Calling all OL'ers......:)

[brahskimoseph]

hip contact is pretty unnecessary on cleans... it helps some but not most.

didn't know this lol. Watching the video I come nowhere near hitting my hips,always thought I was though.

[schabowy90]

Weight Saturday morning 166

Weight this evening 176. Feel bloated, over carbed, slow. Back to paleo tomorrow

[forcefedfreak]

hip contact is pretty unnecessary on cleans... it helps some but not most.

I disagree greatly.

[brahskimoseph]

now i'm confused lol.


I think I'm just going to focus on my form for the next couple of lifting days. Going to focus on keeping my arms straight and my upperback up more and tighter.

[trailless]

Can someone please tell me where you're supposed to make contact on a snatch?

[DaTruth1]

^below ASIS, along inguinal ligament, where the crease forms when you bend at your hips.

[trailless]

Basically right under the white lines on the outside?

[schabowy90]

Basically right under the white lines on the outside?

pretty much. just get the bar in a snatch grip, bend your legs and push your but back, bend your torso over and it should be right in that crease...

now i'm confused lol.


I think I'm just going to focus on my form for the next couple of lifting days. Going to focus on keeping my arms straight and my upperback up more and tighter.

many people hit very very high high high thigh.

no homo. my contact point is literally just above my junk where i still have just enough muscle on the top part of my quads.

see below where the quad (the widest muscle at the very base of the picture) starts to thin out to nothing? I hit up where it starts getting skinnier and skinnier. just below that painful pelvic bone contact point.

[trailless]

pretty much. just get the bar in a snatch grip, bend your legs and push your but back, bend your torso over and it should be right in that crease...

I hit there but if I hit about 1 inch below it hurts so much... Is it only supposed to brush against? I'm banging most times. Like an audible bang and the plates shake. I'll try to get a video on Thursday... Pubis bone hurts too much to snatch.

[Robination]

Pubis bone hurts too much to snatch.

that is me right now

not even with a pvc pipe

[schabowy90]

I hit there but if I hit about 1 inch below it hurts so much... Is it only supposed to brush against? I'm banging most times. Like an audible bang and the plates shake. I'll try to get a video on Thursday... Pubis bone hurts too much to snatch.

yeah you need to hit slightly above there. you're hitting too low. either stay over the bar longer or widen your grip. if your grip is where it should be, that means you're finishing too soon. stay over bar .001 seconds longer in the 2nd pull. when i did some arm bend one week for cleans i hit the pubis so damn hard i could barely lift.

[trailless]

that is me right now

not even with a pvc pipe

Tried today with a squat pad on. Pubis bone said F you. So did hip snatches instead. No where near as fun.

[trailless]

yeah you need to hit slightly above there. you're hitting too low. either stay over the bar longer or widen your grip. if your grip is where it should be, that means you're finishing too soon. stay over bar .001 seconds longer in the 2nd pull. when i did some arm bend one week for cleans i hit the pubis so damn hard i could barely lift.

Will try to stay over the bar longer. My grip is wide. Probably an inch from the collars.

[Ensix]

Also having the same problem on snatch, sometimes I'm hitting my pubic bone and it hurts like a mfer.

[ftwrestler]

started snatching with a bend in my arms. totally eliminated me hitting my pubis bone

[huntito]

i think i might see jon north lift in person at uni nats.

Kendrick is doing the 94A session, but ian wilson out totaled jon at the JrNats last month by 1kg at 349 i think. Kendrick is definitely going to out total Ian, knocking jon into the 3rd position since he didn't compete at the Arnold.

His only shot at Pan Ams is to go to the panam special qualifier at uni nats to hold onto his spot.


lets go get ham on saturday night after we lift jagboy

Pics/vids or it didn't happen

Weight Saturday morning 166

Weight this evening 176. Feel bloated, over carbed, slow. Back to paleo tomorrow

Dude I got food poisoning and lost 8lbs in like 12 hours. I lost all sorts of bloat in my gut. Thinking about going paleo for a good month to kind of let my system settle back in nicely. What's your diet usually look like??

[strengthsthetic]

I'm caving forward like a mofo on my front squats so I've come to the conclusion that in addition to being inflexibile, I have a weak core.

I've started doing weighted planks as accessory work, what sets x time should I use?
Does 3 sets of 30 seconds sounds good or too short?

[dbk1]

I'm caving forward like a mofo on my front squats so I've come to the conclusion that in addition to being inflexibile, I have a weak core.

I've started doing weighted planks as accessory work, what sets x time should I use?
Does 3 sets of 30 seconds sounds good or too short?

