Simply strong
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Would replacing the swings with snatches in S&S be too much overhead work?
Is there a particular reason S&S uses swings not snatches?
Is there a particular reason S&S uses swings not snatches?
Plus you get allot of the benefit with less risk.The reason is imo that the snatch is not a simple matter and it is way harder to learn via a book.
Would replacing the swings with snatches in S&S be too much overhead work?
Is there a particular reason S&S uses swings not snatches?
Plus you get allot of the benefit with less risk.
100 daily snatches might just hurt your elbow.
Umm...what risk? Why would snatches hurt your elbow?
[Edit: Apparently the above quote was edited out of the previous post while I was responding]Why drop a bible text about tissue and form ? It is a cliche.
[Edit: Apparently the above quote was edited out of the previous post while I was responding]
No, a statement based on my experience.
I was admittedly a little disingenuous in the questions at the beginning of my post. But I elaborated on the specific form point that in my experience is most relevant to avoiding elbow problems and how it applies to both swings and snatches. I've done tens of thousands of both swing and snatch reps over close to two decades (probably several hundred thousand ballistic reps in total) and found that I can do a very high volume of snatches without any elbow problems, IF I pay attention to the form point I mentioned above. There was a learning curve to refining this aspect of my form, but once I got it dialed in it hasn't been a problem. My point is that I don't think of this aspect of the snatch as being "risky," and that every exercise has important points of safe form.
I am the last person to mindlessly state that good form eliminates all risk of injury or parrot SF orthodoxy. All training imposes stress on the body, and that stress often does lead to injury despite people's best attention to good form and prudent programming, and I absolutely DON'T buy into the blame-the-victim idea that injuries are necessarily the trainee's fault. Even if an injury could have been avoided in a given case, it is almost never useful or productive to talk or think in terms of "fault" or "blame."
There are some drills, such as pullups, that I have found I have to be extremely careful about in terms of load and progression, regardless of form, in order to avoid problems (elbow problems specifically in the case of pullups). So if I were commenting on pullups, I would be more circumspect based on my experience.