Power Snatch problem.

[Dimitris S.]

I want to start phase 1 of the texas method as seen in practical programming. The book has me alternating between power snatches and cleans on the volume day. Although I know how to lower the bar when cleaning (I've seen the youtube video etc), I cannot do the same from the top position of the snatch (gym doesnt have a lifting platform and only iron plates). So do I just switch all snatches with cleans, making it so that I clean every week instead of alternating, or do I switch snatches with something else entirely? If I do clean every week, how do I progress weight wise to complement the increased frequency? Again, since there has been some confusion when I've asked this in the past, I don't have an issue with the power clean for I know how to lower it, but with the power snatch. Thanks in advance.

[Andy Baker (KSC)]

Just do cleans. The gym isn't gonna be happy if you are dropping their iron plates onto their non-padded floors. Dumb, but it's their gym, their rules, and their equipment so they make the rules.