How are Olympic Lifts beneficial to strength training athletes?
In the Olympic games the weightlifting competition consist of two lifts. The Clean and Jerk and the Snatch. The clean and jerk, also referred to as c&j, is taking a barbell from the ground to above you head in two movements combined. First the weight is cleaned to the shoulders then the lifter drops under the weight and jerks it above head. The Snatch is a lift taken above the head just like the clean and jerk, but in one motion. The barbell starts on the floor and the lifter takes a much wider grip on the barbell then precedes to take the barbell from the ground above head like an overhead squat. Then the lifter will then stand up with the weight above head. Now that you have a basic understanding as to how to perform the Olympic lifts we will talk about the benefits of the lifts. I find the benefits outlined in the book “The Weightlifting Encyclopedia , by Drechsler rather well wrote. Here are the examples he has given about the benefits of doing Olympic lifts: 1. The mere practice o
