Babble Boi's 4 month log is here.
I'm training to get ready for a two week Defensive Tactics (L.E. & military) class.
The class is in December.
09-01-2009
Clean & press
Warm up with 95 lbs.
135 x 1
135 x 1
135 x 1
135 x 1
135 x 1
My clean is fugly, and my press is something like a push press / jerk abhorrent mess.
I'll be getting footage for corrections and tips.
Pull ups
I managed a total of 6
Windmills
10lbs x 8 each side
10lbs x 8 each side Turkish Get Ups with the 10lbs x 5 each side
20 minutes on the stationary bike, interval training.
The numbers are low and weak. I hope to make noticeable progress each week for the next 4 months.
Last edited by Bubble Boy; 09-01-2009 at 09:11 PM.
My diet is about as good as it's been in a long time. That is: lean protein, vegetables, and fruit. In general guided by Berardi concepts and common sense.
This an older video, but my clean and jerk / push is exactly the same.
The first example includes a front squat so ignore it. The second example is what I'm talking about.
Please critique and offer advice:
I'm probably not the greatest person in the world to critique oly lift fomr, but htere's a few things which are obvious even to me.
You don't finish your pull, work on getting your hips further through and finshing on your toes with your shoulders shrugged hard and your glutes flexed
You descend slowly and then hang around on your dip for the press, focus on it being an explosive movement where you drop a few inches and then explode upwards at speed, I got good mileage from thinking about it as a jump rather than a press.
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I find I clean like that if my hands are too close together, when I widened my grip it was much easiar to whip and rack the bar. Maybe try holding your grip a thumb lengths wider and see how that works.
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your probably stronger than me, but this is what i see from the clean.
I think its too light, you seem to be doing it with ease. Try not to use your arms, the should be like hooks.
There should be three extensions:
DL, then jump, then shrug.
"the first pull brings the bb from the floor to the mid thigh level"
"the second pull begins from the mid-thigh and finishes with a final upward extension of the body (complete extension, like a jump)"
"The third pull brings the lifter from the top the extension to the recieving position. Pretty much shrug, then drop under the bar, and catch it on the shelf made by your arms and shoulders"
Dont bend your arms when lifting up, your arms should be completely loose, like a deadlift.
I think you should go heavier, you're can dl and squat a hell of a lot more than 135. The heavier weight will force you to not use your arms and you will automatically squat down a bit and catch it on your shoulders.
