CrossFit Olympic Weightlifting Certification

It is with great pleasure and excitement we announce our 1st CrossFit Specialty certification at CFS. Spend two full days with CrossFit Olympic Lifting Legend and Coach Mike Burgener, studying and practicing the Olympic lifts. The snatch and clean and jerk. Bring speed, power, coordination, agility, accuracy and balance to your strength training. This cert has only been available  for Level I certified Coaches before now. Mike is a friend of Coach Luke’s and has family here in Scottsdale. There is only 15x spots left and the Coaching staff is taking 4x of those so register now at

CrossFit Olympic Lifting Certification

 
Schedule:
November 6, Saturday: all day snatch instruction

  • 0900: Introductions
  • 0930: Snatch instruction
    1. Burgener warm up
    2. Snatch skill transfer exercises
    3. Snatch from high hang
  • 1200: Lunch
  • 1300: Barbell snatch instruction
    1. Snatch from mid thigh
    2. Snatch from below knee
    3. Snatch from floor
  • 1600: Secure

November 7th, Sunday:

  • 0900: Review
  • 0930: Front squat instruction and practice
  • 1000: Learning the clean and practice
  • 1200: Lunch
  • 1300: Learning the jerk:
    1. Skill transfer exercises
    2. Footwork
  • 1400: Putting the clean and jerk together
  • 1500: Workout:
  • 1600: Secure

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 coach (2005), and strength and conditioning coach at Rancho Buena Vista High School in Vista, Calif.

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