(I think I fixed it)
I think the bar is coming to far out in front of me, but aside from that it looks good to me. Any advice?
Your elbows should be coming up and back. Looks like you are keeping your arms straight which will swing the weight out front. You are also doing what I call a Crossfit snatch–jumping off the floor. You want to extend your body as high as possible–go up on your toes and the arms are used to pull your body down under the bar. If you know a Olympic lifting coach get him or her to teach you the snatch.
Get your shoulders over the bar more, you’re sitting back on your heels and swinging/flicking the bar out/round. Why are you doing power snatch from mid thigh? Most times you’re better off doing snatch from floor (depending on goals/constraints etc).
No plates of the right size, I’d be pulling out of position everytime. That and every thing I’ve read says to do hang snatch/clean unless you are specifically training to compete in the Olympic lifts.
I’m not a oly lifter so maybe I am just uneducated but, what’s with all the weird looking bending at the waist after each rep.
[quote]Reed wrote:
I’m not a oly lifter so maybe I am just uneducated but, what’s with all the weird looking bending at the waist after each rep.[/quote]
Regripping the bar.
I went ahead and decided to do some mobility work beforehand to see if I could actually do a full snatch. I finally did it! Only went up to 95lbs for a double due to instability in the bottom position. Did lots of reps with the bar/65 lbs just to get used to receiving it.
[quote]amayakyrol wrote:
No plates of the right size, I’d be pulling out of position everytime. That and every thing I’ve read says to do hang snatch/clean unless you are specifically training to compete in the Olympic lifts.[/quote]
Well, that’s just wrong!! Read Everett’s book on training the Olympic lifts for sports!! You will be hampered by limiting yourself to only the hang versions.
Well done on the full snatches! Lifting from hang is ok but not as beneficial and likely to develop bad habits eg sitting back. If you lift from hang go to mid shin, pause for a second, then pull or preferably place the discs on top of blacks for the right height. Jim Schmitz on iron mind has a great article about blocks v hang (mods don’t like links here…)
Looks to me like you’re throwing the weight up with your back and arms. You should push your feet into the floor to throw the bar up with the legs, then pull yourself under fast. Your descent is quite slow, so I’m guessing it’s kind of passive and you’re trying to get more height on the bar as you go down. That’s unnecessary if you get the pull right. Don’t try to “flip” the bar up so quick.
Remember to drive the ground away, and start so that your body weight and the bar are balanced and your feet press into the floor. Tgen drive up and accelarate. The bar should take care of itself when you change directions.