Topic: Lowering the Bar article

[Shaun Le Conte]

I was browsing the Ironmind web site (thinking about subscribing when I return to Canada) and I saw this article by Jim Schmitz on lowering the bar safely to your shoulders when doing repetition jerks. Probably many of you consider this trivial but I think this is good knowledge for a lot of people. I had trouble with lowering heavy weights for a long time. Basically my problem was that I would let the bar free fall too much and clobber myself.

Lowering and Meeting the Barbell
http://www.ironmind.com/ironmind/opencms/Lifts/lifts.html

[Jack]

Thanks for the article link!

Cool topic, in addition to the advice given, When I receive the bar on the shoulders after lowering it, I (most often) rise on the balls of the feet to give additional cushioning even before bending the the hips and knees to absorb the impact.

Sjaak

[Dave Chiu]

Yes, very good info.

I also think of "growing an extra eye" at the landing spot

to "look" the bar in for a consistent landing.

Along w/ absorbing the shock properly,

I agree that rising to the bar is quite helpful --

Each cm higher that you make contact

eases the impact considerably.

I like to lower everything slightly, then release the bar

in a way that the body shoots upward from;

thus, the bar starts falling from lower

and the body meets it higher

minimizing dnwd momentum.