It's worth repeating and reiterating. If your only training on the Oly lifts comes from crossfit, then you should consider a second opinion. This comes from experience. Just as an MMA fighter seeks expert training in each discipline so should we. These two lifts are so much more complex than the 30 min session at a weekend cert leads you to believe. More importantly however, is to keep the lifts in their respective perspective. 30 of this or that does little to nothing for your central nervous system. If we had to define the objective or outline the specific advantage to each and every program some people would be in trouble. If the objective is to muscle weight in various directions faster and faster then great but if practicing a movement is done with the intention of getting better at the movement and consequently lifting more weight then a different approach is needed. Expert lifters are able to get away with it because their form is already hard wired. Beginners need to put the in the requisite number of reps and hours in cultivating the most advantageous form within their physical limitations. Perhaps my current philosophy will change but right now I'm reluctant to exploit these movements beyond the breakdown of the nervous system. If the spark plugs aren't firing then the motor will not perform correctly. In the case of these two movements it is more about the type of software you have programmed than the ability of the hardware. It is worth tearing down the tower and rebuilding it from scratch, starting at the hang position. Although I've muscled up 135-155 via the power snatch from the ground many times my form was far from efficient. By breaking down the components and applying very difficult to apply fundamentals, I hit 175 from the hang. The weight isn't the point as much as the difference between doing 175 correctly and 155 incorrectly. After the smoke and mirrors fade away it's time to go back to the drawing board and investigate alternate possibilities for harnessing a noteworthy level of excellence.
It's worth repeating and reiterating. If your only training on the Oly lifts comes from crossfit, then you should consider a second opinion. This comes from experience. Just as an MMA fighter seeks expert training in each discipline so should we. These two lifts are so much more complex than the 30 min session at a weekend cert leads you to believe. More importantly however, is to keep the lifts in their respective perspective. 30 of this or that does little to nothing for your central nervous system. If we had to define the objective or outline the specific advantage to each and every program some people would be in trouble. If the objective is to muscle weight in various directions faster and faster then great but if practicing a movement is done with the intention of getting better at the movement and consequently lifting more weight then a different approach is needed. Expert lifters are able to get away with it because their form is already hard wired. Beginners need to put the in the requisite number of reps and hours in cultivating the most advantageous form within their physical limitations. Perhaps my current philosophy will change but right now I'm reluctant to exploit these movements beyond the breakdown of the nervous system. If the spark plugs aren't firing then the motor will not perform correctly. In the case of these two movements it is more about the type of software you have programmed than the ability of the hardware. It is worth tearing down the tower and rebuilding it from scratch, starting at the hang position. Although I've muscled up 135-155 via the power snatch from the ground many times my form was far from efficient. By breaking down the components and applying very difficult to apply fundamentals, I hit 175 from the hang. The weight isn't the point as much as the difference between doing 175 correctly and 155 incorrectly. After the smoke and mirrors fade away it's time to go back to the drawing board and investigate alternate possibilities for harnessing a noteworthy level of excellence.
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