Tuesday, October 12 'Snatch balance'

The snatch balance turns out to be a great movement. We were a little intimidated by the newness of this exercise, but it was made a lot less difficult with the progressions, and practice. By the end of the day, we had some monster lifts!

Snatch balance 1-1-1-1-1-1-1

Eric- 165
Alice Ann- 95
David- 155
Bart- 165
LaRunda- 95
Emilee- 105
Teresa- 110
Sharon- 105
Casey- 195
T- 165

Did you like this session as much as I did? I love the long, or short little grinds, and met-cons, but I really love the type of session this was. Practice, with rest, and some maximal efforts. Great lifts everyone!

The snatch balance requires a high level of strength and flexibility. If you leaned forward, you found out that maintaining a load can be very difficult. The torso should remain as close to vertical as possible. Sitting straight down was the idea, keeping the load over the scapula, NOT the head. Retreating down - not back (like the back squat) gets us into the position we want.

You do not want to push the barbell up more than a few inches, the idea is to put a bit of upward momentum on the barbell, or "unload" it from your shoulders, while at the same time driving yourself into the bottom position to receive the bar. This exercise is used to practice positions in the snatch and speed getting there. We are landing in a power position and riding it down. Depth is key.

Get comfortable in the rock bottom position, get there and stay there. This, along with stability, will prepare us for successful snatch balance practice in the future.

Thanks for a really fun session, and more wicked strong fuel. Standby for Wednesday.
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