🏋️‍♀️ Extended version of this interview: https://www.patreon.com/posts/which-part-of-is-94866486 🏋️‍♀️

The first part of the snatch or clean is a pull. The pull allows the barbell to gain velocity and travel high enough for the weightlifter to get under. It is a complex movement with distinctive phases. The debate over how each phase influences the outcome of the lift is still ongoing.

In this interview, Tavor Ben-Zeev discusses his recent study on how different phases of the pull may possibly correlate with weightlifting performance (total). Tavor is a Ph.D. student in exercise physiology at Ariel University, Israel. His research focuses on sports performance and the physiology behind anabolic steroids. Tavor ...