Wonder if you’re not pulling the bar high enough when you do pulls to help your snatch and clean?


Apti Aukhadov (Russia) finishes his pull on a successful 175-kg snatch in the 85-kg category at the London Olympics.  The training lift Jim Schmitz discusses—Tommy Kono High Pulls to a Stick—are designed to ensure that when you do pulls, you are hitting the necessary height.  IronMind® | Randall J. Strossen photo.


Jim Schmitz has a solution for you and it’s what he calls Tommy Kono high pulls to a stick—in honor of the Olympic champion, world champion and world record holder whom he first saw teaching the movement.

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