You have been gyming for a while… built a nice foundation with the fundamental exercises and you reckon you are reasonably fit - introduce a power/hang clean, front squat and push press complex into your training.
You don’t need to be a competitive Olympic Weightlifter to benefit from these movements, nor do you have to be a big weights room meat head. As you can see I’m not – 64 to 65kg, training each week to compete in Kick Boxing, somewhat of a contrast.
If you are able to achieve it, then, you’re in a sound position in terms of functional ability. Well built & structurally prepared to work with a range of gym exercises – you will go on to see fitness results far faster than the majority.
If you Clean well, you deadlift well and that’s a good thing for many reasons remember. It also means you’re not having any mobility issues with the rack position on the shoulders - important leading into front squats. With the Front Squats - If you have the ability to hit a full range of motion depth w/ a vertical torso, elbows and chest up you’re sorted. With all that in mind, I’d put my money on it that you can jump well too. And.. if your Front Squat rack position is on point then the Push Press will be achievable, once you’ve learnt the technique of course :P
Even if you are struggling with a particular phase of this complex, now you know where you are at - it’s just the matter of working on the problem.
For those familiar with my work - you can now see how this is all starting to come together
A heap to add and elaborate on, but I’m going to bite my tongue – visit www.DayneWilliams.com and YouTube.com/AliasDayne to learn more.
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