I was under the impression that I was doing a snatch, but I want to make sure I am correct. I guess I’m not navigating correctly through the archives to find what I’m looking for.
Here is the description of the exercise.
Starting from the squat position, I grasp a barbell and as I stand up I bring the barbell up to my upper chest and continue the lift in much like a military press manner and then I bring the bar back down to my upper chest and then squat down and set the bar down.
And what exactly is the difference between a snatch and a jerk and clean?
This is not a technically pure approach.
Squat down and take a wide grip on the bar like you were going to do a wide grip deadlift. Keep the back tight as you lift the weight controlled to your knees then explode as if you were trying to throw it straight up (the arms will bend some and you will shrug your shoulders). The weight should be enough that you obviously can't throw it up so you duck under the bar and lock arms out (all done very quickly) so you can use the already upward momentum to continue to stand up under the weight.
The clean you use a narrower grip(play with it but around shoulder width) and squat as if going to deadlift. Explode up but the arms come under the bar (elbows pointing forward) and it rests on the front of your shoulders, use a slight knee bend to absorb some of the shock.
The jerk is using a slight knee bend and quick explosive partial squat to help create momentum and press/push the weight to overhead.
The variations of these(hanging, power etc) have to do with where the lift starts from.
Wrist, shoulder, and hip flexibility will impact these lifts.
As I said this is not technially pure. Just very basic, for someone to do at home or where ever. Keep the torso tight, start with lighter loads to get use to the motions, I started with and empty O bar for the snatches for a couple weeks, then load according to the weakest part of the lift.