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That was something I noticed when playing around with the lower catch - not fully extending. Where's Mbasic with his magical Oly knowledge when you need himdamufunman wrote: ↑Sat Oct 14, 2017 2:00 pm
Rough day today. Pull was not feeling strong, maybe because I've been working on pulling down under the bar, and subsequently cutting my pull short to keep the bar height lower. I dunno.
. Realistically, don't see 500 happening before baby in December, unfortunately. Yeah gotta work on that and figure out how to do both... Mbasic is becoming the Exodus Weightlifting Guru.
Belts are usually very user specific. I found wearing the 3" while deadlifting low in the front and slightly higher in the back works well to minimize pinching and pain. I still get some light bruising right on top of ASIS (front of pelvis), but it's the best I've found.unruhschuh wrote: ↑Mon Oct 16, 2017 3:10 am I own a 3" belt from general leathercraft, but I can't use it properly. It hurts like a motherfucker even if I only put it on and do a valsalva, let alone lift anything. Can you teach me how to use it? You seem to wear it pretty low. Any other tips?
I know you are joking...damufunman wrote: ↑Sun Oct 15, 2017 4:24 pmYeah gotta work on that and figure out how to do both... Mbasic is becoming the Exodus Weightlifting Guru.
I suspected this was the case. Last couple times I've been cheating a bit and breaking hips & knees a couple inches. I think one of my good ones (minimal lowering) I had more dorsiflexion and arm pull/shrug getting the bar moving. Seems like even if it's just getting the bar moving a tiny bit it helps A Lot.mbasic wrote: ↑Tue Oct 17, 2017 5:19 amI know you are joking...damufunman wrote: ↑Sun Oct 15, 2017 4:24 pmYeah gotta work on that and figure out how to do both... Mbasic is becoming the Exodus Weightlifting Guru.
I can only speak about what has worked for me...and a few others I have talked to.
It seems most people have the same basic problems when starting up.
MY son lifted at a real Oly gym, with a real coach, with two National Champions there, etc.
I paid attention. And I read a lot of OWL material.
Regarding the not extending all the way.
What I found . . . is with high hand stuff, you have to no shit do it from the highest hang position you can stand, with a decent weight.
That way, you do HAVE to extend fully to get that weight up to get under it.
What I found . . . just barely unlock your knees and hips before you start.
As the weight gets heavier, you'll be temped to start from a lower hang position. But don't.
Just extend forcefully, and pull under more aggressively.
It will feel awkward of course at first; at a certain point, something clicked..
Yessir!mbasic wrote: ↑Tue Oct 17, 2017 11:29 am I didn't finish my thoughts because my brain no function beer without.
To round it up, by putting the bar ridiculously high position, you HAVE TO "fully extend" to get it moving.
You can't "cut off a pull" that is already at the point where you would of cut it off had it started lower.
Also, in my limited option, there is a rhythm to the act of extending fully, and then retracting/pulling up the legs to squat under.
Some say there is a natural stretch-reflex in the hip flexors and shit there at the point . . .
Hip flexors extend fast, stop, and should want to snap back (lifting the legs).
So, my point is here, just starting from a true tall position (leg fully locked out) wouldn't seem to help as much
(except for the arm pull aspect maybe, that I could see being useful).
Justin, I've seen you snatch 185, and make it look easy.
Do a super high hang snatch . . .start at 95 and go to say 165 by 10# jumps, stay equally "high" at the start of every lift.
When the weight gets heavier, you'll want to squat down more at the start, don't.
It seems so unatural I know.