{"id":251,"date":"2008-10-13T22:43:42","date_gmt":"2008-10-13T22:43:42","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.colinmcnulty.com\/blog\/?p=251"},"modified":"2009-03-04T15:38:56","modified_gmt":"2009-03-04T15:38:56","slug":"olympic-weightlifting-video-from-last-weekend","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.colinmcnulty.com\/blog\/2008\/10\/13\/olympic-weightlifting-video-from-last-weekend\/","title":{"rendered":"Olympic Weightlifting Video from last weekend"},"content":{"rendered":"

I got a better extraction of the video footage from the Olympic Weightlifting mini-competition<\/a> at West Wythenshawe 2 weekends ago<\/a>. I didn\u2019t have video of everyone lifting this time so have put together a 5 minute video of mostly just my lifts.<\/p>\n

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Whilst it feels somewhat narcissistic<\/strong> to study footage of myself lifting weights, it does expose several issues still with my technique. As I mentioned on the video, I\u2019ve changed my style for both the Snatch and Clean in the last few weeks.<\/p>\n

Specifically for the Clean and Snatch, about a month ago I really started to concentrate on hitting the bar with my thighs on the way up. This helps to really \u201cget the hips in\u201d<\/strong> as they say and promotes full extension of legs and body. Then 2 weeks ago I changed the Snatch again to try to hit the bar off my stomach, rather than the thighs. This is a bit tricky as I have got longish arms and, not to put too fine a point on it, there are things that are best *missed* on the way up, if you see what I mean?<\/p>\n

So at the moment I am striving for consistency most of all. Currently every lift feels different<\/strong> from the last, and until I can get that consistency, it\u2019s hard to work on the finer changes to technique. I do also have a reasonable list of things that I think need fixing:<\/p>\n

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  • Full extension, evidenced by a slight backward lean at the top of the pull.<\/li>\n
  • Jumping slightly back on the landing (only an inch) not forward.<\/li>\n
  • Minimising the dip on the Jerk.<\/li>\n
  • Keeping arms straight, i.e. no early arm bend.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n

    I still plan to enter the Northern Masters competition in February 2009,<\/strong> which is an official qualifying competition for the British championships in March 2009 at Lilleshall. In order to qualify, I need to lift a combined total (best Snatch + best Clean and Jerk) of 175kg. Considering that video shows me lifting 147kg, I have some way to go!<\/p>\n

    However I believe I am currently limited by my technique, rather than my strength. I can Front Squat 120kg for example, so I have the strength to clean that, it\u2019s my technique that stops me. I\u2019m aiming then for a 75kg Snatch and 105kg Clean & Jerk<\/strong>. That will give me 5kg spare to play with.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

    I got a better extraction of the video footage from the Olympic Weightlifting mini-competition at West Wythenshawe 2 weekends ago. I didn\u2019t have video of everyone lifting this time so have put together a 5 minute video of mostly just my lifts. Whilst it feels somewhat narcissistic to study footage of myself lifting weights, it […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":161,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2,1,115],"tags":[111,365,69,109],"class_list":{"0":"post-251","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","6":"category-crossfit","7":"category-uncategorized","8":"category-olympic-weightlifting","9":"tag-clean-and-jerk","10":"tag-olympic-weightlifting","11":"tag-snatch","12":"tag-west-wythenshawe"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.colinmcnulty.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/251","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.colinmcnulty.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.colinmcnulty.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.colinmcnulty.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/161"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.colinmcnulty.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=251"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.colinmcnulty.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/251\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.colinmcnulty.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=251"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.colinmcnulty.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=251"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.colinmcnulty.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=251"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}