Executing the Snatch

[Cubanito17]

I don't know what it is either my coach says I have to explode more from the ground and learn to finish my high pull and throw my hips. And i'm trying SOOO HARD to do this and it's not happening for me. When I get down to clean I think Deadlift, high pull, drop, front squat. And then it doesn't happen that way.

 

[Arioch]

The problem is that you should not be exploding from the ground, you pull from the deck. The explosion takes place at the initiation of the second pull. Getting the hips into it is a function of the jump phase of the pull following the rebend. This will give both the bar some additional height, as well as you some extra time to pull under the bar.

 

[Cubanito17]

Well I don't know whats up then b/c a friend of mine listens to my coach and cleans 275 and explodes from the ground. He weighs 220 5 10 17 yrs old. he started cleaning 215 11 weeks ago. mine have stayed the same for 11 weeks. And I stil don't know what I'm doing.

 

[Arioch]

And I stil don't know what I'm doing.

This is the problem.

I seem to recall reading that your reps are rather high. Anything over five is a waste of time. If you want to do a lot of reps, do a lot of sets with a low number of reps. If you can clean the weight six times, it is far too light at this point, unless you are doing it as a Max Accel exercise, in which case the reps should still be kept to about two, but do 10 or so sets.

 

[Arioch]

Also, you cannot judge your progress by what someone else does. The first time I ever deadlifted, I pulled triple bodyweight.

Note that I rarely discuss my bench.

I do not compare my progress in either lift to anyone else, just myself.





"Today is victory over yourself of yesterday. Tomorrow is victory over lesser men." - Miyamoto Musashi

 

[Cubanito17]

Well today I did snatchs again and since it looked like I had good form i brought the weight up and did a set of 6 with 95lbs. I should have done about 6 sets of 4-2 right instead of 4 sets of 6. I'll keep that in mind for next week and change it over the weekend.