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I tried an olympic lift for the first time last night. It was far scarier than expected.
http://www.exrx.net/WeightExercises/OlympicLifts/Snatch.html (great animation)
I've done lots of squats, where you start off with the bar at the top of your spine. That's far less scary than tossing a bunch of iron over your head while squatting under it. I never did manage it. The closest I got was skipping the squatting part, which clearly was far less weight than I should be able to snatch. There's no way to put a cage around you, or be usefully spotted, when doing the snatch, unlike the squat.
I really need to work a lot on the form with just the empty bar, and slowly go up from there. I wanted to go back out and try that last night after resting for a while, but figured I had pushed myself enough already for the day.
A big part of the reason I hadn't tried the snatch before was lack of an appropriate place to do it. Dropping that bar will break concrete. And I did throw the bar last night. Fortunately I was in one of the stalls of my barn, with a dirt floor.
I have a barn....
I've done lots of squats, where you start off with the bar at the top of your spine. That's far less scary than tossing a bunch of iron over your head while squatting under it. I never did manage it. The closest I got was skipping the squatting part, which clearly was far less weight than I should be able to snatch. There's no way to put a cage around you, or be usefully spotted, when doing the snatch, unlike the squat.
I really need to work a lot on the form with just the empty bar, and slowly go up from there. I wanted to go back out and try that last night after resting for a while, but figured I had pushed myself enough already for the day.
A big part of the reason I hadn't tried the snatch before was lack of an appropriate place to do it. Dropping that bar will break concrete. And I did throw the bar last night. Fortunately I was in one of the stalls of my barn, with a dirt floor.
I have a barn....
Re: CrossFit is great.
totally. my gym is in manchester. we've got 3 people going to the regionals in may in albany; and my trainer is one of the two NH coaches, with a third coming from andover. nice local flavors.
http://www.uspoledance.com/ is nice too :) talk about strength.
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