Decided to postpone week 4 of the starter program and do a week of technical drills instead. I had followed along with a video on youtube before, but that was before I started filming myself and before I had Greg’s book.
Here are my best couple reps with each drill. I watched the film after each set and tried to make adjustments.
Overall I’m much happier with it, I’m not landing forward anymore and the bar seems closer to my body.
Few questions though:
Overhead squat, I know I should have some forward lean, but I feel like mine looks exaggerated, however I also feel like if I straighten my shoulders any more vertically I can’t hold the position. Do they look ok or do I need to get more upright?
Mid Hang Pull, and actually all 2nd pulls, I still feel like it looks like my hips are pushing the bar out, though not as much. Am I just overthinking and paranoid, or is it really happening?
Lower back, should it be more arched at the bottom, I feel like my hips curl under at the last minute and my back becomes more neutral than arched. Ok, or need more flexibility work?
Any feedback or advice would be really appreciated. Thanks for watching
With the last few snatches I was having trouble keeping my elbows locked out. Also, the little dance I do after the recover with 185 was because I messed up adjusting for the jerk and was fighting to get the bar in place.
Snatch:
Hips rise way too fast relative to your shoulder, which puts the bar out front of you. Start with your shoulders a little more in front of the bar, and really focus on getting your hips and shoulders to rise at the same rate until the bar reaches your knee.
Clean:
Same thing, hips up too fast relative to shoulders.
Jerk:
looks fine. a good cue would be “head through when you hear your foot hit the floor”
overall pretty good lifts for a beginner. you have a lot more in you with some minor fixes.
Thanks for the feedback 1llusion. Someone on another forum also pointed out that I"m jumping forward to catch it, but they didn’t really say why or how to fix it. Would you say its the same reason? My hips coming up too fast makes the bar go forward so I have to jump forward to catch it?
I’ll work on that and post another video soon. Really hoping to hit 135 on the snatch soon
Jumping forward it typically a sign of incomplete extension, but I don’t really see that on your attempts. I do see you catching on your toes, but that’s likely just from what I’ve mentioned previously.
I would wager that fixing your first pull (the one off the floor) would have a huge impact on the amount you can lift. It looks like you’re plenty strong for more weight.
What’s with the drill that has you on your toes at the top of the second pull? It’s about getting under the bar, not hanging out at the top. Also, going on your toes is causing you to jump forward.
[quote]bcingu wrote:
What’s with the drill that has you on your toes at the top of the second pull? It’s about getting under the bar, not hanging out at the top. Also, going on your toes is causing you to jump forward.[/quote]
Something I found on the interwebz that I must be doing completely wrong. I’ll drop it altogether since I can’t actually find the video I originally saw it in to figure out how to do it right.
[quote]1llusion wrote:
Jumping forward it typically a sign of incomplete extension, but I don’t really see that on your attempts. I do see you catching on your toes, but that’s likely just from what I’ve mentioned previously.
I would wager that fixing your first pull (the one off the floor) would have a huge impact on the amount you can lift. It looks like you’re plenty strong for more weight.[/quote]
Thanks for the advice, I’m really looking forward to my next workout so I can focus in on that and see the impact it makes. Damn you Rest Day!