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Apr 17, 20215 min read

A technical breakdown of the snatch

The snatch is the first of the two lifts contested at weightlifting competitions. Compared with the clean and jerk, it is lighter in...

Weight Lifting Basics: Equipment - Racks & Blocks

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Jan 25, 20212 min read

Weight Lifting Basics: Equipment - Racks & Blocks

Squat racks These are a very important piece of kit in the weightlifting gym, as it’s the only way to perform some exercises above a...

Weight Lifting Basics: Equipment - Collars

Canterbury Strength

Jan 10, 20212 min read

Weight Lifting Basics: Equipment - Collars

As you can imagine, for safety reasons, you want the plates to stay on the bar when you are lifting! Collars are used for this purpose....

Weight Lifting Basics: Equipment - Bars & Plates

Canterbury Strength

Jan 3, 20213 min read

Weight Lifting Basics: Equipment - Bars & Plates

One of the great things about weightlifting is that at its most basic it only requires flat floor space, a suitable bar and bumper...

How can keeping a training log improve your progress?

Canterbury Strength

May 28, 20206 min read

How can keeping a training log improve your progress?

Not long before lockdown we handed out a batch of classic school exercise books to our lifters, the same type that we certainly used for...

Weightlifting Resources - Reading, Podcasts, Videos etc.

Canterbury Strength

Apr 11, 20202 min read

Weightlifting Resources - Reading, Podcasts, Videos etc.

Hi Everyone, we thought we would start to compile a list of useful Weightlifting resources for anyone who is interested! Of course there...

Canterbury Strength

Mar 25, 20201 min read

Training From Home During Gym Closures

Hi Everyone! If, like us, you are looking to train at home during this time where gyms are closed, we are going to put together this...

Canterbury Strength

Feb 8, 20202 min read

Exercise Library: Clean & Snatch Pulls

Clean/snatch pulls are a strength building exercise that still focuses on power production. The basic premise is a clean/snatch deadlift...

Canterbury Strength

Jan 31, 20202 min read

Exercise Library: Snatch from Blocks

Block snatches are a great way of working on acceleration of the bar. With the bar starting in a higher position than from the floor you...

Canterbury Strength

Jan 18, 20202 min read

Exercise Library: Scarecrow Snatches

This week we have been working a lot on technique drills at the club. So we thought a nice quick snatch correction exercise would be a...

Canterbury Strength

Jan 11, 20202 min read

Exercise Library: Snatch High Pull

The purpose of this exercise is to practice achieving maximum extension through the legs. This will help you get the bar high enough to...

Canterbury Strength

Nov 10, 20192 min read

Exercise Library: Snatch Balance

Snatch balances are used to practice the speed of the drop and also to improve the confidence and comfort of the lifter in the receive...

Canterbury Strength

Nov 3, 20191 min read

Exercise Library: Snatch Deadlifts

Snatch deadifts are simply the pull portion of the lift from the floor to the hip with no extension on to the toes/balls of the feet....

Canterbury Strength

Sep 8, 20195 min read

A technical breakdown of the Clean

Strength and conditioning coaches use the Olympic lifts and their variations to improve the speed, power, RFD (rate of force development)...

Canterbury Strength

Mar 17, 20193 min read

The Sport of Weightlifting

Weightlifting or Olympic weightlifting is a strength sport which puts your explosive strength and power to the test, while also...

How playing other sports can improve tennis technique

Canterbury Strength

Jan 14, 20192 min read

How playing other sports can improve tennis technique

By Steve Green As a young trainer changing sports from athletics to working in tennis it took me some time to realise the similarities...

FAQ: Is my child old enough to start weightlifting

Canterbury Strength

Jan 10, 20194 min read

FAQ: Is my child old enough to start weightlifting

Unsure whether your child’s old enough to lift weights? Let us tell you why they are… At Pegasus Weightlifting Club’s recent competition,...

15 Things we wish we knew when starting out!

Canterbury Strength

Dec 11, 20186 min read

15 Things we wish we knew when starting out!

Tips for Novice Weightlifters Weightlifting can be an intimidating activity for people just starting out. Hoisting loaded barbells...

Canterbury Strength

Nov 18, 20183 min read

FAQ: Should I buy Weightlifting Shoes?

Running Shoes vs Bare Feet vs Weightlifting Shoes As weightlifting coaches we get asked fairly frequently about the benefits of...

THE ROLE OF A STRENGTH AND CONDITIONING COACH

Canterbury Strength

Nov 18, 20188 min read

THE ROLE OF A STRENGTH AND CONDITIONING COACH

The Strength and Conditioning Coach must identify and evaluate the physiological needs relating to either a whole sports team, an...

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