CrossFit - All Black in Bonsall: Skill-Transfer Exercises

After introducing New Zealand All Blacks rugby player Owen Franks to the Burgener Warm-Up and some snatch position drills, Mike Burgener takes him through several weighted skill-transfer exercises at Mike’s Gym in Bonsall, Calif. Franks is very strong and can overhead-squat well over 200 lb., but Burg wants to test him with the snatch balance. Ideally, you want your snatch balance to be 20-25 kg more than your snatch, and Burgener firmly believes that increases in the snatch balance transfer to incre