I see Dan jumped in lightly. Took me almost two years to get a good OHS. Started at 55, and was trying for perfect form.
I coach a couple of throws teams and we use the OHS as our main warm-up. We use poles and do 3x10. All the football players are amazed how fleixble they are getting.
The post about powerlifters and OHS made the least sense of the day.
[quote]pushharder wrote:
Gary John wrote:
…The post about powerlifters and OHS made the least sense of the day.
What’s worrisome is that these same guys are so damned helpful when it comes to other training topics as well.[/quote]
Ha! …and why is it that the least helpful responses always seem to be the first in?
What about doing a snatch from the floor?
[quote]pushharder wrote:
David Turner wrote:
CFI wrote: Mainly, what have you guys found to be the best way to set yourself up for this exercise?
What about doing a snatch from the floor?
That’s actually how I’ve been doing them the last couple of weeks.
BTW, tonight I did Bulgarian O/H squats. (I’ve done 'em several times before). Great exercise![/quote]
Those sound pretty hard.
DB
Is it possible to do these with a narrow grip? This would raise the centre of gravity and increase instability more right? I was thinking of doing it with a medicine ball or something as a variation. Is it still possible to do this, or would it require too much shoulder flex?
[quote]PlateStacker45 wrote:
clanduncan wrote:
overhead squats are a waste of time. only competeing power lifters need do that movement.
I strongly second that
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power lifters? what the fuck are you guys talking about.
I have yet to see a powerlifter even try to overhead squat.
most that scoff have tried and failed at the exercise. Those that failed initially and worked to a point of success really credit the exercise for lots of development. Try them. Do them at home if you are of the “I can’t do an exercise at the gym that I am bad at because I don’t wanna be picked on or looked at”
[quote]zephead4747 wrote:
PlateStacker45 wrote:
clanduncan wrote:
overhead squats are a waste of time. only competeing power lifters need do that movement.
I strongly second that
power lifters? what the fuck are you guys talking about.
I have yet to see a powerlifter even try to overhead squat.[/quote]
x2
Hm, to each his own… Not my kinda thing as a main exercise, I’d only use it for rehab/prehab etc.
[quote]Cephalic_Carnage wrote:
zephead4747 wrote:
PlateStacker45 wrote:
clanduncan wrote:
overhead squats are a waste of time. only competeing power lifters need do that movement.
I strongly second that
power lifters? what the fuck are you guys talking about.
I have yet to see a powerlifter even try to overhead squat.
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Hm, to each his own… Not my kinda thing as a main exercise, I’d only use it for rehab/prehab etc.
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lots of places have dropped it from their oly programs. IMO it’s great for athletes and for posture purposes, and maybe even core training but I don’t see any reason to do them otherwise.