What a disappointment

[IlPrincipeBrutto]

I thought I could be a good cleaner one day.
But it looks like I'm morphing into an ugly bouncer.

http://www.vimeo.com/20736101 set 2
http://www.vimeo.com/20736259 set 4


IPB

[Kirra]

They're not THAT bad. Mine are probably worse.

[shanuea]

Is your name Michael Cera?

It looks like your leaning forward a fraction too far at the setup. Also I hope you didn't count that as a set of 3. It was three singles.

[IlPrincipeBrutto]

Also I hope you didn't count that as a set of 3.

I did, but you are right, maybe I should not have.

I'm sorry but I didn't get the Michael Cera joke. I trust it was quite funny.


IPB

[shanuea]

No not funny - you just look like him from the side, maybe the hair.

[IlPrincipeBrutto]

No not funny - you just look like him from the side, maybe the hair.

Blimey, that's a blow below the belt.
You just shattered my self-esteem.

IPB

[RRod]

You're cutting the extension in the 2nd pull short (your hips and knees don't always fully extend). This robs you of the last bit of acceleration of the bar and puts you further away from the bar in the catch. Force yourself to bring your hips all the way into the bar. And be more aggressive past the knees; just think about getting faster and faster once you are past them.

And although the pace could be faster, I count it as a triple. It's not like the magic metabolic fairies come down and change the nature of the exercise just because you're fastidious about setup.

[IlPrincipeBrutto]

Hi RRod,

You're cutting the extension in the 2nd pull short (your hips and knees don't always fully extend). ... Force yourself to bring your hips all the way into the bar.

I agree with you.
I use the "jump" cue for my second pull.
I've always noticed in the videos that my jump seems to start from the calves, and this might explain why I am not extending fully.
In another thread, Bazarov suggests to use a "hips" cue, thinking about humping the bar rather than jumping high. I think I'll have to give this cue a try.

Thanks,

IPB

[RRod]

Actually I've used exactly the same cue myself: "hump the bar"! I definitely endorse this product. Curiously enough, this is part of the reason for some coaches' dislike of the "jump" cue, because people often have an ingrained notion of what a jump is that may not jive with a good 2nd pull.

[shaddix]

Jump didn't work too well for me when I was first starting. I ended up jumping like a foot off the ground as I didn't know how I was supposed to exert force on the bar by jumping if I wasn't *really* trying to jump.