Charles Staley Seminar 0
Charles Staley 2-Day Olympic Lifting & Training Seminar
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Saturday, August 28, 2010 at 8:30am
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| End Time: |
Sunday, August 29, 2010 at 6:00pm
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| Location: |
CrossFit Central CT / Total Fitness Equipment
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| Street: |
274 Nutmeg Road South
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| City/Town: |
South Windsor, CT
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Contact Tom tom@crossfitcentralct.com -or- 860-748-0349 to reserve your spot. Space is limited!
Event Website: http://www.staleyseminarct.com/
Pricing: $200 for Saturday Only $250 for both days.
Seminar attendees will also have the opportunity to purchase equipment from our partner Total Fitness Equipment at a discount. We will be selling equipment from the seminar in addition offering special pricing on our full line of residential and commercial fitness equipment. Details to come.
Seminar Info:
Day One:
*Learn how to perform, teach, and program the Olympic lifts competently in one session!
Agenda:
8:30am-9:00:am: Registration
9:00am-9:30am: Introduction and Overview
9:30am-11:30am: The Clean & Variants
11:30am-12:30pm: Lunch & Variants
12:30pm-2:30pm: The Snatch & Variants
2:30pm-4:30pm: The Jerk & Variants
4:30pm-5:30pm: Open Session/Q&A
5:30pm: Book Signing/Certificates Awarded
Why Learn The “Olympic Lifts”?
In addition to the (hopefully obvious) fact that the snatch, clean and jerk are superior ways of developing strength, power, mobility, and overall athleticism, there are additional benefits that sometimes go overlooked:
Scalability, Enjoyment/Fun, Full Athletic Competency!
What makes this seminar unique?
Many weightlifting coaches “shoot themselves in the foot” with their efforts to validate the sport by emphasizing the amount of time and effort it takes to master the athletic intricacies necessary to compete at a high level. The end result is that the prospective athlete becomes turned off, assuming that the ‘Olympic lifts’ are too difficult for the average person to learn in a reasonable amount of time.
Charles Staley’s approach to learning “the lifts” is both unique and refreshing:
After a brief demonstration, attendees start by learning rough approximations of the snatch, clean, and jerk, with minimal initial correction. This allows the participant to immediately experience the uniquely satisfying sense of “completion” one feels when racking the bar on the shoulders or fixing it overhead in the snatch or jerk.
Next Charles quickly begins refining the student’s movement patterns through a series of unique analogies, observations, games,
and demonstrations. As each student begins to improve, no breakthrough— minor as it may be— goes unnoticed by Charles. Quickly and palpably, each attendee gains confidence and precision as they progress from drill to drill.
Ear-to-ear grins are not uncommon as students accomplish the unexpected:
Day 2:
Charles will discuss a variety of topics ranging from Programming/Periodization to his EDT program and more.
