joemac
Level 3 Valued Member
Hi.
My long run goal is to achieve the SFG1 kettlebell certification. I am now practicing the snatch movement, which is the most difficult.
I can do the basic movement, but the kettlebell hits my wrist/forearm each time, so I am learning now to perfect the movement.
I understand that the movement is a subtle one such that your hand stabs the sky above and slides the kettlebell into place along your wrist and forearm just as your hand hits the 12 oclock position, instead of banging the wrist and forearm.
I have seen different youtube videos arguing for different way of learning it. My StrongFirst coach has me practicing it by trying the stabbing motion with a 10KG bell at the 9-oclock, 10, 11, and 12 positions, one after the other, and then repeated in 3 sets in a row. At 12-oclock he says the bell was correctly sliding along my wrist/forearm instead of banging them, and that I should continue to practice the movement to perfection without even thinking of raising the weight. I'm fine with that.
But I am very nervous. Assuming I will one day complete the SFG1 certification with 100 snatches at 24KG in 5 minutes, that will require thousands of snatches before then. And that will imply thousands of continued snatches in the years afterward.
How do people manage to make it through years of snatches without eventual bone degeneration or arthritis in the wrist/forearms, which sounds horrible? It was explained to me that in practice if I continue with snatches that I may experience some loss of nerve feeling and/or to develop calluses in the wrists/forearm. I'm find with THAT, but not to bone degeneration or arthritis.
I can tell you right now I feel some "tension" or "stiffness" in my wrist/forearm after practicing snatches, even after 24/48 hours. But its not pain and I can't tell if its "good" or "bad" feeling. It could be a portent of dangerous things to come, or just a new feeling coming from performing a new physical movement.
I recall in an interview with Joe Rogan, Steve Maxwell mentioned that he no longer does kettlebell snatches because he saw saw it break so many arms. But other experts seem fine with it.
What are your thoughts? Thank you.
Ilya
My long run goal is to achieve the SFG1 kettlebell certification. I am now practicing the snatch movement, which is the most difficult.
I can do the basic movement, but the kettlebell hits my wrist/forearm each time, so I am learning now to perfect the movement.
I understand that the movement is a subtle one such that your hand stabs the sky above and slides the kettlebell into place along your wrist and forearm just as your hand hits the 12 oclock position, instead of banging the wrist and forearm.
I have seen different youtube videos arguing for different way of learning it. My StrongFirst coach has me practicing it by trying the stabbing motion with a 10KG bell at the 9-oclock, 10, 11, and 12 positions, one after the other, and then repeated in 3 sets in a row. At 12-oclock he says the bell was correctly sliding along my wrist/forearm instead of banging them, and that I should continue to practice the movement to perfection without even thinking of raising the weight. I'm fine with that.
But I am very nervous. Assuming I will one day complete the SFG1 certification with 100 snatches at 24KG in 5 minutes, that will require thousands of snatches before then. And that will imply thousands of continued snatches in the years afterward.
How do people manage to make it through years of snatches without eventual bone degeneration or arthritis in the wrist/forearms, which sounds horrible? It was explained to me that in practice if I continue with snatches that I may experience some loss of nerve feeling and/or to develop calluses in the wrists/forearm. I'm find with THAT, but not to bone degeneration or arthritis.
I can tell you right now I feel some "tension" or "stiffness" in my wrist/forearm after practicing snatches, even after 24/48 hours. But its not pain and I can't tell if its "good" or "bad" feeling. It could be a portent of dangerous things to come, or just a new feeling coming from performing a new physical movement.
I recall in an interview with Joe Rogan, Steve Maxwell mentioned that he no longer does kettlebell snatches because he saw saw it break so many arms. But other experts seem fine with it.
What are your thoughts? Thank you.
Ilya
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