Hi everyone!! I am currently finishing a paper that is due at 2pm so until then I thought it would be cool for you guys to see some video of me working out. Yesterday’s Outlaw workout called for three different snatch exercises (I swear we do this lift 3-4 times a week, not a problem but holy crap I’m getting better reaaaaal quick), and Mani (one of our owners and head coach) gave me some one-on-one coaching on my lift.
The thing about snatches, is that you really have to be thinking about a thousand different things, both when you’re doing the lift and when you’re trying to coach it. He took some video and analyzed it using the Coach’s Eye app on his iPad, which is pretty cool and I kind of want.
This is before much improvement had been made:
LOLing CrossFit humor…… anyway, from the first video to the last, I worked really hard on straightening my legs first and foremost, enhancing my “shrug”, and then letting the bar glide above me in line with my body, not bending my elbows until I had gotten into the “shrug”. This isn’t an instructional video, and I certainly am not a snatch expert (that’s my coach, go talk to him), but hopefully this was at least a little bit interesting to you and shed some light onto snatch form.
The best part — now that I’m getting my form down (it takes a million thousand reps to build muscle memory… I’m getting there), it’s time to go heavier! (P.S. Who digs the Reebok gear?! Got my pink Nano 2.0′s from the #ReebokNYC event…. wear these things every day, I swear, they are built for every workout!)
Have you ever tried olympic lifting?
What’s your biggest struggle, form-wise?
How will you be Sweating Dirty today?!
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Nice! My biggest issue is committing to my shrug – I tend to want to just do a muscle snatch – and then waiting for my hips to commit. We had an oly workshop with former Olympian lifter Meredith Hammill from reebok and that helped so much!
I love the pink Nanos! I finally ordered a custom pair and cannot wait for them to come! I actually love the oly lifts and just got a new squat snatch PR yesterday! The key for me is moving bigger than I think I need to and slowing down the first pull from the floor and then finding that speed through the middle once the bar hits the pockets! Really dropping under the bar in your landing helps a ton too!
Awesome! Love the shoes
I did 75 55# snatches this morning! I wish my coach would have videoed me, I feel like I do it right, but I’m nervous to go up in weight too much!!!!
Whoop whoop! Go girlllll
Great job…and use of video to show your improvement!
that app sounds awesome! I think it is so much fun to look at what you are doing and fixing it! Once you get it down its so rewarding!
Awesome work!! I need to work on my snatch for sure. I pull with my arms waaaay too much. I need to drop under the bar more for sure.
Forms looking good lady!
that is so rock star….
this move is my nemesis! Good for you for not giving up – you have inspired me to practice it again!
Snatches kill me too. Started CF just three weeks ago, so I’m cutting myself some slack, but you’re right that there’s just SO MUCH to think about. I either get sloppy, OR I overthink each part of the progression and end up looking like a weird, jerky robot. Can’t win. I would LOVE to see my form on video like this, though.
YOU GO GIRL! Way to rock it, my sistah! <3 xoxo