Garage Blog

Power, punch, and performance. Is that what you think of when you think “hang power clean”? No? Well, maybe you should. This movement is great for performance athletes- and I am not talking just CrossFit or Olympic lifters. Football players, runners, and really anyone who wants to work on being more explosive and powerful, this is a lift that you need in your training.

Triple extension is one of those concepts that can be a mythical discussion. A lot of diehards believe it has to happen. And then there is another camp that.....

Let’s start with the technical aspects around the snatch to create a blueprint for what we want to see as an ideal movement in our technical mo...

When using the feet in Olympic weightlifting there are a couple of different things we have to talk about. We have to talk about how we set our foot width position...

In 2008 I opened up Garage Strength and started in a 400 square foot garage. That’s where the name stems from. My parents were kind enough to l...

There are so many factors to be considered as a sports performance coach. Developing freak athletes is a journey. SUBMIT At Garage Stre...

The main point of this particular blog is going to focus on how to properly utilize the knees in the snatch and clean. A lot of coaches will te...

Talking about the back squat (though some of these movements and concepts will help increase the front squat as well), we have to first recogni...

I had the privilege of sitting down with Phil Darue. Our conversation began with me talking about how I trained with weightlifting coming up. I...

First, these movements can be performed with a dowel rod. And one, these movements can be used to warm up. And two, these movements can be used...

Boxing is a very technical sport. It requires a lot of power output, a lot of endurance involved, and a lot of other complicated factors that g...

What does it mean to move the bar fast? What does that even entail?!? There are a few key concepts we need to look at. To begin, we need to h...