Topic: The Road to a 181KG Clean and Jerk

[Justin Ott]

Here was my comp on March 26th, not my best showing: 122 + 148 =270 @ 93.5

Westerns 2011

[Jim Storch]

160 c&j soon.
You just need to convince yourself you can do it.

[Justin Ott]

Thanks Jim, here was some training from today:

April 11 Training Highlights

[Jim Storch]

I saw that and commented stay more "flat footed."

[Justin Ott]

training from last week:

April Weightlifting Training

Highlight-pwr snatch from blocks 110x3

[Jim Storch]

While keeping the correct back angle,
you want to back the knees up more (off the floor) so that the bar path moves back with you,
instead of going around the knees.
Hope that makes sense.

Also- on the muscle snatches the bar path needs to be closer to you from about chest high and up.

[Jim Storch]

I watched the video again and the cleans at about the 5 minute mark look better than the earlier cleans.

[Justin Ott]

Thanks for the advice Jim, I notice that I move the bar around my knees and need to correct that. Here is a video of some power cleans off blocks from the other day:

Power cleans off blocks