Spend two full days with CrossFit Weightlifting Seminar Staff learning, studying and practicing the two basic lifts.

The snatch and clean and jerk bring speed, power, coordination, agility, accuracy and balance to your strength training. These lifts are indispensable to CrossFit programming, and expert coaching is a powerful advantage.

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SCHEDULE

Saturday: Snatch instruction (all day)

0900: Welcome and expectations
0915: Lateral speed and agility warm-up plus junkyard-dog warm-up
0930: Snatch instruction
Burgener Warm-Up
Snatch skill transfer exercises
Snatch from high hang
1200: Lunch
1300: Barbell snatch instruction
Snatch from high hang
Snatch from takeoff position
Lift from floor to takeoff position
Snatch from floor
1600: Secure

Sunday: Snatch review and clean and jerk

0900: Review
0915: Lateral speed and agility warm-up and junkyard-dog warm-up
0930: Snatch: Putting together what you learned Saturday
1015: Front squat
11:00 Clean instruction
High hang
Takeoff position
Floor
1200: Lunch
1300: Learning the jerk
Skill transfer exercises
Footwork
1400: Putting the clean and jerk together
1500: Secure
Frequently Asked Questions

#1: Are there any pre-requisites for this course?

No. Anyone can attend; however, to receive a Trainer Certificate for the Weightlifting Trainer Course one must hold a valid and current Level 1 Trainer Certificate. If you attend and do not hold a valid and current Level 1 Trainer Certificate, you will be issued a Certificate of Attendance.

#2: What are the requirements for becoming CrossFit Weightlifting Trainer?

The requirements for this credential are stringent, primarily for your protection and the safety of those you train. They are:
Holding a valid and current CrossFit Level 1 Trainer Certificate
Course Attendance 100%
Participation 100%

#3: When will I receive my certificate?

You will receive your certificate at the completion of the seminar.

Mike Burgener, owner of Mike’s Gym (a CrossFit affiliate and USAW Regional Training Center), is a USAW Senior International Coach, former Junior World Team (1996-2004) and Senior World Team (2005) coach and former strength and conditioning coach at Rancho Buena Vista High School in Vista, CA.