Olympic Weightlifting

WEIGHTLIFTING COACHES AND FACILITIES

At CrossFit Twente, you’ll find all the gear you need for Olympic Weightlifting. Our dedicated lifting area is filled with platforms, jerk blocks, pulling blocks, a power rack, benches, Eleiko squat racks, Eleiko lifting bars, other specialty barbells and all the chalk you need. Besides great gear to work with, you’ll be trained by the best weightlifting coaches in the area— we take a lot of pride in performing in and winning multiple National and International Championships. And, our coaches are of course certified by Eleiko and/or CrossFit.

OUR OLYMPIC WEIGHTLIFTING CLASSES
Olympic Weightlifting is a mixture of power and strength. Properly executed, exercises like the snatch, clean and jerk become both dynamic and explosive while appearing graceful. During classes, workshops or personal training, we’ll teach you:

• the correct techniques of clean, jerk and snatch
• assistance exercises and techniques to develop your strength
• how use weightlifting to improve performance in other sports

Whether you want to improve your techniques for the CrossFit classes or want to develop more explosive power: Olympic Weightlifting is for you.