Weightlifting Fundamentals

Learn how to coach and modify the snatch, clean, and jerk for clients with pain or mobility limitations.

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Weightlifting Fundamentals

Learn how to coach and modify the snatch, clean, and jerk for clients with pain or mobility limitations.

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Overview

About Your Instructor

Dr. Hays Estes

PT, DPT, OCS, BRM, USAW-1

Hi, I'm Hays, the creator behind Olympic Weightlifting Fundamentals. While I have been in and around the weight room for over two decades starting with summer weightlifting sessions for football, I always hoped to further develop my athleticism and "motor" in the gym.

Once I was introduced to Olympic Weightlifting, my training took a turn for the better, and I've never felt more athletic and "finely tuned" than I do now in my 40s. This is why I wanted to create this course: to help athletes of all ages and ability levels stay athletic and at the top of their game for as long as possible. The old adage is true. Age is just a number. And while we may not be able to stop Father Time, I like to think we can slow him down.

In the last 3 years, membership in USA weightlifting has tripled and more than 5 million people worldwide participate in high intensity Olympic lifting programs like CrossFit. With this increased participation comes a need to learn the points of performance of these lifts and how to help athletes continue to safely train through aches and pains...and that's exactly what you'll learn in this course. Seize the opportunity to elevate your capabilities with Olympic Weightlifting Fundamentals today.

What's Included
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94 Videos

Totaling 10 hours of content. Watch at your own pace. Start and stop whenever you want.

Watch on any device

With an easy user interface for mobile, desktop, or tablet. Lifetime access.

A Follow Along PDF Guide

To help solidify the concept and enhance your understanding

Earn a certificate of completion

Pass a quiz at the end of each module and get CEUs!

What We Cover

Module 1 (73 min)

Principles of Weightlifting

In this module, we discuss the principles of load management, pain science, and how to optimize mindset on returning to baseline after recovering from an injury. In this lecture-style module, we give an overview of Olympic Weightlifting, introduce our 4-Step Framework for Training with Pain, and then cover all of the nuances of Olympic Weightlifting programming, and how to modify variables such as frequency, volume, exercise form, and load for those dealing with discomfort during these lifts.

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Principles of Weightlifting

In this module, we discuss the principles of load management, pain science, and how to optimize mindset on returning to baseline after recovering from an injury. In this lecture-style module, we give an overview of Olympic Weightlifting, introduce our 4-Step Framework for Training with Pain, and then cover all of the nuances of Olympic Weightlifting programming, and how to modify variables such as frequency, volume, exercise form, and load for those dealing with discomfort during these lifts.

Module 2 (106 min)
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Readiness Assessments and Mobility Considerations

The snatch, clean, and jerk are highly technical movements that require sufficient amounts of joint mobility. In this module, we cover the concept of our “Readiness Assessments” to determine if and when a client has the required skill and mobility to perform these lifts as well as how to assess said joint mobility. We provide examples of joint mobility assessments and the exercises recommended to help improve mobility. We finish the module with recommendations for how to safely and effective warm-up for the Olympic lifts utilizing concepts of barbell part-to-whole movements and plyometric drills.

Module 3 (153 min)

Coaching and Modifying the Snatch

Now that we’ve laid the groundwork with mobility and readiness assessments, it’s time to teach the barbell snatch. We cover an in-depth review of the biomechanics of this lift as well as various form and sequencing errors that might occur and drills for how to remedy them. We discuss common areas of discomfort during the snatch, and how to make modifications around them. We then take a deep dive into the various snatch regressions such as the power snatch and hang snatch and discuss their applicability for different client scenarios. This module ends with techniques for helping athletes return to the full barbell snatch, and uses a case study to help augment the learning experience.

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Coaching and Modifying the Snatch

Now that we’ve laid the groundwork with mobility and readiness assessments, it’s time to teach the barbell snatch. We cover an in-depth review of the biomechanics of this lift as well as various form and sequencing errors that might occur and drills for how to remedy them. We discuss common areas of discomfort during the snatch, and how to make modifications around them. We then take a deep dive into the various snatch regressions such as the power snatch and hang snatch and discuss their applicability for different client scenarios. This module ends with techniques for helping athletes return to the full barbell snatch, and uses a case study to help augment the learning experience.

