I have the same problem with the jerk when the weight gets heavy. Keep your shoulders over your hips on the way down and back up. Try a more shallow dip and only bend at the knees.

I have long forearms combined with a short humerus. When I am in the SS model press, the bar does not touch my shoulders. You may be in the same boat.

The push press starts from the shoulders so...

It has been another epic CarbNite...8 frosted sugar cookies, smashburger, smashfries,5 cokes, 1 hagen das milkshake, four Little Debbie Christmas cakes and about a quart of milk. Pretty sure I can...

low bar 440
high bar 402
FS 318

I haven't trained low bar or FS in a while though...not sure what my ratio would be right now. My guess is that my FS has gone up as I've been focusing on...

Yeah, I definitely sleep better on CarbNites. I'd like to know why though. Does anybody know the science behind it?

I've been taking ZMA on ULC nights and I'm sleeping better but nothing...

The end of day three was where I found it hard to form complete sentences with the correct words. Not joking. Just expect that... it's your brain switching over from glucose as the primary fuel.
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This may become my new signature

Congrats on your AO lifts! Very cool to see all that work lead to some great lifts when it counted.

Starting with the positives... I think the grip on the bar looks fine and you have a good explosion and good speed under the bar. Don't change that!

The arm bending can be a hard habit to break. ...

With that strength base, I imagine he'll be balling up other kids like empty aluminum cans.

My current numbers are:
318 FS/440 BS~72%... need to push the FS up, been focusing on BS
247 CJ/318 FS~ 77%... I didn't realize I was this close to the 80% rule of thumb
178 Sn/247 CJ~ 72%... same...

What can you squat? There is a rule of thumb that says you should be able to front squat 80% of your back squat. You should be able to C&J 90% of your FS and you should be able to Snatch 80% of...

I just called my 13 yr old son over to read this. He walked straight over to his weightlifting shoes in the corner and started putting them on. He walked back into my office and he said "well,...

How about this for an Oly total? 500 Squat, 308 Clean and Jerk, 242 Snatch= 1050 Total at a BW of 94kg

I'm stronger than I am efficient at the Sn and cj at this point so this year will mostly be...

I drink coffee with coconut oil in it 30-45 mins before my training in the evening. No carbs pre workout. The only time I take in carbs is PWO and I make them trashy for the fat burning effect.

I used a brand new Lowes Kobalt titanium nitrided blade utility knife. Like a hot knife through hot rubber. I did not count it as an assistance exercise for the week.

One more thing, try epsom salt baths. 1 lb to a normal sized tub. I used to get odd upper ab cramps but I haven't had one since I started taking an epsom salt soak once or twice a week about 6...

I'm not familiar with your particular injury but it sounds like you have some adhesions and scar tissue built up and that is limiting your range of motion. This is not going to feel good to fix but...

I got bit by the bug too. I watched about 500 videos and went out into the garage and practiced. I still had a bunch of things wrong though until I got in front of a good coach.

The funny thing...

I used to love watching Wide World of Sports! Probably my favorite show as a kid growing up in the 70's. I was always amazed by the intro with Alexeev jerking 500lbs overhead. I literally could...