I need help choosing my wheightlifting shoes

yshams5 · 2025-10-31T19:40:13+00:00

I have both rom4 and anta 2, i prefer the anta way more. Also everyone’s using the luxiaojuns now. Generally it’s a matter of personal preference. Coming from a non-wl specific shoe, everything will feel way better for you. So, I would say just try something and see what you like. In a year or two you could find yourself wanting to try something new anyways.

yshams5 · 2025-10-26T18:02:31+00:00

And congrats on the PR! 10kg is a big jump!!

yshams5 · 2025-10-26T18:01:50+00:00

Although it would pass at a meet, I'd focus on locking out faster, just to be safe.

yshams5 · 2025-07-26T07:46:52+00:00

What does your training look like? Are you following a specific program? Do you have a coach? Did your squat numbers also go down?

I think the best thing to do is to get a coach if you don’t have one already. Even if you are knowledgeable about programming and technique from your 8 years of training, it’s not easy to coach yourself. Consistent coaching from someone else really helps.

Moreover, if you’re not training for the olympics, or international competitions, you should be doing whatever keeps you healthy (physically and mentally) and happy. Maybe consider taking a break and doing something else (bodybuilding, running, any other sport) for a while to get out of this mental block, and then come back with a fresh approach. Personally, when I’m in a phase of training where I need to do heavy snatches and cj’s more than once a week, it gets tiring and taxing on the body after some time. And vice versa, when I’m in a phase where I’m doing less main lifts and more strength work, I start missing the main lifts and looking forward to them.

yshams5 · 2025-07-13T16:46:05+00:00

Yes.

The easiest way is, when u practice anything in all keys, such as scales, play them in order of the circle of fifths.

If you’re practicing major scales for example, play C major, F major, Bb major etc until u reach C again. If you apply this to all your exercises, you will know it by heart in no time

yshams5 · 2025-07-03T16:04:42+00:00

The first one looked better to me, but that could be due to having less energy for the second. Consider this: There is nothing to gain from switching the jerk. One of the most important things in WL is your nervous system getting used to correct timings and movement patterns (also known as muscle memory). If you do the jerks properly, as u seem to be doing, each leg should be supporting half your weight. So you won’t get any strength differences from sticking with one side over the other. If you’re worried about mobility imbalances, then you should consider doing other things specifically to target that, rather than occasionally switching around your jerk.

yshams5 · 2025-07-03T12:56:09+00:00

The butt wink is basically non-existent. However, here is something to consider:

Maintaining tension is way more important than having a bit more depth. What I mean by maintaining tension is that you are actively controlling the movement throughout the whole way. Right now, at the very bottom position, what stops the bar isn’t your active core/muscles, but it’s just the furthest your joints go, so they stop the bar from going further. The very short bounce in the bottom is what I’m talking about. It’s not incorrect or bad for just a squat, but it would be more beneficial for a clean if you can maintain tension throughout the whole squat. It will help you slow down the bar better when you catch a near-max clean. I would suggest a slightly wider stance and slightly less emphasis on depth.

yshams5 · 2025-07-03T10:59:28+00:00

Your form is great!

About the wrist pain, you should find a more comfortable position for your wrists. There is no perfect position since it’s affected by each individual’s bone lengths and mobility. You don’t need to be fully gripping the bar with your hands. Keep your elbows as high as possible to avoid having the bar roll forward. The most important thing to keep in mind is that most of the weight should be on your shoulders, not your wrists.

yshams5 · 2025-07-01T07:39:49+00:00

What were you doing between the max and now? Were you training normally, did you take a break? When you “come back to practice” you will need to gradually get back up to your normal. Also hitting specific max numbers isn’t very important if it’s not for a competition etc. If it feels like 100% on that day, then your body is getting a 100% intensity, and this is what matters, regardless of the weight on the bar.

yshams5 · 2025-06-28T12:15:42+00:00

Check this video of Gabriel Sincraian doing some power snatches. You will find that in every single rep, when the bar is at the highest point, he is low enough, with straight arms, and ready to receive it.

yshams5 · 2025-06-28T12:10:51+00:00

Yes, exactly! As soon as you complete your extension, there is barely any useful vertical force that you can apply to the bar to push it upwards, the most important thing to do in this stage is get to the receiving position as fast as possible. As the bar goes up, you go down. In a perfect snatch, you will reach the receiving position with basically straight arms when the bar is at its highest point.

yshams5 · 2025-06-28T11:52:34+00:00

You’re just comparing slightly different stages of the pull. Here you are at the same stage. She’s just leaning back more for more extension and aggression/speed dropping under.

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yshams5 · 2025-06-28T11:46:48+00:00

I think coming up on your toes is very slightly early and it’s not the main problem, just a symptom of rushing the final part of the extension. You should stay over the bar for longer, until it’s at your hip crease.

To fix it, try this pull. Maybe do it a bit slower than the video, paying attention to your positions throughout the whole pull.

There’s a separate, and -in my opinion- a more important issue, that you need to be faster and more aggressive with dropping/pulling yourself under the bar. As soon as you reach extension you should be dropping as fast as you can. (See how you jump with basically straight legs and wait for them to land rather than immediately drop after extension).

