This week we bring you a drill that will force you to engage your scapula and remain upright as you descend for an overhead squat. Give it a shot!

This week we bring you a reactive neuromuscular training drill that we use to mimic the more commonly heard "push your knees out" cue. This type of drill offers immediate feedback for the athlete as they descend into a squat and allows them to continually track their knees over their toes thereby producing the least internal load on the passive knee structures

“Son, there will come a moment in your life when you are hanging from a cliff in the middle of a sword fight. If you cannot quickly pull yourself up from the ledge, your enemy will chop your fingers off in one swift motion, and you will fall to your death on the rocks below.”

This is our version of a “seminar.” It’s an all-inclusive athlete experience where attendees will spend a weekend learning, training, and living alongside other remarkable athletes and the esteemed brUTE coaching staff, all while enjoying the beautiful surroundings of Lake Tahoe.Over the course of two days, attendees will receive hands-on coaching and guidance directly from members of the brUTE coaching staff, including: Chris Hinshaw, Matt Bruce, Nick Sorrel, Sean Pastuch, and Mike Cazayoux. Attendees will also have the opportunity to train alongside prominent brUTE athletes Tommy Hackenbruck, Adrian Conway, Jacob Hutton, and Brooke Ence, only two weeks removed from their appearances at the 2015 Crossfit™ Games.

In discussing the key technical elements to making a successful snatch or clean, the first pull is rarely considered. That is understandable, as lifts are not made at the beginning of the pull. However, they can certainly be lost because of mistakes within the first four inches of bar movement.

Considering how to best improve your clean and jerk is truly analogous to the saying, “a chain is only as strong as its weakest link.” While there are perhaps a couple dozen reasons to miss a clean & jerk, it comes down to failure in one of three parts: the rack (failure to shoulder the bar), the squat (failure to recover from the bottom position), or the jerk (failure to secure the barbell overhead).