If you read my post about masters nationals, you know I wasn’t too wild about my performance. Totaling lower than your first meet at a national event is not a good thing. I know progression is not always linear and that even much more elite lifters than I have off days where they don’t total […]
Archive | April, 2014
RS Slomo snatch x 2 at 55lbs
This is RS, a fellow masters lifter, with a 55lb double. Things I notice in this video: the arm bend is a little early and arms are still a little bent in receiving position. Technically this is more of a power snatch (receipt with knees above 90 degrees) with an immediate overhead squat (OHSq). Feet […]
Lydia Valentin, my superhero
There are many men I admire in weightlifting. Donny Shankle, Kendrick Farris, Pyrros Dimas. But there’s nothing like having somebody with whom you can actually identify. Not only the fact that she is as strong as a grizzly, but the fact that a) she is a she, not a he, b) is a girly-girl, c) […]
Masters Nationals
For those who don’t compete, olympic weightlifting is divided into four groups: youth (the under 17 crowd), juniors (the under 20’s), senior (20-35) and masters (35 and above). These are not inviolable divisions. I watched a 14yo girl snatch a US record at the American Open this year (ostensibly a senior event) in the same […]
Side View Snatch with Bar Path Traced
My thoughts – the bar seems a little far out in front and doesn’t come into the hips for the second pull. It then kicks forward after meeting the hips instead of traveling straight up, partially because it was too far in front to begin with. Hold it close, maybe even think of shaving your […]