L. O. G. (Lifting for Overhead Greatness)

[petpre61]

Look at that Snatch... you're a weightlifter bro!

 

[petpre61]

might take some time till the videos will be approved by revver

27.5

BSquat
1x4 122,5kg

4th rep was really tough so I put the bar in the rack


Snatch
8x1 70kg

http://one.revver.com/watch/281997/flv/affiliate/81334
http://one.revver.com/watch/282001/flv/affiliate/81334

I really start to like snatches a lot.

Clean&Jerk
6x1+1 82,5kg

http://one.revver.com/watch/281989/flv/affiliate/81334
http://one.revver.com/watch/281994/flv/affiliate/81334

cleans felt heavy.

RDL
3x5 110kg

 

[JohnRobHolmes]

Your cleans might have felt heavy, but you are yanking that weight up to standing shoulder height. If you could catch the weight a bit sooner you wouldnt have to squat nearly at all. Looks great though!

 

[petpre61]

Your cleans might have felt heavy, but you are yanking that weight up to standing shoulder height. If you could catch the weight a bit sooner you wouldnt have to squat nearly at all. Looks great though!

i need that height since my scoop is nowhere as fast as I would like it to be

 

[JohnRobHolmes]

Sounds like you already know what to work on. Do you have any drills to make the scoop snappier?

 

[super_rice]

hey guys.

petpre, looks like you've made some great gains strength wise, as i remember you clean pulling repeatedly 85kgs or so. however, your technique has really suffered, what happened?

johnrobhomles, the "scoop" exists, but to "work on it" is a recipe for disaster. the lifts are fluid motions, you NEVER work on the double knee bend - it just happens.

 

[JohnRobHolmes]

johnrobhomles, the "scoop" exists, but to "work on it" is a recipe for disaster. the lifts are fluid motions, you NEVER work on the double knee bend - it just happens.

Could you elaborate more? What is a double knee bend? How would working on the catch be bad?

 

[petpre61]

petpre, looks like you've made some great gains strength wise, as i remember you clean pulling repeatedly 85kgs or so. however, your technique has really suffered, what happened?

i dont know what happened, lol - just kept on going. what can you tell?

 

[super_rice]

working on meeting the bar and "working" on a double knee bend are two entirely different things. if you consciously shift your knees out then back in for a "bump and pull" bar velocity drops dramatically and the pull stops becoming a fluid motion. the double knee bend, as it's called is supposed to be sort of an unconscious, lightning fast event.

pp61, i'm off the training so post more videos and i'll elaborate later.

to make a long story short, on snatch you are swinging the bar significantly and it is a very rough movement. the bar slows around youe knees and you draw it in to be bumped off your hips - you're probably loosing somewhere in the neighbourhood of 10-15kgs like this at least. however, very good work as i know you've just started.

on CJ, it looks like the power cleans early on have finally caught up. stop bending your arms and swinging the weight. good starting position overall. if you stop bending your arms and pull through you will clean 100kgs in a few weeks

 

[petpre61]

always appreciate your input sr. I dont know how to stop swinging though. I suspect that the attempts when the bar only touches the hip slightly during the snatch and the clean are the better ones form wise? a few w/o back the bar didnt touch the hip at all during snatches and only upper thigh during cleans so I am happy I ahve the bar closer to my body now.