[quote]punnyguy wrote:
I’d venture to guess that if you trained in an area where you knew you could dump the weight behind you, you’d have an “easier” time getting yourself to finish the pull.
Interesting what you said about the toes, because this is what STB said:
"When your toes are turned far out, ext. rotation is inhibitied like I explained before. A major reason why this inhibition happens is the stretch that is occuring in the lower leg (from the post tib stretch/knee being forced into an “unlocked” position) pulls your femur to the front of your hip capsule. This is an extremely unstable position. Now that the femur is out of place, a lot of the postural muscles can’t be activated properly making you more likely to fall forward in a squat. Try sitting on something low, with your feet wide and your toes turned out. With a tight, arched back, lean forward at the hips until you start to lose your arch. Sit back up, turn you toes in, and try it again. Upper body movment will be much more limited in this postion because now everything is were it should be and you are in the most biomechanically advantageous position to squat.
What makes the squat more hip dominant is starting in a good position and violently driving your knees out the entire time."[/quote]
I’d be lying if I said I thought of it. I was actually reading Justin Lascek on 79sbig dot com and following some of his suggestions. I didn’t think I had anything to lose since I’m so weak now anyway and I’d noticed turning my right foot forward while walking was making my hip and adductor stronger on that side. It certainly makes my back and squat feel better though my knees are a bit whiny right now from the change of groove.
The second clean is a little loose, but the jerks were a better today. Reps @ 90% was a good idea. Snatch pulls were above my shoulders. I SHOULD be able to snatch this weight NOW if I weren’t such a coward getting under. Added 10lbs to incline bench since I last did them. Didn’t feel heavier - good sign.
New to the scene here…have you ever thought about investing into bumper weights and this would allow you to slam the weights down after you are done?
Example here:
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Um - those ARE bumper weights. And today I did drop them. They’re starting to get heavy enough that they eat my energy if I try to control them back to rest.
Good session tonight. I thought squats would go easier than they did, given how I was pretty much on fire tonight. The 165 snatch was a LOT prettier than the last 165 I did. Did that quasi-split again though. Easiest 210 PP I’ve EVER done.
[quote]kimbakimba wrote:
I quite liked the post-PP celebration. Apparently your spine isn’t f/u anymore. Nice![/quote]
Thanks kk. Oh it still is, I just try to be careful on certain exercises. It’s one of the reasons my squat is so low right now. If I raise weight too fast I pay for it for days. The quick lifts don’t seem to hurt it though.
