Deadlift Friday, and Snatches Too! 16102026
Happy Friday CFQ. Another fantastic week of workouts and Olympic lifts. Your clean and jerks are looking great! Strong folks here.
Our snatch complex today starts with a hang snatch. The hang is a great position to help reinforce good contact with the barbell at your hips and making sure you extend (open) your hips, knees and ankles. This is to say you get as tall as you possibly can before shrugging up and pulling your elbows up and out. Your legs are the strongest muscles you have, we want to use them as much as possible.
Here's a great video, from Greg at Catalyst Athletics, going into detail about the importance of mastering "pulls" to ensure we're getting ourselves into the BEST position possible BEFORE starting to pull under the bar.
The deadlifts are "light" so we want you to make sure you're using your legs to move it and NOT just your lower back. Hinging over at the waist to pick up the bar may be quicker, but you aren't doing yourselves any favours in the long run. SMOOTH is fast, so work through the reps with the BEST technique and your low back will thank you. Smooth and steady on the OH lunges to finish each set.
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