Episode 42: Your Snatch, Clean and Jerk: 7 Weightlifting Faults Solved (Snatch Chat Q&A)

Your snatch collapses overhead, your clean grinds out of the bottom, and your jerk falls apart the second you get tired. Sound familiar? In this Snatch Chat Q&A, Coach Oates breaks down the real fixes behind the most common Olympic weightlifting faults, so you stop guessing and start progressing. Whether you are learning the lifts through CrossFit and feeling a bit lost, or you are chasing your first PB, this one is for you. Inside we cover: How to build a stable snatch receive (hips back, knees out, squat mechanics) Whether your grindy clean is a strength problem or a timing problem How to hold your dip and drive when fatigue kicks in How volume and intensity actually shift as you peak for a competition How to eat and time your food on heavy days vs rest days What really takes a beginner to their first competition Exactly what happens on comp day, from weigh-in to final attempt Last call for 2026: the final Broomstick to Barbell cohort starts 3rd October, six spaces only, fully customised to you, online or in person at OptiLift Performance Lab in Digbeth. Register your interest: https://8weekbroomstick2barbell.coach... Free weightlifting toolbox and Feedback Friday inside the OptiLift school community: https://www.skool.com/optilift-perfor... Chapters (times approximate, worth a quick check before publishing): 00:00 Workshop and final Broomstick to Barbell cohort 03:20 Unstable snatch overhead: training the receive 05:50 Grinding out of the clean: strength or timing? 07:02 Pressing out the jerk under fatigue 10:20 Volume and intensity before a competition 12:30 Eating and timing: training days vs rest days 15:40 Beginner to competing this winter 18:00 What happens on comp day Refine technique. Define strength. #OlympicWeightlifting #Snatch #CleanAndJerk #Weightlifting #CrossFit #OptiLift #SnatchChat #Barbell #WeightliftingTechnique #BritishWeightlifting