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It’s a continental clean. We do them when we’re repping a heavy clean and press, like in a competition. It’s not pretty, theirs look way sloppier than we try to do em, and I generally end up with weird bruises, but it is a viable lift. You do a normal clean and press as long as you can, and then you go on to continental if you must.
I will say I continental clean double overhand, but I have a friend who just placed at Nationals who does them mixed grip.
You guys sound like the YouTube commenters who tell me I’m an idiot for arching in a bench.[/quote]
I’m not sure how you can miss the obvious. There is NO value to performing this lift to that group of trainees. They are NOT training for competition.
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Are you really bumping this quote?
Hello. Lifiting can be fun. Learning how to lift ‘heavy’ shit over your head is empowering.
The only reason you wouldn’t want to teach a woman this, or any other overhead lift, is that you thing they are better off in the kitchen making sandwiches.
/I make an an awesome sandwich
/for me
/the ingredients are in the kitchen, go make your own
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I doubt even most pro athletes or serious bodybuilders (competitive or non-competitive) or even serious power lifters are in the gym “for fun”. I’m there to make progress. That won’t happen for long if my technique is so poor it promotes injury.
What is empowering is gaining more strength and power…not doing random movements in the gym just for the “fun of it”.
A few months ago two newbs broke the lat pull down machine. They were “having fun” with it using poor form and slamming the weights back down. Too bad we all had to suffer for their “fun time”.[/quote]
Sorry about the equipment at your gym, but we can have fun without breaking stuff.
Most people aren’t pro-athletes or serious bodybuilders. They just want to ‘get in shape’ (whatever that means). They find working out to be ‘boring’, and don’t stick with it long enough to do any good. I think if they perceived physical movement to be enjoyable, they would stick with it longer.
In my opinion, that movement looked like it could be fun learn. But then again, I enjoy learning new lifts.
Now smile dammit!
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I read a study showing women enjoy journeys while men enjoy the goal itself. It was a broad study including shopping, work and exercise among others.
It stated women are in fact more successful in achieving fitness goals with variety and in group settings while men were more likely to work out alone and were more strongly motivated by results alone than a mix of results, group support and excitement.
I gather you are a very feminine chick and I dig that.
This is basically a gender discussion though whether people realize it or not and there will be no winner. FTR.
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That doesn’t surprise me. The end result, for me, is not that important. I think it’s because once I achieve something I immediately become bored by it and look for the next thing. Because of this, I’d tend to things out.[/quote]
Also, its nice to try more difficult lifts and routines. Entry level is only fun for so long.
Totally understand a desire to move from deadlifts to cleans.
