Snacks
06-13-2012, 02:49 PM
What are some of your thoughts on the Olympic lifts, specifically Cleans and Snatches? Learning to Jerk seems logical for various over head events to keep in the old bag o'tricks.
Properly cleaning and snatching though take a lot more practice to get right and I am trying to decide if it is worth the time.
Currently I Power Clean from hang and press every now and then, but only weight that I can manhandle. I warm up on upper body days, both ME and DE with Muscle Snatches. After seeing Misha do these, I like them and they really get my shoulders ready for pressing. I tend to do sets of 3-5 first rep from floor, rest from hang as my gym doesn't have bumper plates.
So what do you think? Is the carry over and GPP worth the time, or should I just say Fuck it and continental?
Oh and the vid of Misha muscle snatching is here. His channel is: http://www.youtube.com/user/koklyaevmisha/videos
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-PddEV1k8Yg&feature=results_main&playnext=1&list=PL A75A8428DE91A62F
Properly cleaning and snatching though take a lot more practice to get right and I am trying to decide if it is worth the time.
Currently I Power Clean from hang and press every now and then, but only weight that I can manhandle. I warm up on upper body days, both ME and DE with Muscle Snatches. After seeing Misha do these, I like them and they really get my shoulders ready for pressing. I tend to do sets of 3-5 first rep from floor, rest from hang as my gym doesn't have bumper plates.
So what do you think? Is the carry over and GPP worth the time, or should I just say Fuck it and continental?
Oh and the vid of Misha muscle snatching is here. His channel is: http://www.youtube.com/user/koklyaevmisha/videos
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-PddEV1k8Yg&feature=results_main&playnext=1&list=PL A75A8428DE91A62F