Barbell Muscles Snatches & Cleans

[watchnerd]

Aside from all the benefits he talks about, they're also a good movement break if you've been sitting on your butt too long.

Even using a 20 kg bar works your upper back and thoracic extension nicely.

GTG style, I can get a 'yoke pump'.

 

[Boris Bachmann]

Sadly, most of my barbell snatches are (inadvertently) muscle snatches... I used to have some competence w. the lift, but my "used to" stories are now 2-4 decades old.

 

[watchnerd]

Sadly, most of my barbell snatches are (inadvertently) muscle snatches... I used to have some competence w. the lift, but my "used to" stories are now 2-4 decades old.

You're just retro.

From what I've read, the old timey guys from 100 years ago used to mainly muscle snatch when they did a 'snatch'; modern fully ballistic squat snatching being mostly a post-WW 2 invention, and even more so after the press was eliminated.

 

[Anna C]

Reminds me of Howard Cohen, still competing up to a few years ago, who sadly passed away last week.

Remembering Howard Cohen, a Savannah weightlifting legend

Savannah's Howard Cohen, a local legend known for making Savannah a focal point in the Olympic weight lifting world, remembered for his global impact

www.savannahnow.com

 

[Hrungnir]

Doing Isabel would always give me the craziest yoke pump and soreness. I was never skilled enough to do a full snatch so I always just power snatched the wod.

 

[watchnerd]

Doing Isabel would always give me the craziest yoke pump and soreness. I was never skilled enough to do a full snatch so I always just power snatched the wod.

30 snatches in <2 minutes for 'Elite'?

From the floor, not from the hang??

Good Times for “Isabel” (source)
– Beginner: 6-7 minutes
– Intermediate: 4-6 minutes
– Advanced: 3-4 minutes
– Elite: <2 minutes

 

[Torin]

30 snatches in <2 minutes for 'Elite'?

From the floor, not from the hang??

It's probably a lot more difficult to achieve for those of us that don't compete in Olympic Lifts.

This guy's an animal:

 

[watchnerd]

It's probably a lot more difficult to achieve for those of us that don't compete in Olympic Lifts.

This guy's an animal:

That technique, I'm crying....

 

[Anna C]

"Barbell cycling" I think is the term. Seems to be popular in CrossFit.

 

[watchnerd]

"Barbell cycling" I think is the term. Seems to be popular in CrossFit.

Yes.

And I recognize it's a different animal from making max attempts.

But knowing that doesn't make me wince less!

 

[Hrungnir]

Maybe this will help

 

[watchnerd]

Maybe this will help

225 lbs vs 135 lbs from the first guy.

i.e. heavy enough not to just muscle snatch it.

(although Lasha probably could muscle snatch it, given his record of muscle snatching 140 kg)