This video shows Casey making 223 kg in the jerk to win overall silver and clean & jerk gold at the 2007 Pan Am Games held in Brazil. He made the lift and at least temporarily won jerk gold. Until the Chilean coaches pointed out a mistake made on Casey’s attempt card. The coaches who were assigned as head coaches of the U.S. team made 1 more attempt change than allowed. If Casey missed his 3rd jerk the home town hero Christian Escalante wins gold creating no need for his coac

1. Rate of force production 2. Force absorption 3. Stability 4. Learning technical skills at high speed 5. Coordination Developing weightlifting technical skill is similar to learning any athletic skill. Just like running, throwing, jumping, blocking, boxing out, they all require proper coaching and practice. It takes time to develop all of these. It’s not enough to just learn how to block or go for a takedown. You must be able to execute these skills as effectively in the 4

Myth #2 It takes too much time Learning how to powerclean and/or powersnatch involves learning skills no more difficult than blocking or tackling, boxing out in basketball , or learning to back hand in tennis. Any skills related to athletics are developed over time. It simply begins with an athlete learning to forcefully push their legs through the ground. It is a formal logical fallacy for coaches to say they don’t have time to teach powercleans yet have no problem with taki

Myth #1 We don’t need weightlifting movements to increase athleticism Producing maximum force in minimal time & the ability to switch from one direction to another (linear & lateral movement) or its opposite (sprint forward to back pedal) are skills that benefit a multitude of athletes from football, basketball, tennis and many track & field sports. It is a prime choice for potentiation of power feats, such as the first 8-foot high jump (Javier Sotomayer did heavy snatch trip