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Thursday, October 29, 2009

Schmitz on the Lifts: The Clean Deadlift & Shrug

by Randall J. Strossen, Ph.D. | ©2009 IronMind

Three-time Olympic weightlifting coach Jim Schmitz calls it “one of best yet most underrated exercises of all time—not just for weightlifters, but for every person who can stand up,” so maybe it’s about time you learn how to incorporate it into your own training.

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Studying Juergen Spiess (Germany), midway through a clean at the 2009 European Weightlifting Championships (where he won the 94-kg class), illustrates how the clean deadlift and shrug can benefit Olympic-style weightlifters, among others.  Randall J. Strossen photo.


Learn why they’re beneficial, how to do them and how to integrate them into your training by going to the Training Articles button at the top of the IronMind home page and selecting “Schmitz on the Lifts,” or by clicking on this link.


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