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Olympic Weightlifting skills
18 skills, beginner to advanced. 17 of them can be checked from a phone video with honest form analysis — no fake scores.
Beginner
5The Hook Grip
The grip that makes everything in weightlifting possible. You trap your thumb against the …
Front Squat
A squat with the bar racked across the front of your shoulders — and the exact position yo…
Analysis
Overhead Squat
A squat with the bar locked overhead in a wide snatch grip — the position you catch a snat…
Analysis
The Start Position
Where every snatch and clean begins — and small errors here ripple through the whole lift.…
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The Overhead Position
The locked-out position you catch the snatch in and finish the jerk in — a strong, stable …
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Intermediate
5The First Pull
The lift from the floor to about mid-thigh — the patient part of the snatch and clean that…
Analysis
The Second Pull & Extension
The explosive heart of the snatch and clean — from mid-thigh to full extension, where you …
Analysis
Power Clean
A clean where you catch the bar in the front rack with your hips ABOVE parallel — a quarte…
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Power Snatch
A snatch where you catch the bar locked overhead with your hips ABOVE parallel — a partial…
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The Split Jerk
Driving the bar from your shoulders to locked out overhead while splitting your feet front…
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Advanced
5The Snatch
The full lift: floor to locked overhead in one explosive motion, catching the bar in the b…
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The Clean
The full lift from floor to front rack, caught in a deep front squat — the first half of t…
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The Clean & Jerk
The complete competition lift and the most weight a human can put overhead: clean the bar …
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The Turnover & Catch
The 'third pull' — how you get from full extension to receiving the bar, fast. After the j…
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Hang Variations
Snatches and cleans started from the 'hang' — the bar held at the thigh or knee rather tha…
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Insane
3The Maximal Snatch
A true one-rep-max snatch — the most technical max in all of strength sport. Unlike a powe…
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The Maximal Clean & Jerk
The most weight a human can put overhead — and really two maximal efforts in one. You figh…
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The Squat Jerk
An elite, rarely-used jerk where you catch the bar in a FULL overhead squat instead of a s…
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