Olympic Weightlifting Workshop

Sunday 10th March saw Combat Ready host David Jenkins of Sports Therapy Scotland. The Workshop covered the Clean, Jerk and the Snatch lifts. Now I must admit a 6 hour workshop covering 3 lifts seemed very daunting to me at first, my immediate thought was "6 hours doing 3 lifts, I'm gonna be wrecked by the end of it" but the day started and we quickly got stuck into it. We worked through the lifts in a logical progression and broke them down into different stages to get the maximum amount of reps in.

I was surprised how quickly I felt confident with them. Now although I felt confident I was in no way perfect at them but that was the biggest surprise of the workshop. David didn't walk around and say you're doing this wrong or doing that right, he took time with everyone and asked them how the lift felt and if they felt they had done something wrong, he wasn't being critical he was making me criticise myself and because of that it gave me a greater understanding of my form and where to correct myself.

David is a massive advocate of form and on a few occasions he commented on how he wasn't even all that strong and it was form and technique that got the weight up to where it was meant to be, a method that's easily transferable to martial arts, I found a lot of crossover concepts that I'll be covering in another blog piece.

The 6 hours flew in, and throughout the day although I felt tired and fatigued, I was really focused on performing the best lift I could. I was genuinely surprised at how much I enjoyed the workshop, not only a massive physical day but there was a whole load of information thrown at us all. A challenging and hugely informative day. Hopefully we'll have the chance to host David again and I'd without doubt recommend the course to anyone interested in weightlifting. A huge thanks to David for coming through.

Michael

Olympic Weightlifting

We are hosting Dave Jenkins next Sunday from 10-4pm at Combat Ready. Dave will be providing a days training in the various Olympic lifts. Now are these lifts for you? Well if you want to improve your health, mobility, strength, your sporting prowess and self defence skills then its a huge yes. You don't have to be shifting huge amounts of weight but the movements when trained correctly will give you the explosiveness you require for whatever sport or pastime you train. A lot of times these movements aren't taught as they can be complicated and take time to learn.

I previously trained with Dave and the way that the movements are broken down and explained are truly second to none. I've recently been training in the US under the Crossfit banner and I was lucky enough to be trained by several top Crossfit games competitors, people smashing out great times and ending up in the top ten. I found Dave's teaching to be on par with these guys, again you don't have to travel around the world to find good coaches you can often find them hear right under our noses.

Anyway, I don't host anyone at the gym that I do not endorse and yes I think you should be getting along to this course. Its suitable for male and females and all levels are catered for. The strength and conditioning side of the gym will be developing at a fast pace in the coming months so the best thing would be to jump on this course right now at the outset. If you have any questions about it then you can speak to me or get in contact with Dave directly via his advert.

Marcus

For booking & more info:

Course Booking Page: http://www.sportstherapyscotland.co.uk/shopping?page=shop.product_details&flypage=flypage.tpl&product_id=71&category_id=9

Facebook Event: https://www.facebook.com/events/439596022778432/

Saturday's Workout

10 snatches with a barbell or you can use a kettlebell
If you can't make the full 10 in one set without putting it down, do 5 push ups for every rep you missed (i.e. if you did 8 snatches out of 10, you do 10 push ups.)
If you make the full ten, do ten burpees as a reward

As many rounds in 15 minutes

Tip: use a weight that challenges you and stop snatching when you lose explosive speed = don't be tempted to muscle the last few reps just to make ten.

Olympic Weightlifting Course

On Sunday 10th March, we are hosting an Olympic Weightlifting course run by Instructor David Jenkins from Sports Therapy Scotland.

It will be a fantastic opportunity for anyone interested in Olympic Weightlifting.

Limited spaces available, so book soon to avoid disappointment.

All the details can be found on the Sports Therapy Scotland website through the link below.


http://www.sportstherapyscotland.co.uk/courses/olympic-weightlifting-6-hour-cpd-course/olympic-weightlifting-6-hour-cpd-course-10th-march-2013-edinburgh