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Squats, hand position and preventing sore wrists.

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    #32
    roro1neil0
    Registered Users Posts: 339 ✭✭roro1neil0


    i can't get into the correct position at all with a broom stick is that normal?


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    #33
    Hanley
    Banned (with Prison Access) Posts: 21,981 ✭✭✭✭Hanley


    roro1neil0 wrote: »
    i can't get into the correct position at all with a broom stick is that normal?

    For what?


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    #34
    roro1neil0
    Registered Users Posts: 339 ✭✭roro1neil0


    rack position for the clean and jerk, i.e. without the weight of a bar to put the weight on my shoulders i cannot flex arms my arms far enough back. with a light wooden stick it just stays in the air.


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    #35
    Hanley
    Banned (with Prison Access) Posts: 21,981 ✭✭✭✭Hanley


    roro1neil0 wrote: »
    rack position for the clean and jerk, i.e. without the weight of a bar to put the weight on my shoulders i cannot flex arms my arms far enough back. with a light wooden stick it just stays in the air.

    That's not too unusual. There's not a sufficient load there. But if you can't do it with a bar either you need to roll and stretch the hell out of your lats, work thoracic mobility and thoracic extension.


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    #36
    roro1neil0
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    thanks coach


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    #37
    Paudee
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    roro1neil0 wrote: »
    thanks coach

    vomit-smiley-31.gif


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    #38
    Scuba Ste
    Registered Users Posts: 1,603 ✭✭✭Scuba Ste


    The best way to improve flexibility for the rack position is to put some weight on a bar, get into the position and drive your elbows up. If you can get someone to gently push them up that will help even more. If you do that before every session as well as aggressively stretch and roll you should be able to hold a good position in 1-2 weeks.

    And yeah a stick is just too light to hold properly.


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    #39
    Scuba Ste
    Registered Users Posts: 1,603 ✭✭✭Scuba Ste


    Paudee wrote: »
    vomit-smiley-31.gif

    He has a level 1 cert now you know.


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    #40
    Hanley
    Banned (with Prison Access) Posts: 21,981 ✭✭✭✭Hanley


    Scuba Ste wrote: »
    He has a level 1 cert now you know.

    Please see Paudee's reply for my response to that.


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    #41
    roro1neil0
    Registered Users Posts: 339 ✭✭roro1neil0


    i honestly think i'll break my clavicle if i got for any heavy cleans.


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    #42
    DylanJM
    Registered Users Posts: 1,468 ✭✭✭DylanJM


    roro1neil0 wrote: »
    i honestly think i'll break my clavicle if i got for any heavy cleans.

    Your arms probably are not high enough then. The bar should be resting on your deltoids not your clavicle. The higher you have your arms the more contracted your deltoids become which gives you a more secure platform for the bar.


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