How do you use Olympic Lifts in your training ?

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Bryan Meyer · Answer

So, how do you use Olympic lifts in your training? Love them, but I'm a big dumbbell person just because of the strength curve with the barbell. I think Olympic lifts are a little bit easier to teach safety-wise with dumbbells. Try to... There are so many different ways to progress them, make them a little bit more fun than the regular Olympic lifts with barbell because the barbell restricts the range of motion. Dumbbells gives you a little bit more freedom. As a general rule, they're used at the beginning of the session when the athlete is fresh. You don't want to do them at the end. That's not to say if I have an athlete for a couple months and they're getting ready to go back into season that they may do them towards the end if it's a strength-speed-power cluster. But as a general rule, you want to do the most demanding things at the beginning of the session when they're fresh because it is a very demanding skill. I'm always a big believer in the dumbbells, like I said, over the barbells.

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"How do you use Olympic Lifts in your training ?"