I find that I need less rest between 1-rep/2-rep sets, and more for longer sets.
Type: Posts; User: PFerrari
I find that I need less rest between 1-rep/2-rep sets, and more for longer sets.
I wouldn't use them on a light day personally. But I could see how you could utilize them on a light day if you kept the weight similar to your press in that it allows you to use musculature to move...
Have you tried to talking to the CrossFit gym owners about doing your own thing at certain time? When I travel for work I often do this and contact about 5 CF gyms in the area explaining my situation...
To get better at cleans I think they have to be done at least 2x per week. There's such a technical component of the cleans that once per week doesn't seem to work as well as doing them 2 days per...
1. Don't close your eyes - it will mess with your balance.
2. The bar has to touch the thighs/hips area. Exactly where it makes contact will depend on your pulling style and limb length. Some...
How often do you practice power cleans? Most people wind up only doing them once per week, which I don't think is often enough to learn a movement as complex as the power clean. I think you should...
From what I've seen/read/heard/experienced re: olympic lifting and the squat, that squat tends to have a greater correlation to the clean & jerk as opposed to the snatch. This is because once you've...
Not to flood you with more information but another thing you could do especially with lighter weights/warm-ups is pause jerks. Do your dip, pause, and then explode up and do the jerk. This would also...
I would prefer a KB snatch to a DB snatch if you have access to it. I think it's fine conditioning (especially KBs) but certainly not the best exercise for building strength.
You wouldn't want a weightlifting movement to be difficult now would you? I've lowered 127 kg to the back of my neck without injurying myself weighing 79 kg, so it can be done. In all seriousness...
I'm not sure of exact power generation, etc. But the power clean is much more athletic because of the fact that you have to fully extend and then quickly change direction to pull yourself down...
This strategy doesn't have a whole lot of supporters on this site - but I think doing jerks from behind the neck are a good way to get the feel of how a straight dip and drive should be and it's...
Here's what I see:
-Early arm pull
-Cutting your extension short. It doesn't look like you get fully extended because you're in a rush to pull the bar up (definitely related to the early arm...
I think part of the reason OP is leaning back is that he's not rebending his knees. Allow your knees to re-bend to absorb the weight a bit instead of breaking at the hip to absorb the weight.
Bar is going forward as it comes off the floor. According to SS, bar should be straight path. (Others will say it should even come slightly in off the floor but I won't get into that argument right...
For the record, I'm not trying to suggest the hang clean is better than the full clean. Just trying to explain why certain lifters are either better at it, prefer it. For the most part it's useful in...
The key advantage of the hang clean vs the full clean is that it allows the lifter to put the bar in the proper position to start the 2nd pull. (At least gives them a better chance of it - there's...
Have you gained weight since you started training? Also, how long have you been training with StrongLifts?
Given how close your press is to your bench, I'm not surprised your press is stalling...
What is your bodyweight? Has your bench stalled too or just your OHP? How long have you been doing StrongLifts?
I'd recommend switching to SS soon because the decreased volume will allow you to...
I do olympic lifting so I typically do volume and intensity in the same session for my snatches and clean & jerks, which are very different in how you program them vs the bench/dead/squat/press....