On July 07 2013 00:58 BenKen wrote: I wonder if body type dictates this somewhat as well. Although if that's the case and I'm honest with myself, I'm probably much closer to a small Chinese guy than a jacked Russian dude when it comes to body types.
I don't think so. There's almost no superheavies who jerk this way, yet plenty of big and long limbed guys can do it (Kolecki, Dolega, Demanov) and some short limbed guys can't. Almost everyone 62kg and 56kg can though.
Getting the bar to come in better off the floor. First over bw snatch since December. I might be getting sick, but if I'm not I'll do 212.5+ 2 weeks from today.
I would love to see some professional lifting in person. Some of the pictures and videos are really good. It must take a great deal of training though. I think it seems that most guys who are expert weigh lifters love and breath weight lifting. It really becomes quite time consuming.
Yeah he did really good. 211kg c&j as a clean 94 is really impressive and he has only been training at that bodyweight for ~6 months. I wonder what numbers he will hit by 2016.
Hey guys can i get a critique of my squat? http://youtu.be/vMtrTmt_4ww 145lbs bodyweight 105lbs warm up set 5 rep max of 135 atm :/
Try not to look at your feet at any point after unracking the bar. Get a feel for your stance before you put weight on the bar so you can be sure your feet are in position without looking. Your depth is really good. Related to the looking at your feet, keep your head facing forward and try to keep your torso as upright as possible during both descent and ascent. In order to do this most effectively, try to get your knees out to the sides as far as you can as you go down while keeping your shins vertical from a profile view. This will prevent excessive wear and tear on the knees and you'll be less likely to injure yourself as you add weight.
On July 22 2013 17:43 ragnasaur wrote: Hey guys can i get a critique of my squat? http://youtu.be/vMtrTmt_4ww 145lbs bodyweight 105lbs warm up set 5 rep max of 135 atm :/
Not bad! Watch your bar path. On your way up the bar comes forward. Your want the bar to stay over your shoelaces generally speaking. Think about staying off your toes and driving through the heels.
Also, looks like your back isn't tight when your start but instead rounded slightly forward. Bringing your elbows down a bit should help with bar path and back tightness.
It's incredible what a difference good bar spin makes - I was able to hit a smooth 209 snatch the other week with nice equipment, and at my shitty commercial gym where the bar grinds loudly every time I rack a clean, I'm finding it impossible to balance catching even 185 in the hole. So sad
On July 22 2013 18:12 KaoReal wrote: Try not to look at your feet at any point after unracking the bar. Get a feel for your stance before you put weight on the bar so you can be sure your feet are in position without looking. Your depth is really good. Related to the looking at your feet, keep your head facing forward and try to keep your torso as upright as possible during both descent and ascent. In order to do this most effectively, try to get your knees out to the sides as far as you can as you go down while keeping your shins vertical from a profile view. This will prevent excessive wear and tear on the knees and you'll be less likely to injure yourself as you add weight.
On July 22 2013 22:52 BenKen wrote: Not bad! Watch your bar path. On your way up the bar comes forward. Your want the bar to stay over your shoelaces generally speaking. Think about staying off your toes and driving through the heels. Also, looks like your back isn't tight when your start but instead rounded slightly forward. Bringing your elbows down a bit should help with bar path and back tightness.
Awesome, thanks guys! I'll do this & try to improve!
Yup. Driving down tonight and i lift tomorrow afternoon. Dimsum didn't qualify because he's an idiot and moved up a weight class and only tried like once LOL :-p
They're in cincinatti ohio if anyone wants to come watch! Also, here's the stream link:
My knee started hurting again from my c+j session. Only managed 255 cj after snatching 220. I reallllyyyyy hope I didn't re-injure it seriously and end up with another 5 month recovery period. I think its time to accept fate and just power jerk, worrying about patellar tendon shit while splitting is going to suck way more than learning to power jerk.
+My should flexibility is good enough now to reliably squat jerk with my pinkies on the rings, can't do it any closer though.
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