Module 4 (110 min)
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Coaching and Modifying the Clean

Now that you've learned how to coach and modify the snatch, it's time to talk about the clean. In this module, we cover the biomechanics of the clean and how to make modifications to it for folks with pain. We then discuss the applicability of alternative variations like the hang clean and power clean - when to program them and how to perform them. We finish the module by providing strategies for how to return to the full clean and use a case study to help solidify the learning experience.

Module 5 (78 min)

Coaching and Modifying the Jerk

In this module, we teach an in-depth review of the biomechanics of the barbell jerk as well as various form and sequencing errors that might occur and drills for how to remedy them. We discuss common areas of discomfort during the jerk, and how to make modifications around them. We then take a deep dive into the various jerk regressions such as the split jerk and jerk balance and discuss their applicability for different client scenarios. We provide techniques for helping athletes return to the full barbell jerk, and use a case study to help augment the learning experience.

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Coaching and Modifying the Jerk

In this module, we teach an in-depth review of the biomechanics of the barbell jerk as well as various form and sequencing errors that might occur and drills for how to remedy them. We discuss common areas of discomfort during the jerk, and how to make modifications around them. We then take a deep dive into the various jerk regressions such as the split jerk and jerk balance and discuss their applicability for different client scenarios. We provide techniques for helping athletes return to the full barbell jerk, and use a case study to help augment the learning experience.

Module 6 (40 min)
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Tying it All Together: Comprehensive Case Studies

Now that the learner has been exposed to all of the Olympic lifts, we present 2 comprehensive case studies that show how to modify an entire Olympic lifting program for clients dealing with lower and upper extremity discomfort. We revisit all of the programming principles taught in Module 1 and walk the learner through step-by-step of how to build a full modified-program for an athlete dealing with discomfort.

Module 7 (40 min)

CrossFit Considerations for the Painful Athlete

Now that the learner is familiar with the main lifts performed in CrossFit, we cover unique considerations for how to modify CrossFit workouts for various types of discomfort. Covering topics like scaling strategies, accessory lifts, breathing and rep cycling, and how to adjust some of the most common types of WODs, the learner will now feel confident working with this unique population.

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Scaling the Olympic Lifts in Circuit-Style Training

Now that the learner is familiar with how the Olympic lifts are performed in a high-intensity circuit-style interval setting, we cover unique considerations for how to modify these workouts for various types of discomfort. Covering topics like scaling strategies, accessory lifts, breathing and rep cycling, and how to adjust some of the most common types of WODs, the learner will now feel confident working with this unique population.

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Course Bonuses

Private Facebook Group

The Barbell Rehab Academy

By signing up for this course, you will be granted access to our private Barbell Rehab Academy Facebook Group!

Here, you can interact with others who have taken this course (both the live and online variations), and ask Dr. Hays questions about the content.

Weightlifting Drills Reference Guide
So everything is in one place!

Throughout this course, we talk about numerous form faults and sequencing errors that can occur during the snatch, clean, jerk. Whether it's starting with the hips too high, hips too low, elbows too high, elbows too low, we go on to provide numerous drills and exercises that can help remedy all of these.

The only problem is...there's a lot of drills, and some drills can help fix numerous form faults and sequencing errors!

In this PDF "cheat sheet" we talk all of the different drills you will learn in this course, and organize them in a user-friendly way for quick reference and to help organize your thought processes. So the next time you're working with an Olympic lifter who displays some sort of form fault or sequencing error...you'll know exactly what to look at!

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So everything is in one place!

Throughout this course, we talk about numerous form faults and sequencing errors that can occur during the snatch, clean, jerk. Whether it's starting with the hips too high, hips too low, elbows too high, elbows too low, we go on to provide numerous drills and exercises that can help remedy all of these.

The only problem is...there's a lot of drills, and some drills can help fix numerous form faults and sequencing errors!

In this PDF "cheat sheet" we talk all of the different drills you will learn in this course, and organize them in a user-friendly way for quick reference and to help organize your thought processes. So the next time you're working with an Olympic lifter who displays some sort of form fault or sequencing error...you'll know exactly what to look at!

12-Week Beginner Weightlifting Program
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So you know EXACTLY where to start.

It's time to take the guesswork out of your programming. Whether you're working with a beginner Olympic lifter or you want to start yourself, follow our convenient beginner 3x/week, 12-week Olympic lifting programming.

Packed with everything you need to know from exercise selection, sets and reps, and intensity considerations, this serves is a nice resource to help expand your knowledge from what you learned during the course!

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