GET OUTTA THE HOLE

personally I think watching someone rip under a huge clean and stand right up with it is awesome. Getting out of the hole is something many of you hear us yell at you but what is it about getting out of the hole? Lets face it its hard to catch a massive clean and stand up with it. It makes no sense to me I can easily squat 50-60kg over my max clean so why can I not stand up with it? I work hard on my squatting ability both in the front, back, and overhead squat. I see tons of youtube videos of guys blasting out a 300lb overhead squats and there is no way that they could pull under that for a snatch. same with the front squat and I am guilty of it as well. I think it is best to understand that the amount of force that the weight is coming down at and the speed at which it does is nothing like the control we use in our training lifts. It used to perplex me when I would meet and spend time with some of the best olympic lifting coaches and athletes to find out that they don't overhead squat or deadlift in fact some do not front squat to a large load? The further I emerge myself in this sport it becomes evident that the back squat should be used to develop absolute strength and speed and to a lesser extent the front and overhead squats are training lifts to develop strength but most importantly to develop proper positions under the bar. don't misunderstand what I'm saying they are essential to any legitimate program but they should be used to develop positions and to a lesser extent absolute strength due to the amazing speed that is required to receive loads and recover loads.