Workout 97

An Analysis of the Six Phases of the Jerk The technique of the jerk, like that of snatch and the clean, can be broken up into six phases: the start (the motions the lifter makes and the position the lifter assumes prior to bending or "dipping the legs to thrust the bar overhead); the initial dip: the braking portion of the dips the thrust; the unsupported part of the squat or split under, and the supported phase of the squat or split under. M was the case in the analysis of the snatch and clean...