Tuesday, July 10, 2012

POWER!

1. Power snatch from mid-hang: 5 x 3
2. Power clean from mid-hang: 5 x 3
3. Jerk dip squat: 3 x 5

Jeremy FINISHING!
We are throwing in a little bit of variety to accommodate the new Monday class time. The "power" variants of the lifts can be excellent for developing more power and explosiveness in your lifts (and as an athlete in general), they are in general less taxing physically than the full lifts due to the receipt of the bar above parallel and generally lower loading (hence the accommodating of the new class time, for those who do Monday and Tuesday back to back), and they are somewhat more forgiving of technical faults (though this certainly doesn't mean we get to be lazy or sloppy when performing them, especially in weightlifting class!). Doing the power lifts is also a good opportunity to work on some different weaknesses in your technique. Lazy third pull on your snatch? Power snatches will help fix that! Slow elbows on your clean or inaccurate rack delivery? Power cleans! Need a little more aggressiveness? Power snatch and power cleans! Oh yeah, they are a lot of fun too!


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