Maroochydore · Skills programme
Olympic weightlifting in Maroochydore.
Two lifts, endless detail. Our Olympic Lifting class is where the snatch and the clean & jerk get the coaching time they deserve — small groups, real technical feedback, load that's earned.
Inside the class
The bar rewards patience.
Weightlifting is the most technical thing we coach. A snatch asks you to move a loaded bar overhead in under a second while your hips, knees, back, shoulders and wrists all cooperate — and there is no way to muscle your way past a bad position. So our class is built around fixing positions in order rather than chasing a number on a Tuesday night.
A typical session opens with barbell-specific mobility through ankles, hips, thoracic spine and shoulders, then a warm-up complex with an empty bar. From there we work the lift of the day in progressions — hang positions, pulls, tall variations — before building to working sets. Accessory work closes the session: overhead squats, front squats, jerk recoveries, or pulls to keep the posterior chain honest.
You do not need any barbell experience. New lifters start with a technique bar and spend their first weeks learning how to set up and receive. Experienced lifters get the opposite problem solved — someone watching closely enough to tell you your bar path is drifting forward on heavy singles, and video to prove it. Lifters travelling in from Mooloolaba, Buderim, Kawana and Nambour train alongside members who came to us purely through CrossFit and got hooked on the lifts.
Olympic Lifting runs Tuesday 5:30pm. It's included in the Unlimited membership, and it's the core of the Skills membership together with Friday Gymnastics — see memberships, or book a session and bring your lifters.
Technique before load
Positions first: set-up, first pull, transition, turnover, receive. The bar only gets heavier when the shape holds. Empty bar and PVC weeks are normal here, not a punishment.
Snatch and clean & jerk, properly split
Sessions cycle between the two lifts and their accessories — pulls, hang variations, overhead squats, jerk dips and push presses — so you develop the positions, not just a max attempt.
Smaller groups, more eyes on the bar
Oly Lifting runs smaller than our CrossFit classes on purpose. More coaching contact per lift, more video feedback, more time to fix one thing properly.
Covered by the Skills membership
The $45/week Skills membership gives you Olympic Lifting and Gymnastics classes — ideal if barbell technique is what you actually want to train.
Class times
When Olympic Lifting runs.
- 17:30 Olympic Lifting
Want more barbell time outside class? Open Gym runs 5:00am–6:30pm on weekdays for anyone on the Unlimited plan. Prefer running and engine work instead? Look at HYROX.
Platforms at Newspaper Place.
8/9-11 Newspaper Place, Maroochydore QLD 4558. Bumper plates, platforms and coaches who lift.
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