Author Topic: Videos: Snatch Balance (Read 1107 times)

Paul LaDuke · « **on:** Feb 14, 2006, 01:23 PM »

I have never tried snatch balance before yesterday. This is video of my better attempts. For those of you that have done this exercise before, please critique my form and tell me what I can improve.

For the record I am using 95#. I weigh 200.5# and my current snatch is 190#. (All my bumpers, etc are in pounds.)

Thanks.

Pete_Stewart · « **Reply #1 on:** Feb 14, 2006, 02:34 PM »

Hey,

I have not done many of these myself but I thought you may want to move the feet.

Jim Storch · « **Reply #2 on:** Feb 14, 2006, 09:38 PM »

Use your arms to "punch" yourself into your squat faster.

Also hold your lockout tighter.

Harry Leech · « **Reply #3 on:** Feb 15, 2006, 05:57 AM »

Hi Paul,

just a few quick thoughts off the top of my head:

Great exercise for developing speed uner the bar (works for both Snatch & Clean).

You seem to be arching the back overly before you start the lift, which may put a lot of pressure on your lower back with heavier weights (it did mine until I stopped).

Peter's right, you do need to move the feet out when you lift, in order to get your hips through at the bottom position. On technical lifts like this, it can help to draw a box around your feet in the starting position of the lift, and another in the position where your feet should end up (if this makes sense, I'm not making a good job of explaining this). This is a good way of monitoring your foot positions.

Jim's made a good point about using your arms to punch out the weight, but I'd concentrate on doing this on the heavier weights (relativley, you don't need a lot of weight on this lift) for this excercise, otherwiseyou may find yourself catching the bar in the 'Power' position, defeating the point of the exercise. For the lighter weights on this exercise, I start with bar on the shoulders and just drop fast: No 'heave off'.

All the above just MHO based on a little lifting experience and a lot of listening & observing: There's some really good 'eyes' on this forum. Don?

Jack Dluzen · « **Reply #4 on:** Feb 15, 2006, 07:59 AM »

THEY LOOK 0K PAUL . I USE THEM A LOT ACTUALLY AT ABOUT 60% FOR WARM UPS ABOUT 8 REPS . 3 SETS STARTING WITH THE BAR ONLY . ONE THING DIFFERENT THAT I DO . IS I START WITH MY FEET CLOSE TOGETHER, THEN MOVING THEM OUT AND SQUATING INTO A FULL SQAUT SNATCH POSITION . THEY HELPED ME ALOT , IM FIFTY .LOL AND I GOT MY FLEXIBILTY BACK AS I HAD LONG AGO . THANKS TO THE ADVICE OF ( MIKE BURGNER)

Paul LaDuke · « **Reply #5 on:** Feb 15, 2006, 09:11 AM »

Thanks for all the tips! It is great to have this technology.

I will perform these again and repost the results. I am in the process of possibly making an educational DVD for Olympic Lifting and I want to get the lifts right.