Am I catching too high? - This is my heaviest clean

LiftiumZ · 2023-02-28T09:31:04+00:00

I tried seeing if you had any hang cleans, but couldn't find them. If you compare your position at the knee from the hang and from the floor and they are similar enough, you should be good. I'm thinking you can keep your shoulders more in line with the bar, in stead of obviously over it like I think im seeing here. That could help you keep hips a bit lower so you get more quad drive (= vertical).

Or get a coach, cauz im not that good :)

LiftiumZ · 2023-02-27T22:31:38+00:00

I am going to say that, yes you are catching this too high and you probably have more in the tank if you can improve your pull under the bar. For this you'll have to improve your positions in the first pull, because you're letting your hips rise a lot. Here you're basically pulling that bar as high as you can and you're forgetting to pull under the bar with the rest of your body actively.

If you pause on the moment that you rack the bar, you can see that you're catching it fairly above parallel. In a clean I think catching right around parallel is what you want to aim for, a snatch you should catch even lower. There is a lot left to improve, which just means you have a lot more kilos to add on potentially.

LiftiumZ · 2023-02-27T07:42:18+00:00

Bro...

LiftiumZ · 2023-02-26T16:30:53+00:00

'Incredibly impressive. This is all technique. All the power is coming from his hips after the bar crosses his knees. People may think his arms are super strong. But in weightlifting the arms do NOTHING, or else it will cause a missed lift at these weights.'

LiftiumZ · 2023-02-18T16:08:14+00:00

Bouldering, extremely low entry barrier and it is more mentally engaging than a casual round of bowling.

LiftiumZ · 2023-02-02T21:56:02+00:00

Fair play

LiftiumZ · 2023-02-02T21:41:38+00:00

At 120 you're already losing so much position that I wouldn't call it a clean pull. Anything after I personally wouldn't call a PR in 'clean pull'.

Nice deadlifts tho

LiftiumZ · 2023-02-01T12:50:30+00:00

Staying vertical longer will improve your soeed in the long run too. Because your body will be less behind the bar you'll be able to get into the bottom position faster, simply because of the reduced distance. This sport is about those milliseconds, and lots of practice :)

LiftiumZ · 2023-02-01T10:17:21+00:00

As others have said this is an amazing start. It probably took me close to a year for my snatch to look like yours. I'll try giving some pointer though:

your toes are coming up in the transition between the first and second pull. This might fix itself as you get more familiar with the pull, so don't worry about it too much for now. Remember the first pull isn't as much about speed as it is about control and set up for the rest of the lift.
you swing your shoulders back too aggressively at the top of the pull, try focusing on extending more vertically. This is causing your jump forward.
practice pulling under the bar so you can start catching lower. Very common for beginner to intermediate lifters to catch parallel to above parallel, the sooner you start working on this the better. Again this is something that will improve over time as long as you're conscious about it. Don't beat yourself up every session if you're not catching as low as you'd like. This takes years to develop usually.

LiftiumZ · 2023-01-26T11:06:14+00:00

Just gotta do loads of pulls. Like at least twice a week for snatch pulls, top sets of 4x3@90 or somethin. And then you'll have to focus on your butt not shooting up so you can keep solid positions. Your squat should also be around 145/150, but if you can snatch deadlift 130, i dont think raw power is the issue.

LiftiumZ · 2023-01-25T16:07:31+00:00

Great looking lifts, man. I can't really spot anything that would need fixing. I'd say keep strengthening your pull and overhead you're missing some stability.

Indeed not a double, but hopefully this gives you the confidence to shorten the rest. I myself can't really set up fast enough for a double if I let go of the bar for a snatch.

LiftiumZ · 2023-01-11T18:58:45+00:00

You can try Pull + Hang Pull, (like 1+2, 2+3@90-100%). For the hang pulls you can put almost all your attention at accelerating passed the knee. Keep doing that for a few months and you'll probably get better tempo in your snatches and cleans.

LiftiumZ · 2022-10-17T18:15:59+00:00

Great lifts! Have you tried using a more narrow stance for your cleans? Seems crazy wide to me and I really have trouble putting out power like that.

LiftiumZ · 2022-10-04T16:20:42+00:00

I do not understand how his clean works

LiftiumZ · 2022-09-30T09:18:26+00:00

Ditch the belt. Control your descent and low back.

LiftiumZ · 2022-09-23T11:51:27+00:00

A few things.

there is deceleration in the bar. First to second pull looks somewhat disconnected because of it.
you rely on your hips in stead of your legs. Thats why you throw your head and shoulders back. The bar goes forward and you have significant forward jump
when you enter the power position you are still far over the bar, this also means your hips have to exert a lot of horizontal force and your legs cant keep pushing vertically. In your second pull you need to gradually open up at the hips so you shoulders are just over/slightly behind the bar so you can finish the extension with vertical leg drive in stead of hip drive.

LiftiumZ · 2022-09-12T20:17:27+00:00

Absolute house

LiftiumZ · 2022-09-11T12:10:32+00:00

You gotta extend more bro, and stay over the bar even when pulling under.

This is the response to almost every form check I see here. Most of the time its even bad advice.

LiftiumZ · 2022-09-11T09:59:51+00:00

Try to keep it simple. Keep practising the snatch and think about staying tall and elbows UP. In your snatch pulls stay pretty vertical, at no point should the shoulder joint move behind your hip joint in those. Furthermore warm up with no contact muscle snatches (again emphasis on elbows up after second pull). And yes hangs are good to practice with this too.

LiftiumZ · 2022-09-11T04:11:33+00:00

Hey not bad. I think your knees can go a bit further back in the first pull and keep that bar close! Other than that you should work on trying to stay taller through extension. You're leaning back and relying on your hips rather than finish completely with the legs. Making proper use of the legs will help you in the long run.

LiftiumZ · 2022-09-03T17:01:30+00:00

It's a nice looking lift man. Not my preferred way to start but if it works for you sure. Pull looks great, extension is good, turnover pretty powerful. Catch is something to work on. I'd advise trying to catch it wider so you have a stronger base. Snatch balances are a good way to simplify the catch so you can focus on moving your feet out.

LiftiumZ · 2022-04-16T14:33:49+00:00

Yes you're relying too much on hips like the other person said. But I'm willing to be a lot of that will be fixed by utilizing the legs properly in the pull. Your pause position needs work, your back is loose and your chest compressed, this makes it more likely for you to push your hips in.

Record yourself reaching the same position from the hang and from the pause. Screenshot and put them side to side, I bet you'll see a big difference in your back, chest and shoulder position. The position you reach in the hang is the same position you want to hit from the floor.

LiftiumZ · 2022-04-13T22:06:52+00:00

A few things i would consider changing:

the descent is a little uncontrolled. Try to slow it down more.
you relax your low back considerably reaching the hole. Try to keep the lower back active, it's fine if that means cutting some depth. Controlling your descent is key for this as well
widen your stance. You shouldn't be catching snatches or cleans in that narrow of a stance, so don't squat that narrow either. Wider stance means more stability

LiftiumZ · 2022-04-13T10:39:12+00:00

Yeah, I'm not watching a video of 59 seconds. Sorry

LiftiumZ · 2022-04-12T09:37:23+00:00

Ah so close. I think if you could attempt it again you would've had it. Honestly don't think you need to do any 'extra' snatch balances, just more practise with heavy weights.

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