Congratulations to Mira Gracia, StrongFirst Certified Senior Instructor on winning a gold medal at the IWF Master Weightlifting World Championships!
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“Sinister” Mira is #1. a StrongFirst Accredited Gym in Portland, OR. |
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Fittingly, today’s training tip comes from the sport of Olympic style weightlifting—but will benefit anyone who back squats with a barbell or goblet squats with a kettlebell. |
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1) From the bottom of a squat, stand up slowly until you are halfway up.
2) Then explode and go up on your toes.
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Soviet era lifter Boris Severov explains how this benefits weightlifters: a slow start develops strength for standing up after a heavy clean and an explosive finish powers up the jerk.
The value to non-lifters is greater strength—classic Soviet experiments taught us that varying the lifting speed accelerates the gains.
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