rico300zx Posted July 10, 2011 Share Posted July 10, 2011 just a little fun before i headed to the beach on my vacation last week Parris Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
amaury Posted July 11, 2011 Share Posted July 11, 2011 Honestly, from this angle it looks like cheated front (pinched) DB raises. As Mikael Siversson pointed out, the snatch is not easy to perform with a pinch grip due to inertia / 180deg spin. I tried db snatches a while back. Couldn't get remotely close to the weight i could clean and push press at the time so i quitted. Very difficult technique to master IMO. Nice workout nonetheless! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rico300zx Posted July 11, 2011 Author Share Posted July 11, 2011 Honestly, from this angle it looks like cheated front (pinched) DB raises. As Mikael Siversson pointed out, the snatch is not easy to perform with a pinch grip due to inertia / 180deg spin. I tried db snatches a while back. Couldn't get remotely close to the weight i could clean and push press at the time so i quitted. Very difficult technique to master IMO. Nice workout nonetheless! well thanks I guess, I'm not really sure at what particular point in the lift I was cheating at. Im not trying to hide behind camera angles. It is what it is, and the best I could do with the dumbbell I made.Rico Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
acorn Posted July 11, 2011 Share Posted July 11, 2011 Parris, think it looked more like front raises than snatches as well. Not saying it wasn't a tough lift or that it wasn't any good, just saying I think you're calling it by a different name than what was actually performed. A snatch 1H or 2H can't be done with straight arms. A front raise is performed with straight(ish) arms. Calling it a cheat front raise doesn't mean that you cheated on the lift, it means that body momentum was used to accomplish the lift. Its just descriptive terminology. A properly performed snatch boiled down to basics is a lift that the bar goes from ground to locked out above the head in one fluid movement. This movement passes fairly close to the body on the way up. Here is the wiki on it which has additional defining characteristics in it compared to my general brief description. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Snatch_(weightlifting) Hope this helps. - Aaron Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jedd Johnson Posted July 11, 2011 Share Posted July 11, 2011 I think he is saying that you were using momentum on the front raises in order to get it over head, not that he is insulting you bro. I was going to say that they looked like a one arm swing, which ends the same way as a snatch. either way, it looks like a good training method for pinch snatches to me. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rico300zx Posted July 12, 2011 Author Share Posted July 12, 2011 Oh ok guys, thanks Aaron and Jedd, that wiki was good too. I'm such a noob I swear, I wish I would have went to a real highschool where I could have had some instruction on what's what. I swear that I saw a lift where they arch the back a little and go on the toes wile bringing up the weight. That was the first time I used that pinch dumbbell in that fashion, it was sorta of a experiment since I couldn't take much with me on vacation, so I was playing around I actually didn't even try to keep it close to my body, I probably could I bet. But I did get a hell of a workout anyway, i did like 5 sets of those alone. Amaury i'm sorry i thought you were implying me a cheat. Parris Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jedd Johnson Posted July 12, 2011 Share Posted July 12, 2011 Parris, A snatch is overhead in one movement with a bend in the arm. If the arm is straight then it is more of an overhead swing. If it is slow and straight it is a front raise or shoulder raise. A clean is to the shoulder in one move. A continental is when you hop something up your body. A press is from the shoulder to overhead using mainly shoulder and triceps. Push press is where the legs are bent and then the bar is pushed upwards and finished with the arms and shoulders A jerk is when you bend the knees, push the bar up and then re-bend the knees to get to lockout. When you see the word power incorporated with a snatch or clean, it means you bend your knees about 25% of the way. So a power snatch is when you bend the knees in the catch. For a snatch, you bend the knees all the way down and catch the implement with the butt as low as possible. I swear that I saw a lift where they arch the back a little and go on the toes wile bringing up the weight This sounds like the second pull of a snatch done with a barbell. Hope this helps. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rico300zx Posted July 12, 2011 Author Share Posted July 12, 2011 Wow, thanks Jedd I appreciate that. Ill print it out. Parris Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
amaury Posted July 12, 2011 Share Posted July 12, 2011 Parris, no problem. And i am sure nobody think of you as a cheat on this board. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Grip_noob Posted July 12, 2011 Share Posted July 12, 2011 When you see the word power incorporated with a snatch or clean, it means you bend your knees about 25% of the way. So a power snatch is when you bend the knees in the catch. In Olympic weightlifting terminology a powerclean or powersnatch is defined by catching it no lower than thighs parallel to the floor Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jedd Johnson Posted July 12, 2011 Share Posted July 12, 2011 I guess you got me. I'm going on what I remember froma Leo Totten hands-on session at a clinic. You are probably right. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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