“Why train the jerk? Learning how to jerk adds to your overall strength, most specifically, in your legs, back, core, and upper body. Also, by learning how to harness and control the weight overhead, training the jerk will improve other lifts that go overhead such as get-ups, presses, and snatches. If you are competing in the sport of weightlifting, it is a competition lift, but if you don’t compete and yet want to move the most weight in overhead, the jerk is the way to do it.”
