Weightlifting in the Sport of CrossFit with Sam Smith

This week on The MiFit Podcast I bring back friend and mentor, Sam Smith. I recently had the opportunity to travel to Arizona for vacation and had some time to workout at Opex Hq and hangout with Sam. In today’s episode Sam and I took a deeper dive how weightlifting is expressed in the sport of CrossFit and how we as coaches can help our athletes progress weightlifting in such a chaotic sport. If you enjoy learning about the nuances of programming then this episode is for you.

Topics

-Difference between Weightlifting and CrossFit as a sport

-Pre-requisites of building your snatch and clean and jerk

-How strong do you need to be?

-Using structural balance to determine an athletes needs

-Progressing an athlete from a non-fatigued state to fatigued state

-Barbell cycling in the sport of CrossFit

To read more of Sam’s content check out these links

IG @coachsamsmith

Blog: https://www.thebigdawgs.com/blog

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