[quote]alexus wrote:
ok. tried to pull it faster today and 30kg seems like a good weight to be working with for triples (feels like if i pull 25kg too hard it swings more). i’m not sure my ankles can come forwards anymore… but i’ll keep working on it. guess i was thinking ‘slow from the floor then fast’ but instead i need to be thinking ‘fast from the floor then fastest!’ really get the CNS fired up.[/quote]
Yes its fast then fastest. Too many pull deliberately slow, its ok in the beginning when youre learning positions but should be quickly weened off. If your ankles cant move anymore, then theres not much more you can do with your start position (you certainly dont need to raise your hips higher, youre correct on that). You should do some ankle mobility drills and see if those help, then worry about your hips later:
Take some videos of you pulling faster and dropping faster (dont just pull fast and drop slowly).
[quote]i read somewhere that you aren’t supposed to tell girls to be more aggressive… i had wondered if i was meant to be, though. i had a lot of fun, today. sounding less like a strangled poodle, anyway, i think. got some looks. maybe that means i’m doing it more right
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Who said that? The weight isnt going to move itself, nor is it going to be nicer when its heavier. You need to rip the hell out of it and show it who’s boss.
[quote]i think it might be possible to get the bar moving back more from the floor… but then i might need to rebend my knees once it is past them in order to get into the power position… alternatively, i guess i could play with my knees going out to the sides more - as in more of a frog stance. will work on getting it moving faster for a bit, though. see how far that gets me.
thanks.[/quote]
Youre overthinking this. Dont worry about rebending the knees, that will happen on its own. You can turn the toes out if you want, I prefer that, but just drive with your legs. Read this to get in a better start with the toes out:
http://cathletics.com/articles/article.php?articleID=49
Note this part: “So where are the hips? I donâ??t know; I havenâ??t measured you. If youâ??re on the short end of the scale, the hips will most likely be above the knees; if youâ??re a bit longer-legged, the hips may be even with or even slightly below the knees. Understand that hip height is a product of our two basic position criteria (bar over the base of the toes and arms vertical from side), not a criterion itself.” Again higher hips will get you nowhere (as will trying to shrug the bar up).