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2MC - Taking Luck Out of the Equation
TWO MINUTE CLOCKHi Friends, Weightlifting can feel like a roll of the dice sometimes when it's heavy enough, especially if you feel like you're out of your comfort zone technically. When thing get like this, we can adopt the 'pull and pray method', or simply try 'let the magic happen' once we go start to move under the bar. I thought today, I'd list some quick ways you can take the guesswork out of it, and how you can have a little more control over your lifting! Lack Speed Under the Bar?Some people can tend to switch off post extension and rely on the weightlifting gods to hopefully bless them with a good lift... One misconception post extension, is that it is somewhat of a passive process. Let it be known, that there is nothing passive about moving under the barbell. Once the legs have completely extended, that is when we 'switch' from relaxed arms, to active arms that are pulling against the barbell vertically. This is what will maintain some barbell verlocity, height, direction, and of course, create speed under the barbell! Instability in the Catch?As we are actively pulling through post extension as I just mentioned above, instead of just diving immediately to the bottom of the catch to wait to be happy greeted with a falling barbell. Ensure you are catching the bar to the height you are pulling to. 'Catching high, and riding low'. This will ensure you don't cop a hefty bar crash, press out, miss, and curse the dreaded snatch and clean forever. Unable to Keep the Bar Close?Continuing with the concept of pulling through. There is a way to do it to ensure the barbell remains close to the body. How? By pulling the elbows up and out while pulling though. Refraining from turning over the forearms early which will create space between the bar and the body. Generally the rule is, the more harder we bump the bar away, considering we are pulling through, the harder the bar will come back to meet us. When that happens, it can make things inefficient and less stable going into our catch position due to the bar still wanting to move back. Final Tips!
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TWO MINUTE CLOCK Hi Friends, I once did a podcast with an elite level weightlifting coach with half a century of experience. Essentially having seen it all, done it all, as an Olympic level athlete, and a coach of the same degree. He once released an article titled the '11 Training Guidelines for Olympic Weightlifters', in which we spoke of at length on my podcast. So I thought below, I'd provide a 'bite sized' version of these guidelines I discussed with coach, Leo Isaac: 11 Training...
TWO MINUTE CLOCK Hi Friends, Do you spend time on performance calculators and wonder why you can't snatch 80% of your clean and jerk? Can't clean and jerk 90% of your front squat? Can't snatch 62% of your back squat? Wondering what the problem is? I'm currently building a performance calculator and have been crunching numbers lately. As much as it is fun to look at numbers like these. It's always best to keep in mind that these ratios do not apply to everyone! Let me explain why your ratios...
TWO MINUTE CLOCK Hi friends, As we are now in March, just over 1/6th of the way through the year... This is the period where most of our 'New Years Resolutions', have come to a close. In weightlifting, I've always been interested in as to why I can to can't stick to something. Whether it be rehab exercises, abdominal work, stretching, accessories... I've had good and bad runs with all of that and more, like I'm sure most do. If you're wondering why you may have 'fallen off'. Here's some...