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Coached snatch and clean & jerk in Olympic Village. Eight platforms, certified coaches, and a room full of lifters who'll cheer your PR like it's their own. Beginner or competitor, you'll fit right in.
3 free coached classes · claim online in about 30 seconds · no card, no pressure
278 East 1st Avenue · 5 min from Main Street SkyTrain · Open 7 days
At a glance
Olympic lifting rewards patience. We coach the positions, you keep showing up, the kilos take care of themselves.
Every session starts with positions and drills. You'll learn the catch, the pull, and the recovery long before we add weight you can't move clean.
Eight Olympic lifting platforms, calibrated kilo plates, jerk blocks, and certified bumper plates. Bail safely, miss without fear, lift without compromise.
Lifting sessions are capped so coaches can actually watch your reps. More feedback per pull, more PRs per quarter.
From members chasing their first power clean to provincial-level lifters peaking for a meet. You'll find your shelf, then we'll help you raise it.
PVC pipe, then empty barbell. Bracing, catch positions, footwork. We earn the load before we lift it.
Hang snatches, hang cleans, deadlift variations. Build the timing of the second pull without the complexity of the first.
Snatch and clean & jerk from the floor, kept light and crisp. Volume over weight. The bar gets heavier when the positions hold.
Cycle through skill, strength, and intensity blocks. Members peak for in-house meets, BCWA comps, or just their own PR board.
Olympic lifting is a force multiplier inside our broader Functional Athletics system. Most lifters here also train CrossFit, compete in HYROX Vancouver, or use our Open Gym for extra practice. Want the why behind the big lifts? Read why deadlifts are the most functional movement.
Free training tools
Plan your snatch and clean-and-jerk percentages, load the bar correctly, and track your strength over time.
Estimate your 1RM from a recent lift to drive every training percentage.
Open toolConvert any percentage of your max into the exact bar weight.
Open toolSee which plates to load on each side for any target weight.
Open toolAdd your best squat, press, and deadlift to benchmark raw strength.
Open toolSwitch between kilos and pounds for plates, lifts, and programming.
Open toolSee every calculator on the CrossFit BC training tools hub.
CrossFit BC in Olympic Village (278 East 1st Avenue, a few blocks from Main Street SkyTrain) runs coached Olympic Weightlifting sessions for all levels. Sessions are small, position-first, and include both group and one-on-one options.
No. Most of our lifters started with a PVC pipe or empty barbell. Our coaches break the snatch and clean & jerk into small drills (hangs, pause variations, complexes) so you build position and timing before you ever go heavy.
At CrossFit BC, Olympic Weightlifting is included on Life Performance and Hybrid memberships, or available as an add-on for CrossFit-only and HYROX-only members. Drop-ins are welcome for visitors.
When coached properly, yes. Olympic lifts are some of the most studied movements in strength and conditioning. Our coaches are CrossFit Level 2 certified and many also hold USA Weightlifting and HYROX Performance Coach credentials. We coach you to bail safely before you ever push the load.
Olympic lifts build explosive power that transfers directly into HYROX sled pushes, wall balls, and burpee broad jumps, and into every CrossFit WOD that includes snatches or cleans. Most of our HYROX athletes add one weightlifting session a week.
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Your first 3 coached classes are free. Claim them online in about 30 seconds, no card and no pressure. Tell us you're here for Olympic lifting and we'll point you to the right session.
Olympic lifting is led by Coach Jason Gach, who programs snatch, clean and jerk volume across our weekly schedule. For background, read why strength athletes need an engine and training after 40, or skim member stories from lifters at our Mount Pleasant gym.
Free Tool
Browse coach-built barbell WODs that put your lifting to work, or generate one for your next session.
Find us
Our eight Olympic lifting platforms are a few blocks from Main Street–Science World SkyTrain in Vancouver's Olympic Village. Drop in, take a tour, or claim your free classes.
CrossFit BC
278 East 1st Avenue, Vancouver, BC V5T 1A6