Reply With QuoteI guess I failed to consider the logistical difficulties inherent in that request. Can't you get the pool boy to take it for you or something?Originally Posted by sbhikes
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I don't know how on earth I can take a picture.
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I guess I failed to consider the logistical difficulties inherent in that request. Can't you get the pool boy to take it for you or something?
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I guess I end up more like this:
Than this:
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As long as the bar's resting on your anterior deltoids, it's just a function of wrist flexibility (extensibility really), grip-width, and arm segment length. If your hands/wrists/arms truly look like the girl in the top photo, you may proceed.
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Man, if I could get as good as that first pic, that would be awesome. As for the second one, impossible. The second one is more of an ideal that's hard for most people to get to I reckon.
One does not have to reach the second pic to be good at the olympic lifts. I've seen some ugly-ass rack positions even on people who've reached decent weights.
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Most cameras have a 10 second delay. Or you can take a still from a video. Or just a video. It's the 21st century. Lots of options.
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You didn't like the pool boy suggestion?
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Sure I did. I'm just confounded by this whole thread.
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Seems to me like the first pic would be better hand position for the upcoming jerk.
Last edited by hollismb; 01-14-2015 at 04:31 PM.
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I usually end up catching it halfway between the two positions you see (I can get 4 fingers on the bar, but the bar is not palmed), and do a little adjust when I stand up straight; I think it's the minority of lifters, even elite ones, that don't require any adjusting at all.
For all you naysayers out there, there are definitely ways to try to move towards the ideal though: three months ago I was cleaning and front squatting with 3 fingers like in Figure 2. This works for some people, but for me, it caused a bit of an uncomfortable forward lean and sometimes on a heavy FS I would accidentally dump the bar. I ended up doing A LOT of static stretching of my wrists, forearms, and triceps, which is steadily correcting the problem. Likewise, there are others at my gym who started with a genie grip and are now on to 3 fingers, again via lots of soft tissue work.
Rip sez, "Do your static stretches!"
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