Tips on lowering jerks and snatches

[ReconquistaBarbell]

Specially for doing 2's and 3's.

Also, I train with iron plates, so droping the bar from overhead is not an option.

[Mark Rippetoe]

Lower them under control, catch them at the thigh, and set them down under control.

[ReconquistaBarbell]

It seems to me that weightlifters have a way to "break the fall" of the barbell by bending at the knees. I can do that with cleans, but I'm struggling to get the timing right or something when the bar falls from overhead...

[asm44]

Get weightlifting straps for the snatches, makes lowering very doable. Cleaning with straps is controversial though.

[neilc1]

what?
from OH you drop back down to press rack , then drop you your hips, then there's the floor,
press it back down,