Bloody Chucks

Well today was a better day. I invited a good friend of mine who trains at Broz Gym to come on over and help me with my frustrating Oly lifts. Let's just say my form was garbage, a little bit Crossfit's fault and a little bit Rip's fault. The problem with the one size fits all Crossfit coaching cues (some coaches are better than that, but a lot of level 1 trainers only preach whats in the course) is that it does not take body type into account in a lot of lifts.

I widened my stance and grip a lot more than usual and it helped lots. I have very poor awareness of where my hips are when I am in the set up position (tight hamstring problem?) Hugo helps me correct this and also suggested flexing my traps from the beginning of the lift to really focus on the shrug. I was not pulling with my elbows enough at the top and last but not least I was catching the bar with my hips extended and not in a good catch position (think catching the bar at triple extension). 

That is a lot of stuff done wrong to write, you may not get the full understanding but I will post videos of before cleans and after later this week. I ended up doing 3x3 power cleans at 170lbs to still work technique and focus on speed for the second pull while still having some weight. I then did 1x5 bench at 168lb, 198, and 225lbs. The technique on the clean took awhile but well worth it. I skipped the metcon due to time (Todd and I agreed that would be what gets cut when short on time).

All in all I'm happy with the day.