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Looking for the right shoe
I'm new to the Olympic lift scene. I've been doing Crossfit for two years and have been doing the oly lifts in vibram five fingers or bare foot. To help my oly lifts I'm going to get a pair of lifting shoes. I've looked at the adidas power lift train
Chapman Bar Storage
Hi Coach Can Chapman bars be stored on their ends without damage to the bearings? Thanks! Tim Fox
Zhang Kong Training Bar
Hi coach, I was wondering if you could please tell me where I could buy a Zhang Kong Men's training bar. I want to start competing in weightlifting and would like a nice bar for my garage. I am in Northern California. Thank you- Daniel.
Lifting Boxes
Coach Burgener, I was wondering if you know of a good place to purchse the wooden box platforms I see in pictures a lot. I'd was thinking of using them to put the barbell in different starting positions. I think I can use this to practice some eleme
Artificial Turf
I know it's probably not a great idea, but how bad of idea is it to practice Olympic Lifts on artificial turf?
Good bar for the O lifts
Good evening Coach. My question is in regards to purchasing a good bar. I am an avid crossfitter, and have been practicing the O lifts at my gym for approximately 6 months (following your WOD's as best as I can depending on my work schedule). I ha
Lifting Platform
Coach, is your design good for metal plates? I have an olympic set of weights but they are metal and I don't have $$ to get bumpers yet. I've seen designs that use carpet padding and 2X4's but the platforms are much larger and expensive. I like yo
Using straps for clean pulls/shrugs.
Hey Coach! I just started your 12 week 4 day a week pragram. I'm very excited, and can tell this prgram will yeild great results. My question is...during the clean pull/shrug, or snatch pull, is it best to wear lifting straps or just focus on ut
Spin Lock Collars
What is the advantage to using spin lock collars. Why does the "spin" component not clamp the collar tighter to the bar? From what I can tell, the hand tightener on the collar does the work and the spin lock provides no additional grip. I use a pendl
Lifting Surface
I was wondering how bad is it to be lifting on cement? Currently their aren't any facilities that I know of near bye that are suitable for olylifting, so now until I go to college I will be oly lifting on my garage floor. Hopefully I will beable to f
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