Topic: Pubic bone - Snatch

[Georg Holmberg]

I've just started out lifting olympic style and it's a lot of fun, but, there's one problem. When I snatch, I tend to bump the bar straight off my pubic bone and it certainly isn't comfortable. Is this something all people experience? Will the pain subside as I continue training?

I'm currently using a collar to collar grip so I can't see much happening there.

Thanks in advance.

[NatalieFriend]

Georg,

This is a common (and rather painful) problem in my gym. Try to hold your shoulders over the bar longer when you pull off the floor, and focus on pushing your knees back and staying on your heels. That ought to put the bar in a less painful and more efficient position.

Natalie

[QuinKroschinski]

i have a problem when i do snatches it seems to always BASH my pubic bone. ive tried alot of things and it isnt getting any better.ive tried lifting in different styles like starting positions static or trying to lift like naim, but the bar always bashes my pubic bone really hard and it is very painful even with 40 kgs

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[Chris Ⓐ LeRoux]

* Merged with older thread on same topic

[Tom Weary]

Try bringing your grip in a bit so that the bar isn't quite so high when you explode.  If you bang the bar with your pubic bone, and I do this at times too, it means that the bar has gotten away from your body.  Even with light weight focus on dragging the bar up your thighs, keeping contact at all times, and then driving it with your hips as you extend to finish your pull.  Look at clips of Solymanoglu and you can see him dragging the weight up his thighs just before he explodes with his hips and then dives underneath.

[QuinKroschinski]

thanks guys ive now worked on just staying over the bar longer ive started my hips now static instead of ''pumping'' them and i extend my legs almost all the way and use my back and it seems to not smash so hard at all even and i still extend lots and the weight is suppppppper straight soo it feels easy thanks guys