Author: Team Summit

Bar Patterns Part 4 – Overhead Squat Grasp the bar with a snatch grip. To find your snatch grip hold the bar at waist level with locked-out elbows. Slowly adjust your grip in or out, while still maintaining straight arms, until the bar hangs at the height of your crease (The crease is the point where your upper leg joins together with your torso. The line that is formed here in your hips is the crease). Be sure you have an even grip on the bar, you do not want the bar either off to the left nor the right. With this grip, press the bar overhead and balance it over your ears. It is...

Bar Patterns Part 3, Front Squat Grasp the bar with a clean grip. This is determined by having your fingers just outside of your shoulders while the bar is resting in the “rack position”. The rack position creates a stable platform for the bar to sit on the front of your shoulders while not loading your wrists too much. Here your elbows should be directed inwards and upwards so your upper arm is parallel to the floor. Keep your hands lightly holding the bar and all of your fingers under the bar (your thumbs should be over the bar). Keep your upper back tight and extended,...