For weightlifting coaches
Weightlifting coaching app for snatch and clean & jerk programming
Strength Academy programs the snatch, the clean & jerk and their squats as percentages of each lifter’s current max, and the max moves on its own when they make a heavier single in training. You write complexes and start positions the way you would on paper, review technique on video, and keep every meet’s attempts with a Sinclair score.
How to coach weightlifting in Strength Academy
Program off a live max
Prescribe kilograms, a weight range, a percentage or percentage range of 1RM, a max-out or the lifter’s choice. The snatch, clean & jerk, clean, jerk, back squat and front squat link to the lifter’s maxes automatically, and you can link any other exercise to the max you pick. The lifter sees kilograms, and missed lifts never move the max.
Write complexes and positions
Build complexes such as 1 snatch pull + 1 snatch, and set each part’s start position (deficit, blocks, low hang, hang or hip) and options like no feet, no hook or a pause. Jerks take a pause in the dip or the catch, or go from behind the neck. Each part of a complex keeps its own PR.
Plan the block and the season
Wave rows give one lift several lines, each with its own sets, reps, percentage and RPE. Duplicate the week with progression rules to make a block, and use the cycle planner to lay out macro, meso and micro cycles back from a competition date. The weekly summary counts snatch, clean, jerk, squat and pull sets with their average intensity.
Review technique and competitions
Lifters send their sets on video, and you reply with timestamped notes, drawings on a paused frame, voice notes and slow motion (video feedback is on every plan). Notes on the first, second and third pull, the catch, the dip and the drive stay on the lifter’s profile until you mark them resolved. Meet results keep three attempts per lift, made or missed, with video and the Sinclair score.
What your lifters track
The weightlifting tab on each client shows their maxes and lift ratios, tonnage, intensity against how the sets felt, miss rate and a chart of the competition cycle.
- Snatch
- Clean & Jerk
- Total
- Sinclair
- Snatch / C&J ratio
- Back / front squat ratio
- Miss rate
A sample weightlifting week
This week’s training from one of our own weightlifting plans, written for a lifter working towards an 85 kg snatch and a 105 kg clean & jerk. Five sessions, with Tuesday optional. Percentages are of the lifter’s current maxes.
- Monday
- Power snatch with a pause above the knee 3 × 3 at 50 kg. Power snatch 2 × 2 at 55–58 kg. Snatch pull 4 × 3 at 92.5%. Snatch deadlift 2 × 3 at 90 kg. Barbell row 4 × 8, face pulls 3 × 15 and lateral raise 3 × 12, all at RPE 7.
- Tuesday
- Optional. Back squat 5 × 5 at 82.5%. Leg press, leg extension and leg curl, 3 × 8 each at RPE 8.
- Wednesday
- Push press + push jerk, 5 × (2+2) at 64.5%. Snatch balance 3 × 3 at 87.5%. Dumbbell shoulder press 4 × 8 and pull-ups 4 × 8 at RPE 7, external rotation 3 × 8 at RPE 6, triceps extension 3 × 10 at RPE 7.
- Friday
- Power clean 5 × 2 at 80.5%. Clean deadlift 4 × 3 at 110 kg. Front squat 3 × 5 at 79.5%. Chest-supported row 3 × 8 and hanging leg raise 3 × 8 at RPE 7.
- Saturday
- Power snatch from the low hang 6 × 2 at 72.5%. Bulgarian split squat 3 × 8 and GHD back extension 3 × 8 at RPE 7. Clean-grip Romanian deadlift + shrug 4 × 6 at 65 kg.
Weightlifting coaching questions
Program your next weightlifting block
The 14-day trial includes every feature, so you can build a full week, send it to an athlete and see what they log.
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