OLY | WEEK 31 | 07/26/2020

Pause Dip Push Press (5 x 3)
2 Second Pause in the dip before exploding up into the drive and press.

This should be done only as heavy as you can maintain speed through the drive! Start light and add weight if you are still successful at a good fast extension and press. A good starting place would be 60% or so of your 1 RM Push Press.

Set up for the push press with the bar on your shoulders and elbows high. Feet hip to shoulder width apart. Chest up, belly tight. Keep your heels down, let your knees track forward as you dip your hip. Chest stays lifted. Pause here for 2 seconds then stand up fast. As the bar pops up off the shoulders, press straight up to lock out.

Finish standing tall, arms straight, biceps by the ears. Squeeze your butt and keep your belly tight.


Jerk Balance (5 x 3)
Start with back foot in place and bar in front rack. For each rep you will focus on front foot driving forward and chest driving through.

This one is also not meant to be done super heavy but is for technique only. Use similar or same weights as you did for the Pause Push Presses.

Both of these drills combined are to set you up for success for part 3.

Start with the bar resting on your shoulders with your elbows high. Keep your dominant or lead leg planted in the set-up. Step your lagging leg (the opposite of the lead leg) back to its split jerk landing position. From here dip down - making sure to keep your shoulders stacked above your hips - then drive through your legs and hips to pop the bar off your shoulders. As it's in the air, step your lead foot forward and drive your chest under the bar as your elbows lock out overhead. You should finish in the receiving position of the split jerk. To finish the rep, step your lead foot back to the start then step your lagging foot forward so that you're standing tall under the bar.


Split Jerk (5 x 3)
After completing the other 2 drills work at a weight that is heavy, but you are hitting good positions and feeling solid in your lifts!

It's not always about trying to PR!

For the split jerk, start with the bar resting on your shoulders with your elbows high. Dip down - making sure to keep your shoulders stacked above your hips - then drive through your legs and hips to pop the bar off your shoulders. As the bar is in the air, split your feet so that your dominant leg goes forward and your other leg goes backward. Drive your chest under the bar as your elbows lock out overhead. In the split, your forward foot should be planted firmly with your knee over - but not beyond - your ankle. Your back heel should be lifted with the ball of your foot planted into the ground and your knee slightly flexed. To finish the rep, step your lead foot back to the start then step your lagging foot forward so that you're standing tall under the bar.