Hey fellas, sort of new to Olympic lifts and have only just started doing the second acceleration (bar hitting/brushing upper thighs and hip flexor)
My legs are bruising up like crazy, there black and swollen at the momentwondering if there is anything you guys do to stop this from happening or prevent it, so I can keep oly lifting more often (addicted to them) or do I need to give it time and just condition my thighs?
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Thread: stop bruising!?!
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05-24-2012, 04:23 AM #1Registered User
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stop bruising!?!
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[(strength x speed) = power]
C&j - 100kg (goal: 160kg)
snatch - 70kg (goal: 120kg)
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05-24-2012, 04:29 AM #2
Or you could learn how to snatch without beating the **** out of the bar...
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05-24-2012, 04:38 AM #3Registered User
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Then my form goes to sh!t without the second acceleration.Originally Posted by feces99
olympic lifter
[(strength x speed) = power]
C&j - 100kg (goal: 160kg)
snatch - 70kg (goal: 120kg)
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05-24-2012, 07:11 AM #4Registered User
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What Feces is saying is that something is wrong with your pull if you're bruising the heck out of yourself. It usually means the bar is too far away from your body during the first pull. Post a vid and we can tell you what's going on.
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05-24-2012, 09:11 AM #5trying..........
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even when I smash the **** out the bar, it is not enough to bruise me. You shouldn't really be smashing the **** out of it though, as will it cause a swing
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05-24-2012, 11:22 AM #6Registered User
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Your power on the second pull should come from your legs and bringing your hips forward while standing up, not from whacking yourself with the bar and looping it overhead. If you're hitting the bar that hard, it's going to make your bar path a mess. Remember you want to be going straight up the entire time, rising through your chest.
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05-24-2012, 12:05 PM #7Sexual Tyrannosaurus
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sounds to me like the bar is way to far away from your body
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05-24-2012, 04:49 PM #8Registered User
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The bar could be too far out, or I come in to Sharp with the bar when I hit my thigh. I'll try keeping the bar close to me next time I'm in the gym
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[(strength x speed) = power]
C&j - 100kg (goal: 160kg)
snatch - 70kg (goal: 120kg)
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05-25-2012, 12:18 PM #9Anti muffin-top
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It's because you are bringing your hips out to meet the bar instead of sweeping the bar in to your hips. When I sweep the bar in not only does it not hurt my hips but it doesn't bruise.
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05-26-2012, 08:38 AM #10Registered User
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Think of sliding the bar up your thighs and not banging the bar on the thighs. Video would help.
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05-28-2012, 03:53 AM #11Registered User
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Alright, I saw a weightlifting coach yesterday and showed me how to better improve my technique, no bruising yet.
Was exactly what you guy saidolympic lifter
[(strength x speed) = power]
C&j - 100kg (goal: 160kg)
snatch - 70kg (goal: 120kg)
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05-28-2012, 05:51 AM #12Registered User
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which coach?Originally Posted by Bluesy
some people just bruise easy too... there was a girl at my old gym with great technique but she just bruised regardless.
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05-28-2012, 04:21 PM #13Registered User
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You live on northern beaches? I always have bruises on my legs from rugby and other random stuff, but the way iv been cleaning just completely screws up my legsOriginally Posted by James_Byrne
Last edited by Bluesy; 05-29-2012 at 01:24 AM.
olympic lifter
[(strength x speed) = power]
C&j - 100kg (goal: 160kg)
snatch - 70kg (goal: 120kg)
wondering if there is anything you guys do to stop this from happening or prevent it, so I can keep oly lifting more often (addicted to them) or do I need to give it time and just condition my thighs?
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