable as you can in the receiving positions of the clean and snatch, as well.

Potentially unpopular take, but: consider wearing a mask. There is evidence that COVID-19 can be aerosolized, especially in poorly ventilated indoor spaces. Wearing a mask while lifting is uncomfortable, but it beats being on a ventilator.

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6th Apr 2018

From the bar, do small jumps. Add #5 and do a triple. Put another #5 if it felt good and not like shit. Do it again at the same weight if they didnt feel good.

Film your lifts, post them here and someone will chime in.

Start from the high hang.

If you can afford it, get this.

https://www.amazon.com/Olympic-Weightlifting-Complete-Athletes-Coaches/dp/0980011116

Maybe the used version or 2nd edition if its too much.

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21st Dec 2017

Best bet is to look for a weightlifting club near you (also check out crossfit gyms since a lot of weightlifting clubs have branched into crossfit to bring in some $$$ but also continue to do regular weightlifting too).

You can teach yourself but it’s kind of like teaching yourself how to box, a lot slower than with a coach when you have to learn to correctly analyse your own technique.

Alternatively I have seen this book recommended for self-teaching, or if you don’t want to pay there are some online video based courses you could probably find on youtube.

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18th Feb 2015

If push comes to shove I recommend Greg Everett’s book. This book along with online coaching maybe something to consider. I know Don McCauley from MDUSA provides online coaching. BUt nothing beats in-person coaching in my opinion.

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30th Aug 2011

I have this book at home. According to Greg the difference between a power clean and a clean is where you catch the bar. He teaches that if your thigh breaks parallel it is a clean. If they don’t get to parallel it is a power clean.

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10th Jan 2011

Olympic Weightlifting: A Complete Guide for Athletes & Coaches by Greg Everett. I don’t get why so few people on this otherwise knowledgeable subreddit like this book. It’s not even mentioned in the FAQ.

Everett’s book describes all the lifts thoroughly, with very detailed learning progressions. In addition to the chapters on the lifts themselves, there are chapters on common technical mistakes (and how to fix them), stretching, nutrition, assistance exercises, and sample programs for athletes at all levels.

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25th Aug 2010

Not sure how you were searching, but it’s there. It was the first hit when I searched for “Greg Everett” at www.amazon.com.

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28th Feb 2022

https://www.amazon.com/Olympic-Weightlifting-Complete-Athletes-Coaches/dp/0980011116

Greg Everett’s book on weightlifting. Probably one of the best books to learn.

Secondly google Glenn Pendlays method. New book published by Weightlifting House goes into detail about his methods. But this is a good basis for a weeks program

https://www.otpbooks.com/glenn-pendlay-training-week/

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14th Nov 2021

OP: Everett’s book is substantially better. Start there

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2nd Aug 2017

> Citation needed.

https://www.amazon.com/Olympic-Weightlifting-Complete-Athletes-Coaches/dp/0980011116

Or feel free make a post and ask in /r/weightlifting. They’ll will agree with me that the power and full versions are executed the same.

Also – http://www.catalystathletics.com/exercise/67/Power-Clean/

“The power clean is the most basic variation of the clean; the only difference is the height at which the bar is received.”

“The power clean is simply a clean without a full-depth squat to receive it.”

> literally every single coach or guide I’ve ever seen has taught the power clean

Yea, I would too. Not because it’s less technical, but because you’re working with weight that you can power clean. The only reason you’d catch a clean in a full squat is because it’s too heavy to catch it as a power clean – why would you work with that much weight when you’re learning the lift? This doesn’t make one less technical than the other.