My lifts have suffered quite a bit from doing mainly crossfit for the majority of the summer (sorry guys). Today I built up to what was about 80-85% of what I have done before in the clean and jerk and I’m not really happy with the results. I need some ideas for getting back to form. Here’s the link to the vid Clean and Jerk - YouTube
How much is that on the bar? J/W
What exactly are you asking? Your form is fine for now, just keep lifting!
that’s only about 205#, but I think I’m missing something as that felt really sloppy as I did it and lookin at the vid I can only discern that I didn’t finish the second pull. I feel like there’s more that I’m not really seeing and hoping that a fellow lifter can help.
Yeah it’s not looking great. I would love to hear why you neglected lifting while you did crossfit but i wont push. I thought crossfit was an all inclusive fitness system? Im an asshole. anyways.
Points:
1] Pull more thru the hips
2] neutral spine the whole time
3] Support the neutral spine with your guts/abs
4] Squeeze the butt on the jerk
5] Dont neglect lifting again. Strength takes years to develop. Crossfit conditioning takes months. Which one needs more consistency? Also you need to gain some serious weight with your leverages. Those long limbs need to be filled out to really get the most out of your lifts.
-chris
Crossfit gyms where I’m at are the only gyms with bumpers in my area. The crossfit gym I’m at now is more supportive of getting strong(er) than my last gym hence the reason for the lifting absence. The lifts come up sporadically in the other gym and I think I’ve reached the level of strength that requires more specific attention than xfit (not saying I’m insanely strong just that I’ve reached the peak of what xfit programming can give me).
Thanks for the advice and the weight is something I hadn’t thought too much about, but now that you say it I’ll definitely have to hit up a GOMAD cycle.
[quote]rell816 wrote:
Crossfit gyms where I’m at are the only gyms with bumpers in my area. The crossfit gym I’m at now is more supportive of getting strong(er) than my last gym hence the reason for the lifting absence. The lifts come up sporadically in the other gym and I think I’ve reached the level of strength that requires more specific attention than xfit (not saying I’m insanely strong just that I’ve reached the peak of what xfit programming can give me).
Thanks for the advice and the weight is something I hadn’t thought too much about, but now that you say it I’ll definitely have to hit up a GOMAD cycle.[/quote]
And if you have a membership couldnt you just go in and lift with the bumps? Do they require that you fuck around with fran and mandy? That sucks. Good job switching gyms.
-chris