What is Olympic lifting and what do you gain from incorporating it into your routine?
If you feel sluggish, inflamed, numb, disconnected, who’s really in control?
THINK ABOUT IT...
You’ve been conditioned to think about your body as something mechanical, as an object to drag through the day- something to push, fix, punish or decorate…
But never as sacred…
Never as intelligent… as a vessel of Divine intention.
The ancients knew this. The body was never a burden, it was a temple. Not just in theory, but in function.
Every breath you take, every cell in your gut, every spark in your nervous system, it’s all part of a living code designed for perception beyond the 5 senses. But the modernism of the recent centuries is teaching you constantly to ignore it.
Start with the gut.
The gut produces more neurotransmitters than the brain, it’s your second brain, regulating your mood, your energy, and your spiritual receptivity. Yet it’s constantly under attack.
Pesticides, processed foods, antibiotics, synthetic preservatives, all designed not just to destroy gut flora, but to destroy our capacity to feel clearly. When your gut is compromised, your mind is clouded. When your digestion is inflamed your thoughts are unstable.
Those in the “remedy” business don’t want you to be sharp, focused, and intuitive… they want you bloated, distracted, emotionally volatile, and they’ve engineered the food system to be sure.
But it’s not just the food. It’s your water, your air, your light.
Tap water filled with endocrine disrupters. Air saturated with industrial toxins. Artificial light that scrambles your circadian rhythm and drains your life force. And through it all you're told this is normal, you're told to adapt. To medicate. To caffeinate. To carry on. And when your body starts breaking down they offer pills instead of root solutions.
They give you diagnosis after diagnosis but never ask the real question -
what are you feeding the instrument of your divinity?
That system doesn’t profit from your clarity…it profits from your chaos.
This is why healing your body isn’t just a wellness trend.
It’s an act of Rebellion.
It’s the foundation of awakening.
Your consciousness can’t fully rise in a body that’s drowning in inflammation, toxicity, and fatigue.
You can’t connect to the Divine when your nervous system is in survival mode. You can’t remember who you are when your cells are constantly battling the poisons of modern life.
Liberation isn’t only mental, it’s cellular. And every choice you make, every meal you eat, every breath you take is either feeding your awakening or feeding your suppression.
And here’s the real breakthrough.
Your body wants to wake up. It’s always communicating. Always recalibrating. Always moving towards healing when you give it even half a chance. And when you start treating it like the intelligent energetic vessel it is, everything shifts. Your thoughts clear, your emotions balance. Your intuition sharpens. That’s not a coincidence. That’s coherence.
That’s not a coincidence. That’s coherence.
The state where your body, mind, and spirit align into one unified field. That’s when you stop living from your head, and start living from your whole being. That’s where awareness stops being a concept, and starts becoming your baseline.
Most coaches bypass this.
They tell you to rep your problems away while still eating food that numbs your senses and scrolling until your dopamine is fried. But you can’t hack your way to awakening. You have to live it, feel it in your skin. In your gut, your breath. This is true embodiment. Not the aesthetic kind, but the kind that rewires your nervous system and clears the fog from your perception. Because the Divine doesn’t live in the sky or in scriptures. It lives in your blood, your bones, your breath. You don’t have to look outside to find it. You just have to clean the vessel it’s been trying to move through all along.
TAKE BACK CONTROL OF WHO YOU ARE.
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TAKE THE LEAPDo you feel like your workout routine is getting stale? Do you see strapping men and women at the gym lifting barbells loaded with plates and squatting ass-to-grass, and think, “I should do that too.”
Well, you probably should. But first, you must know what that is. Those strongmen and strongwomen are doing resistance training in the form of Olympic lifts.
What is resistance training?
Resistance training is founded on the principle that the body will resist force when compelled to do so. Resistance exercises are, therefore, those that cause muscles to contract against any external resisting force — these could be your own body weight or objects like dumbbells and barbells, weight machines, or resistance bands.
Resistance exercises are what you need to be doing if you want to tone your physique, increase your endurance, and strengthen your muscles. Incorporating Olympic lifts into your program is great if that’s what you want to achieve. Olympic lifting entails maximum effort for a few bursts of quick, concise, and explosive force. Do it with the right technique and you're sure to reap fantastic rewards.
The benefits of Olympic lifting
Here are just some of the benefits of incorporating Olympic lifting into your routine.
It utilizes the entire body – The two types of Olympic lifts, the snatch and the clean and jerk, involve a full range of motions aimed at lifting the maximum weight at a rapid speed using a barbell. For instance, to do a clean and jerk, bend over and grab the bar with a shoulder-width grip. Then lower your hips into a squat position, making sure to keep your back and arms flat. Lift the bar to your shoulders, pause (the “clean”), and then '”jerk” the bar upward while keeping your arms straight.
That gives you a full-body workout in (ideally) a 30-minute session, particularly hitting the arms, back, and shoulders. What’s more, doing a snatch and/or a clean and jerk requires a seriously strong core as much as it improves it.
It helps increase lean body mass – Unlike bodybuilding in which muscles are forced to grow, Olympic lifting instead focuses on improving coordination and speed, gradually building strength and creating lean muscle. It also helps reduce body fat.
It improves endurance – Incorporating a snatch or a clean and jerk (or both) sessions in your routine improves your high-intensity exercise endurance. In time, you’d be able to recover faster and do more challenging exercises and more intense sessions.
Key considerations when incorporating Olympic lifts into your routine
Olympic lifts are great but they’re not for everyone. They are especially not for those suffering from serious back injuries. Keep these in mind before incorporating it into your routine:
You need to learn key skills
In particular, you need to be able to hinge, squat, jump, and land. If those movements sound foreign to you, you may need to consult with someone who can explain or demonstrate how to execute them.
It’s also highly recommended to strengthen your back and shoulders to keep them from being injured when you lift. Key to achieving a strong back are exercises like pull-ups, lateral pulldowns, and rows. It also wouldn’t hurt to hone your skills at military presses and deadlifts before you venture into Olympic lifting.
Balance is key
The benefits of Olympic lifting are hefty, and it’s understandable if you want to do only Olympic lifts to improve muscle strength. But as in most training programs, doing a variety of routines is essential.
Know your limits before you test them
It’s actually one of the safest resistance exercises that you can do — provided you do it correctly. If you’re a beginner, two nonconsecutive days or no more than three times per week is best. These workouts are highly invigorating yet fatiguing, so getting adequate rest in between training days is imperative.
And as a beginner, you may want to keep your program simple. It may be called Olympic lifts, but you are not competing in the Olympics. Gradually add loads and increase reps or sets based on your skill and progress.
Olympic lifts can certainly spice up your routine and sculpt your physique as no other exercise can. But if you’re not able to do the deepest squats or lift heavy, don’t rush. Olympic lifting requires skills and ample preparation. Better yet, ask one of our friendly, expert coaches to better understand whether you should incorporate it into your routine, how to maximize it, or simply to get started. Send us a message today.
