Comments on: Yorkshire Masters Weightlifting Video http://www.colinmcnulty.com/blog/2009/08/18/yorkshire-masters-weightlifting-video/ My humble blog about fitness, health, diet (paleo and zone), CrossFit, PDR self defence, weightlifting, general life musings and occasional jollity. Tue, 07 Feb 2012 15:45:23 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Colin McNultyhttp://www.colinmcnulty.com/blog/2009/08/18/yorkshire-masters-weightlifting-video/comment-page-1/#comment-2678 Colin McNulty Thu, 20 Aug 2009 17:19:42 +0000 http://www.colinmcnulty.com/blog/?p=725#comment-2678 Cheers Giles. The rock back is deliberate at the moment to get a different start position. I was losing everything forward and so shifting my weight back towards my heels a bit, seems to help get the bar to land in the right place. I know you've told me off for it before though. ;-) > "a bit dainty" lol, you say the nicest things! Jerk Balance? Not tried that before. From <a href="http://board.crossfit.com/showthread.php?p=53562" rel="nofollow">here</a> : <i>"Jerk balance: start with the bar on shoulders in front....take a small partial split, not more than 1 ft or maybe slightly more, but not much.....dip (must be a straight dip) drive the bar up with the legs, step forward into the finishing split while driving up hard with the arms...in essence you are pushing the body down into a deeper split, one that you would normally hit on a jerk."</i> Cheers Giles. The rock back is deliberate at the moment to get a different start position. I was losing everything forward and so shifting my weight back towards my heels a bit, seems to help get the bar to land in the right place. I know you’ve told me off for it before though. ;-)

> “a bit dainty”

lol, you say the nicest things!

Jerk Balance? Not tried that before. From here :

“Jerk balance: start with the bar on shoulders in front….take a small partial split, not more than 1 ft or maybe slightly more, but not much…..dip (must be a straight dip) drive the bar up with the legs, step forward into the finishing split while driving up hard with the arms…in essence you are pushing the body down into a deeper split, one that you would normally hit on a jerk.”

]]> By: Gileshttp://www.colinmcnulty.com/blog/2009/08/18/yorkshire-masters-weightlifting-video/comment-page-1/#comment-2677 Giles Thu, 20 Aug 2009 13:39:09 +0000 http://www.colinmcnulty.com/blog/?p=725#comment-2677 Well done. You've improved a lot technically, especially starting positions. I see you're rocking back on your heels, which seems to be the fashion at the moment, it's certainly not doing you any harm though. You just need a bit more aggression at the top of the snatch pull, it all goes a bit dainty and you start using your arms, old habits die hard. I like to thinkof the leg drive and getting my chest up high at the top of the pull. Jerk balances might help sort the jerk out, you need to be stepping in to the receiving position instead of shooting your back leg out. Overall, good stuff. You continue to improve with each comp. All the best, Giles Well done. You’ve improved a lot technically, especially starting positions. I see you’re rocking back on your heels, which seems to be the fashion at the moment, it’s certainly not doing you any harm though.
You just need a bit more aggression at the top of the snatch pull, it all goes a bit dainty and you start using your arms, old habits die hard. I like to thinkof the leg drive and getting my chest up high at the top of the pull. Jerk balances might help sort the jerk out, you need to be stepping in to the receiving position instead of shooting your back leg out.
Overall, good stuff. You continue to improve with each comp.
All the best,
Giles

]]>