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>>41284046
Im thinking of joining my uni's rugby team this coming fall.
I've been doing powerlifting for 2 years recreationally and i'm thinking of slowly transitioning to olympic lifting very slowly to compliment my rugby game.
I've began considering switching deadlift with power cleans, thing is even though i can deadlift over 5 plates conventionally, i cant clean anything over 185,

What can i do to rectify this problem? How do i learn power clean tehnique? I obviously already have the raw power

On alot of my catches i keep dropping the bar forward/ not catching deep enough into my clavicle. What am i most likely doing wrong?

>>41284164
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XDxK_8iX__U

>>41284195

not upright enough with a soft core and rack.

Arch back, chin up, flex lats, keep shoulders raised, stay tight stay tight STAY TIGHT

>>41284195

bar should not be on your clavicle, btw. bar rests on shoulders. if the bar is on your clavicle your shoulder are not raised, which means your rack is not right.

>>41284214

not bad.

'shoulders back' is a shit but common american cue

shoulders should be internally rotated in the pull. this should happen naturally and easily with the 'elbows out' cue that he gives. traps should be engaged but not fully flexed.

Getting back into lifting doing SS but want to move into oly lifting shortly after. Probably just 4-5 days with the main lifts, followed by a squat max and back off sets.


The problem right now is, my external rotation of both shoulders is terrible and I can't support a snatch/overhead squat. I haven't even been able to train power snatches. Really struggling to find a good way to improve my shoulder mobility/strength.

>>41284164
Additionaly, what other programs i could do that helps me transition from powerlifting into olympic lifting?

I looked up beginner programs for oly lifting and either the guy writing them are idiots or expect everyone reading to be on steroids to have time to train 3 hours twice a day.

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>>41284641
70's big had an article on transitioning to weightlifting. Sometimes the website can fuck up, just refresh if it doesn't work.

http://70sbig.com/blog/2012/07/transitioning-to-olympic-weightlifting/

>>41284633

shoulders should be internally rotated overhead bb

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>>41284751
4 srs?

But yeah, basically pic related is what I can achieve for my left arm, right is slightly better.

>>41284164
I like his explanations
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-2gSuEaMagA

>>41284665
>http://70sbig.com/blog/2012/07/transitioning-to-olympic-weightlifting/
doesn't work

>>41285180
As I said, refresh, maybe a few times.

>>41284665
Routines don't work in oly lifting. You need personal programming..

>>41284790

lol ur fucked mate

or maybe not

http://www.jtsstrength.com/articles/2014/05/01/the-scapula-and-thoracic-spine-a-classic-love-story-to-improve-your-overhead-position/

some oly lifter at my new gym told me my snatch reminded him of oleg chen. i'm a happy boy.

>>41285346
Having a basic guideline for learning the lifts is not a bad idea though.

Where do I find a weightlifting waifu?

>>41288583
at your local olyclub

>>41287720
look for the calstrength vidyas where glenn pendlay shows you his teaching progressions for all the lifts

>>41285346
bullshit there are tons of routines
dan john
catalyst athletics
lsus 10-5-3
glenn pendlay forum routines (archives)
everett, takano, fleming all have books with routines
this shit is not rocket science

>>41288583
Most weightlifter girls have some kind of a complex
No pun intended

>>41289003
*Most girls

>>41288743
>bullshit there are tons of routines
Lol let me quess, you are "learning on your own"... I love the fact that you defend yourself, but you're still wrong.

Routines are just routines. If your leg drive sucks in the jerk, its better to do jerk drives than clean + jerk 1+1. Or if your pull is slow as fuck (you don't know how to produce force, how to stay on full foot, how to cover the bar etc.) it's better to do snatches from blocks (above knee) rather than full snatches and so on.

But hey just keep doing your "routine" and then wonder why your tech stays shit and varies a lot on different days