Snatch-bent arm help

[ldbryson]

I cannot keep my elbows from bending when the weight goes up in a squat snatch. How can I prevent this?

[FNG37]

I cannot keep my elbows from bending when the weight goes up in a squat snatch. How can I prevent this?

At what point in the lift are you bending your elbows?

Practice the Burgener Warm Up.

[TristanKay]

At what point in the lift are you bending your elbows?

Practice the Burgener Warm Up.

That warmup as well as some drop snatch / snatch balances. In the video below he talks about training you to get underneath the bar, which these will help with, but I also found they helped me to snap my elbows into a locked out position more consistently. I definitely wouldn't use much weight with them, just use it as an opportunity to practice that movement of getting to elbow lockout.



As well, check out tall snatches on youtube. Again, with light weight, they'll help you pull into that locked out position.

[jbrowniey00]

I cannot keep my elbows from bending when the weight goes up in a squat snatch. How can I prevent this?

Any video, an early arm bend isnt necessarily a bad thing. A ton of ton top guys are doing it, its always been considered taboo but id be interested to see what yours looks like.

[doughnutgut]

Funny this was posted. I also suffer from early arm bend.

Mine is due to finishing the pull far too early.

But I'm relatively new to these complicated lifts.

[TristanKay]

For early arm bends, you could do complexes to help train your arms to stay straight longer.

Ex. 2x Snatch Deadlifts followed by a snatch pull and then a snatch. Do it at light weight and really focus on getting back into that power position before your arms do any "pulling"/bending.

[jbrowniey00]

Early arm bend is a combination of many things and as i said before not necessarily a bad thing, D. Klokov actually prescribes straps in the learning stages because it allows a solid grip and when the grip is loose the arms sometimes bend to compensate, Early arm bend is also common because most people think of the first stages of the lifts off the ground as a pull when actually there is no pulling at all being done

instead think of the first 2 pulls as the first pushes because its simply a leg push off of the ground and the back angle remains the same. This will help bring everything full circle and allow the arms to hang loosely because only the shoulders and legs should be active

[meryalpes]

Burgener Warm Up double your strength