Tag Archive for Cleans

Strong and Awesome

Maybe you can’t have it all, but if “strong and awesome” is what you seek, Jim Wendler has the plan.

The Pendlay Three Step Clean Progression

The clean doesn’t have to be an overly technical lift to learn. Here coach Glenn Pendlay breaks the lift down into three easy-to learn progressions.

Training Log, Week Ending 11/8/09

Good stuff happened this week and Tuesday was a high volume, CNS-blasting session, masterly programmed by the Brengel. The week finished with a deloading week, starting on Saturday, followed by an unexpected, surprise training session Sunday.

Training Log, Week Ending 7/26/09

Started and finished very light this week but between the buns was the meat. A deload week, more or less.

Training Log, Week Ending 7/12/09

The weather is starting to heat up here and so is my training. Closing the week with one “hard day” and one “fun day”, I am poised for a strong next week.

Articles

Tweet NUTRITION Vitamin Poisoning-Are we destroying our health with vitamin supplements? By Ori Hofmekler Conversation With A Modern Day Warrior-Ori Hofmekler By Mike Mahler The Creatine Report, By Will Brink TRAINING Cleaning Up Your Cleans By Charles Staley Strongman vs…

Training Log, Week Ending 6/7/09

I think this past weekend was the first in a long time where I took both days off training. No regrets at all! The rest of the week preceding went well.

Training Log, Week Ending 5/31/09

Tweet Monday, 5/25 No Training Tuesday, 5/26/09 Snatch, x 2; 65/65/70/75/80/85/. Singles, w/2 OHS: 88/93/93/98/98/103/103/105/105/105/110/110/. Power Cleans, x 3, one from the bottom, two from the mid hang: 110/115/125/135/145/150.

Breaking Down the Clean

The Olympic squat clean, is a technical lift as is the power clean, requiring mastery of the techniques and progressions, getting quality reps and if you can, good coaching.

Training Log, Week Ending 4/12/09

Tweet In typical fashion of late, I started my training week slowly, picked up momentum and finished strong. Always finish strong!