I have had a few inquiries about what the benchmark schedule will be, so here is the next month of benchmarks:

5/2:  Diane

5/9 : Grace

5/16:  Isabel

5/23:  Jackie

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Lorraine has reminded me a few times over these past couple of weeks that there were some videos buried deep in the blog that were really helpful for her to understand the clean and the snatch.  These are from the guys over at 70sbig.com.  They are a few really well executed Olympic lifts shot in slow motion.  Notice the full extension that these guys make while still having straight arms.  Remember, as coach Burgener always says: “The power ends when the arms bend”.

Clean:

Click here to view the embedded video.

Power Snatch:

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Power Clean:

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-Ryan

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Monday’s WOD:

“Cindy”

AMRAP 20 Mins:

5 Pull Ups

10 Push Ups

15 Air Squats

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There will be a WOD makeup / Open Gym at 1pm on Monday.  If you can’t make a regular class come on in!

Before I get into the meat today, I have to make a correction.  I have been announcing in class that there is a “Community Workout” this weekend at 10am.  I was incorrect.  The next community workout will be on June 5th at 10am

I was browsing the blogs that I regularly visit on Sunday, and came across a few things so great that I have to pass them along to you guys.  The guys over at 70′s Big (a terrific semi-tongue-in-cheek powerlifting blog)have acquired a high speed camera and are using it to film Olympic weightlifting!  You could certainly do much worse than to emulate these beautiful lifts. Check them out and notice how their lifts look different than yours feel.  Let me know what you think.

Clean:

Click here to view the embedded video.

Power Snatch:

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Power Clean:

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And just for fun, a slow-mo vid of a guy shaking his cheeks

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Hope everyone is having a great week!

-Ryan