Reply With QuoteDo power snatches beat up on your wrists, too? That might be one place to look since it is a very similar movement.
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program without power cleans?
Any thoughts on programming a workout without the powercleans? I broke my wrist in high school (limited mobility) then didn't pull high enough on pc and fractured the wrist again. Anyway was thinking i would alternate dl, high pull and power shrug for pulls.
Any thoughts?
Thanks,
Jeff
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Do power snatches beat up on your wrists, too? That might be one place to look since it is a very similar movement.
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Also a possibility: the "power curl" or reverse grip clean
Originally Posted by Jeff Power
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Yes, I broke the navicular bone in the wrist (the bone just beneath the thumb) in high school and it never healed back and now the the radius is fractured. So I can get in a press position but any further back shoots sharp pains also pain with the inward tilt involved with the snatch. So untilthe wrist heals...
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Jeff
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What Mr. Staley said, or stick with the high pulls. If you really, really, really must do the power shrugs, use them sparingly because they beat up the shoulder girdle and might interfere with you're other pulling movements. I'd say deadlifts alternated with high pulls with chin-ups/pull-ups rotated in later might be a safer bet for now. By the way, you're doing SS Novice progression, I assume?
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Thanks Mr. Staley I have thought about the 'power curls' I read about Dan John using them in a program he wrote about but I didn't know if they would recruit enough musculature. I am open to any progression that works, not just SS.
Thanks all for the suggestions
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By the way in case it makes a difference I have lifted most of my 42 years. Working weights are sq 385 dl 400 pr 185 haven't work bp or pc much and haven't maxed in years. I want to work up to dl of 515 and pr of 225
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