Olympic Lifiting Course

@ Crossfit Teesside with Dave B

Today was the first week of our olympic lifting course.  We will be working only on two movements the snatch and the clean and jerk.  First we are working on the snatch.  Today has been all about learning to squat snatch and get comfortable with the drop and positioning.  We did a lot of tekkers and then practise with very light weights, only from the hang.  Then for 5 minutes did 2 snatches from the hang every 30 seconds.  Then after this we did some heavy back squats with pauses at the bottom as this will help with getting out of the hole in the bottom of a squat snatch.

I hadn't done the squat snatch before, always thought of it as an elite movement but surprisingly I found it okay, a lot better than power snatch! I stuck with the empty 15kg bar, what's the point in upping the weight until you've cracked it??!! ..its ALL about the tekkers!!  

For me personally, what I want the most is to to be able to do the movement CONSISTENTLY, to achieve muscle memory, which is going to mean a lot of drilling!  At the moment I feel like I do lifts different every time I do it.  I panic and focus on different things each time, which is making me nervous of certain wods and as a result I having been feeling like I getting worse instead of better.  Its a vicious circle!  This course should sort me out! :D

..things I need to work on; 

- not letting the bar go out
- not leaning over the bar (bad habit)
- not going too wide into squat stance
- stop lurching to the right to compensate for weaker left side

Brilliant class, relaxed, focused, expert advice and detailed instruction :)