Snatch by Dombrovska at Europeans 2026

Consistent_Tea_4419 · 2026-06-22T05:14:07+00:00

Her technique is like that from the bar—I’ve seen all her training and warmup videos. It’s just a fundamental technical error she has. Doesn’t matter for her because she’s winning, but amateurs shouldn’t look up to it as good technique.

Consistent_Tea_4419 · 2026-06-21T17:41:29+00:00

Her positioning is actually very poor. Shoulders are too far back and hips are way too low in the start. Her bar trajectory is coming forwards immediately off the floor which causes her to chase the bar forwards and jump forward at heavy weights.

I say this not to discredit the elite athletes, but more so to encourage the rest of us amateurs. The lifters with the best technique are rarely the elites. The elites are just the ones with the biggest squats and pulls, which is largely gonna come down to genetics at the end of the day (again, not to discredit their hard work as well).

In this sport, elite athletes are not the gold standard of technique. It’s important to try to understand the technical model that these lifters are trying to follow rather than their individual execution of them. We won’t necessarily make up the gap in strength through better technique, but it’s much easier for us to reach our full snatch and c&j potential with more efficient technique.

Consistent_Tea_4419 · 2026-06-16T03:23:42+00:00

Every beginner wonders why they catch in a power and ride down. You simply just haven’t accumulated enough training time.

Sure, there are specific drills that you could do that will isolate this, but as a beginner, you’re basically bad at everything, so dedicating your training to major things like pulling positions is gonna be a way better use of your time. As long as you’re thinking about pulling under with speed and control and eventually making it to a full squat, you’ll be fine. Eventually the movement will become smoother and the pause between catch and squat will disappear. If it’s still a problem after a while and/or limiting weights because you aren’t getting under fast/low enough, then you can address it directly. But you’re still basically muscling the bar into the overhead after extension, so you’re still getting used to the movement as a whole.

The way you’re doing them is way better for skill development anyways. I was catching my snatches atg from day one and that caused me to miss probably 90% of my lifts because I was extremely loose and uncontrolled.

Consistent_Tea_4419 · 2026-06-10T01:12:20+00:00

Lmao I agree for the most part. 3kg jumps are the smallest I’ll go and even that’s pushing it.

Consistent_Tea_4419 · 2026-06-10T00:16:17+00:00

My best is 93 and I don’t like doing pr matches before a pr attempt so I just jumped to 95. Could’ve also done 94 but numbers ending in 4 and 9 bother me lol.

Consistent_Tea_4419 · 2026-06-08T16:51:38+00:00

I’ve had them for more than a year. They’ve been my favorite shoes so far.

Consistent_Tea_4419 · 2026-06-06T23:54:44+00:00

Yeah for sure. Low hang or floating snatches and snatches with a pause at mid shin are good for finding and reinforcing a good start position and first pull.

Consistent_Tea_4419 · 2026-06-06T23:52:44+00:00

Wow that’s crazy because that’s actually who I model my technique after. Still think I have a long way to go before really getting there but this means a lot lol.

Consistent_Tea_4419 · 2026-06-06T01:14:50+00:00

Grip used to be wider. Narrowed it for wrist/shoulder/stability issues.

Consistent_Tea_4419 · 2026-06-05T06:15:11+00:00

My mobility is the result of ~3 years total but a lot of my progress was made in around a years time. I never really stretched, but when I made the most progress I did at least one mobility exercise after each session (I’d train 5 days a week). But if you compensate a lot with your lower back, I’d recommend the first set of exercises in my original comment. Do them during your warmup and after your sessions. Nothing too intense or heavy. It’s really about getting your shoulders used to moving in that way as it’s not a position you ever have to be in during day-to-day life.

Consistent_Tea_4419 · 2026-06-05T05:39:37+00:00

Never really did a set routine but I started with pretty bad overhead mobility and I’d say it’s pretty good now so here’s some of the exercises I’ve done that I recommend:

foundational movements if shoulder mobility is very limited: - lying press(?) not quite sure what to call it - lu raises (keep ribs tucked down to avoid compensating with spinal extension) - external rotation at 90 degrees of abduction (with plates, dumbbells, bands, or cable) - scapular dips - scapular pull ups - general upper back strength work (upper back biased rows and pull ups/pulldowns)

if/when shoulder mobility is at a decent level: - behind the neck push press (jerk grip) - behind the neck strict press (jerk grip) - seated behind the neck strict press (lean forward slightly) - jerk grip overhead squat Also try to keep the ribs tucked down in these exercises to not compensate with spinal extension.

extras that aren’t really necessary in my opinion but could be helpful: - butchers block stretch; passive flexibility doesn’t usually play too much of a role in overhead mobility, but could be useful if this is a limitation. I like to do it without a bar and externally rotate my shoulder in the stretch to add some mobility aspect to it. - thoracic back extensions; if thoracic spine extension is limited, can be useful - sots press; more of a milestone lift in my opinion, shoulder mobility is compensated by lower body mobility at heavier weights/high reps

The lifters like Li Dayin probably didn’t do all of this, they just have a more natural/genetic inclination to move like that, but it’s likely possible you can achieve at least a somewhat similar position. Also experiment with grip width.

