Crossfit: Snatches

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Ok, it's official. I stink out loud at snatches. I did about 50 reps including warmups trying to get one good full snatch but the best I could muster was a catch in half-squat with a slight pause then somewhat quick drop to full squat and back up. I think that was with 75 pounds. I'm pretty sure the problem is shoulder flexibility as I just can't catch the weight at the bottom of the full squat. My arms don't get back far enough and the result is the bar falling forward. I did reps with 65 pounds, 75 pounds, 85 pounds and one with 100 pounds which was basically a power snatch caught in a 1/16 squat position followed by an overhead squat.

See, I'm the opposite of Brad who has been cautious on the overhead squat but apparently throws up snatches like he's tossing his mortar board at graduation day. I feel cautious on the snatches but overhead squats seem fine to me once I get the weight in the right place.

I think it might be good to replace wall-balls with snatches with a light bar in my warm-up.

It also doesn't help that my gym doesn't really have a good place for bailing out on a lift. I can probably get away with doing it once in a while. I don't think they have any stated policy against olympic lifts and bailing or anything like that and I don't want to be the reason they institute one so I'm sure part of it is mental as well. This is when I really would some weights at home where I could practice without worrying about making a scense but oh well. Adapt, improvise and improve I suppose.

Ooh, Fight Gone Bad for tomorrow. That should be fun. Last score was 282. I'm going to break 300 tomorrow just to make up for the terrible snatch performance.