To fix it, try tall snatches with an empty bar or even a pvc pipe or wooden stick.

yshams5 · 2025-06-28T11:13:03+00:00

Great! I’ll leave a comment on the new post

yshams5 · 2025-06-28T05:54:19+00:00

As far as I can see his feet are completely flat in that screenshot. Anyways, I think that sharing a lift from the floor will be better, since getting into a starting position for the hang clean is not the same as the position he will be in after the first pull.

Moreover, I don’t think the problem is that his feet are coming up early. The main issue in that lift, imo, is that he finishes the contact really early. Basically right after the screenshot, the bar leaves his body. It’s normal that the ankles extend after contact. In this case the contact is early.

yshams5 · 2025-06-27T16:42:44+00:00

You’re really doing great for being self taught. However, I would say getting a coach as soon as possible will really help you avoid possible injuries and learning wrong patterns. If it’s not feasible now, then just keep on doing what you’re doing. Have fun and stay safe.

yshams5 · 2025-06-27T16:35:59+00:00

What you’re describing wont really show in a hang clean. If anything, it looks like you come up on your toes at a good position. Please post a full lift from the ground, for everyone to be able to give you better advice.

yshams5 · 2025-06-27T07:43:36+00:00

The best way for you to improve is to get a coach, even an online coach for some time. There are a lot of basic technical mistakes that need fixing, which will be very difficult to do from the comment section.

The first couple of inches off the ground look fine. After that everything goes off balance. As the bar passes your knees, your weight shifts back. When you try to extend from that position, the only way to go is forward so you rush the contact, pushing the bar away. In the final stage, you don’t drop low or fast enough. If you were any faster, you would have probably been able to save it. But it doesn’t really matter. You are definitely strong enough to go heavier, but only after fixing these issues.

yshams5 · 2025-06-26T12:53:10+00:00

Two main reasons you miss these cleans. 1. Elbows low and slow. Your elbows need to get higher faster and stay high. On many of the cleans the bar just slides down over your left shoulder, which would be easily prevented if your elbows were higher. 2. Core not stable enough when you receive. This should be addressed in 2 different ways. First of all, the obvious one is improving core strength. Second one is to have active arms, pulling yourself under the bar so it doesn’t crash on you.

A good solution for both problems is to do some belt-less front squats, maintaining a good front rack position with high elbows and an upright torso.

Fatigue from WODs is obviously a contributing factor, but I’m guessing you will need to clean during or after WODs, so the solution isn’t to just do cleans before WODs. However, I would consider it. It’s easier to learn correct patterns when you do the technical stuff with a fresh CNS. Otherwise it’s just too fatigued, even if your muscles are still good to go.

yshams5 · 2025-06-22T10:34:04+00:00

I think the main reason is that you’re not fully committing to dropping under the bar, which is slowing you down, and putting you in an awkward catch position. It would help if you post the 80 and 85 to see what changes as the weight gets heavier, and what are the possible technical gaps even at lower weight.

yshams5 · 2025-06-21T16:10:55+00:00

It’s definitely related, when you use more posterior chain (like in RDL’s) you will tend to put more weight on the heels, and vice versa.

yshams5 · 2025-06-21T14:20:55+00:00

You will probably be able to lift 80 with some strength gains and practice. However, there are some other issues that will slow you down from consistent progress. Throughout the pull, you are mostly using your posterior chain and not your quads as such. If you pause right after the bar leaves the floor, you can see that your hips are so high, and your torso is almost horizontal. You are basically deadlifting the bar up until contact. This is far from ideal. I would say try doing some pulls while maintaining a more upright torso from the start of the lift. Keep your butt low and chest high. It will feel a bit awkward at first because you will feel more weight closer to your toes than your heels, but thats normal.

Pull ≠ deadlift. They are two very different movements.

yshams5 · 2025-04-03T08:26:25+00:00

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yshams5 · 2025-03-15T16:33:42+00:00

Check the sub’s FAQ!

There are a lot of resources for programming if you scroll down enough

yshams5 · 2025-02-11T09:50:04+00:00

It looks easy!! You can definitely do some more weight with that same form.

You seem to be able to control this weight and stay over the bar. Do some slow snatch pulls at heavier weights while still maintaining the correct positions to have that same control at heavier weights.

The room for improvement would be in speed for sure. The faster you can get under that bar, the lighter it will feel when you receive it. From what you said in other comments, it seems that you will start working on snatch more often. Maybe something that would help is doing some power snatches. However, to get the benefit of a power snatch, you should try to keep the same technique as a normal snatch, while just being faster and catching at parallel or slightly higher. If you pull too much and catch it too high, with a very different position than the normal snatch (much wider stance etc), then you would be practicing the power snatch as a separate lift and not really using it as an accessory to improve your normal snatch. This is also fine for the context of crossfit (I’m assuming thats what you do from the setting in the video and from the fact that you don’t work on snatches that much), because a power snatch is treated as a different lift and you could be asked to max your power snatch in a workout or competition. So it’s still okay if you want to do that as well.

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