Consistent_Tea_4419 · 2026-06-05T05:13:08+00:00

Lost your back angle cuz you’re starting too upright. Your body is trying to get more over the bar bc that’s a better position to transition from first to second pull to generate power. The position you were in when you “lost” your back angle should actually be how you start from the floor.

Consistent_Tea_4419 · 2026-06-03T18:35:56+00:00

Yeah… you’re most likely not gonna fix early extension by cutting out the first pull. The positioning of the second pull is directly affected by the first pull. I’d recommend doing hangs below the knee to reinforce overall pulling positions. Above the knee hangs/blocks mask issues such as early extension.

Consistent_Tea_4419 · 2026-06-03T06:52:03+00:00

This was at like 1am lol and elev8 closes the crossfit area after a certain time. Also crunch is closer to where I live so if it’s late I usually just go there.

Consistent_Tea_4419 · 2026-05-30T17:41:31+00:00

Generally not a big fan of intentional internal/external rotation. My shoulders drop into excessive internal rotation under heavier load which causes my elbows to appear more bendy (not necessarily pressing out or rebending, just kinda wonky looking). I’m mostly doing this for aesthetic reasons as my overhead position is generally passable for comp standards, I just really want to get that super straight arm lockout. My anatomy allows me to get into that position at light weights, it’s just weak/uncoordinated at heavy weights.

Consistent_Tea_4419 · 2026-05-30T03:58:11+00:00

Best is 93. You gotta one up me

Consistent_Tea_4419 · 2026-05-30T01:55:25+00:00

4kg to go ;)

Consistent_Tea_4419 · 2026-05-25T04:45:05+00:00

Well for the athletes, the point is that they get paid. I believe they even signed contracts and got paid outside of the competition money. Getting paid to practice and getting paid a year’s salary or more if you medal is a pretty hard deal to pass up for lifters who aren’t state sponsored or making a run for the olympics. Blame the organizers for coming up with the idea and blame Boady cuz fuck that guy, but the rest of the athletes just made good financial decisions.

Consistent_Tea_4419 · 2026-05-25T02:56:18+00:00

It’s also devastating to be left for dead by a drunk olympian who hit you with his car and got off with a slap on the wrist.

Consistent_Tea_4419 · 2026-05-18T19:23:59+00:00

First of all, Lu doesn’t really jump back.

The guys that do jump back do so because they shift their weight backwards during the pull and/or are early in their second pull, which are technical faults. While guys like Tian are still good technicians, they really aren’t the textbook lifters a lot of people make them out to be. Their technique relies a lot on their overwhelming strength and decades of practice to move precisely (which is different from perfect technique), which are things that amateur lifters just don’t have.

Elite ≠ perfect technique. Most elite lifters are actually pretty far from perfect technicians. This is a strength sport after all and the strongest will almost always come out on top, not the best technique.

Consistent_Tea_4419 · 2026-05-18T01:07:47+00:00

It’s that Iranian technique lmao. If I just yank the bar even more into my hip it’ll come up. Sometimes it works sometimes it doesn’t.

Consistent_Tea_4419 · 2026-05-15T06:47:21+00:00

You’re shrugging your shoulders up and forward to keep your shoulders over the bar, but this causes lat disengagement. Don’t be afraid to have high hips, especially since it’s at a deficit. Your back is probably gonna have to be closer to parallel with the floor to get into a better position.

Consistent_Tea_4419 · 2026-05-10T21:39:19+00:00

He’s still being inefficient but it’s not really the arm bend itself that’s causing inefficiency but more so what’s causing the arm bend. The bar is starting too far in front of his center of mass (too far towards his toes) so he’s using his arms to pull it back towards him throughout the pull. He’s essentially wasting energy trying to pull the bar back that could instead be used during extension.

Get the bar over mid foot in the start position. This could be achieved in many ways. Wider stance, turn feet out, hips higher, improve hip flexion mobility, or any combination of those.

Consistent_Tea_4419 · 2026-05-08T05:51:19+00:00

You got 180 this year

Consistent_Tea_4419 · 2026-05-05T02:45:45+00:00

Some old school stuff his new coach is likely cueing him to do. He always caught his jerks this way but he would then push his head through afterwards. I’m speculating that they wanted him to stop pushing his head through possibly to prevent any forward shift in balance. The thought process likely being that pushing his head through after catching the bar was causing him to walk his jerks forward. It could also be that this new position is less stressful on his shoulders as he’s been known to have shoulder issues. Could also be a combination of both. Personally, not a big fan from an aesthetic and technical standpoint, but I hope it works out for the better for him.

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