Snatch 2/13/10
Posted: 15 February 2010 12:09 AM   [ Ignore ]
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Here are some videos from the recent Max Snatch workout.

A warmup set at 75:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B7Ihj2pHZgw

A fail at 105:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=icKUQkypawI

One at 105 that counted:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nDzq3D5SnlE

Appreciate any feedback and tips. Thanks.

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Posted: 15 February 2010 07:43 AM   [ Ignore ]   [ # 1 ]
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Couple things:

Summary: improve your setup.  Watch your second pull, use your hips not your back.  Try those two things first. 

Setup:  Check out your back on the failed attempt.  I sense some rounding in the force . . .

Make sure you’re a little more upright, big chest, butt down a bit more. 

Your setup on the warmups was much better. 

What’s funny is I can tell it’s not a heavy weight for you to get overhead.  But the balance issues are harder. 

Also it seems you’re starting the second pull too early, when the bar is right above or at your knees, rather than waiting till the bar is at your pockets and needing your hips to get the weight up. 

Practice some hang power snatches to get the feeling down.  You can split the movement into a slow dead and a BAM second pull if you need to in the second phase of that practice.  By doing that, too, you’ll keep the bar a little closer to your body.  But lets see what setup and getting the second pull a little better solves before we worry about that.

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Posted: 15 February 2010 10:09 AM   [ Ignore ]   [ # 2 ]
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Good stuff. Thanks for the clear direction. I’m seeing some of those same things I think, so that’s a good sign. I haven’t done deadlift in too long so I think that showed in my setup.

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Posted: 15 February 2010 12:54 PM   [ Ignore ]   [ # 3 ]
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First thing is you have the bar way too out in front of you. Pull that bar into your shins, as you pass your knees drive it up your quads to your pockets and explode! Keep that bar close. Try working on Hang power snatches first.

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Posted: 15 February 2010 02:21 PM   [ Ignore ]   [ # 4 ]
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Thanks Big D. I’m thinking I’ll try and separate things out. Work deadlift some more. Then do some HPS and HPC. Then try and blend them together.

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