5 x 30 work up to doing them weighted

[huntito]

I'm caving forward like a mofo on my front squats so I've come to the conclusion that in addition to being inflexibile, I have a weak core.

I've started doing weighted planks as accessory work, what sets x time should I use?
Does 3 sets of 30 seconds sounds good or too short?

I like to do 3 sets of at least 45 seconds
plus 2 sets of 30 russian twists

[trailless]

Man... My rehbands are out for delivery, USPS, right now but I have to go lift in a bit. To just go or to wait. Hard choice....

[trailless]

AHHHH.... Got them! Time to go lift.

[LudiWithKnives]

Can someone please tell me where you're supposed to make contact on a snatch?

AHHHH.... Got them! Time to go lift.

strong 10 mins later getting your rehbands....

my contact point is below hip bones but above pubic bone. it gives me a really small margin of error but its the perfect place where you hit no bones

[schabowy90]

I'm caving forward like a mofo on my front squats so I've come to the conclusion that in addition to being inflexibile, I have a weak core.

I've started doing weighted planks as accessory work, what sets x time should I use?
Does 3 sets of 30 seconds sounds good or too short?

http://www.liftbigeatbig.com/2012/09...-training.html

What's your diet usually look like??

usually my meals are one of the following, two to three meals a day depending on the quantity i eat (4eggs vs 7eggs in a meal etc)

eggs w/ spinach and diced onions, bacon or sausage on side (or both)
10-16oz of steak, roasted brussel sprouts (i eat ALOT of this veggie)
1lb of chicken with mashed avocado, romaine lettuce.
big chicken ceaser salad
2 scoop whey w handful of spinach, banana, and cinnamon all blended up
Salmon w/ some veggie
couple spoons of almond butter in the day
random ideas in the slow cooker or baked in oven like a pork tenderloin, angus beef filet i find in the grocery store.

occasional sweet potato, bananas apples oranges and different berries


no homo, this is how i woke up saturday morning at 166.5
at this moment...dat bloat lol. still from last few days

[dbk1]

http://www.liftbigeatbig.com/2012/09...-training.html



usually my meals are one of the following, two to three meals a day depending on the quantity i eat (4eggs vs 7eggs in a meal etc)

eggs w/ spinach and diced onions, bacon or sausage on side (or both)
10-16oz of steak, roasted brussel sprouts (i eat ALOT of this veggie)
1lb of chicken with mashed avocado, romaine lettuce.
big chicken ceaser salad
2 scoop whey w handful of spinach, banana, and cinnamon all blended up
Salmon w/ some veggie
couple spoons of almond butter in the day
random ideas in the slow cooker or baked in oven like a pork tenderloin, angus beef filet i find in the grocery store.

occasional sweet potato, bananas apples oranges and different berries


no homo, this is how i woke up saturday morning at 166.5
at this moment...dat bloat lol. still from last few days

Awesome pics. Great size. Look thick. Solid. Tight. Keep us all posted on your continued progress with any new progress pics or vid clips. Show us what you got man. Wanna see how freakin' huge, solid, thick and tight you can get. Thanks for the motivation.

[schabowy90]

Awesome pics. Great size. Look thick. Solid. Tight. Keep us all posted on your continued progress with any new progress pics or vid clips. Show us what you got man. Wanna see how freakin' huge, solid, thick and tight you can get. Thanks for the motivation.

i just wanted to say thankyou....................

[izzygrant]

no homo, this is how i woke up saturday morning at 166.5
at this moment...dat bloat lol. still from last few days

god damn

[trailless]

strong 10 mins later getting your rehbands....

my contact point is below hip bones but above pubic bone. it gives me a really small margin of error but its the perfect place where you hit no bones

That's where I hit it and when I'm having a good day I can bang the bar with no problem. Very small room for error...

I can't believe I was lifting without knee sleeves. Feels so nice!

[trailless]

http://www.liftbigeatbig.com/2012/09...-training.html

Uhm... you're shredded, well at least for OLY lifters. Mirin, no homo.

[matjusm]

Cant believe what I just watched:


By the way does anyone know of any videos of above world record cleans, say 270kg or so? Usually people can jerk less than they can clean so I would assume that at least someone out there has cleaned 270kg+.

[LudiWithKnives]

That's where I hit it and when I'm having a good day I can bang the bar with no problem. Very small room for error...

I can't believe I was lifting without knee sleeves. Feels so nice!

lol i went the opposite direction as you, i went from knee sleeves to none. i have cheap blue fabric ones and also cheap neoprene ones too but dont really use them. the blue ones are nice and the neoprene ones make me sweat like crazy