I think Meso Hassona said that he uses the block snatch and the block clean to get into a competition shape faster, since it allows him to load more weight into the lift with the lifts being less fatiqueing than doing them from the floor! He does do a lot of lifts from the hang, in his out of competition training.
@@dannyblong That would depend on the plates and the blocks, but the point is that it's likely that a gym has more bumper plates than what are being used at a given moment.
Thanks for that information. It’s very helpful and I totally understand what your saying about the two difference. I really enjoy all your tip on weightlifting. You know your stuff. 👍🏻
I know you’ve mentioned it before, but can’t find it - how do you typically program 3 Position hang snatches? For example, what’s the usefulness of a high, low, floor snatch complex vs. a floor, low hang, high hang complex?
Usually less technically proficient will go top down because they're better and/or more comfortable from the hang, and then we're adding more difficulty each rep while trying to replicate the proper higher positions; proficient lifters bottom up because each rep will have more fatigue and less time/space to lift, so we're forcing better acceleration, commitment and aggression. www.catalystathletics.com/exercise/65/3-Position-Snatch/
Awesome content Greg Thanks very much for the information your helping us with. I have a question , what's the difference between Good Morning with a stiff legs a half squat and seated positions? Thanks again
Is there a threshold for lowering heavy snatches and cleans vs. dropping? ie. training at a gym that doesn't allow dropping I saw a video from you about lowering between reps but it had no audio and the article didn't mention anything about that either. If I'm strong enough to get it up, I'm guessing the rationale is that I'm strong enough to catch it on the way down?
Being able to get a snatch, clean or jerk up definitely doesn't mean you can lower it - the lifts are one-directional. That said, always lowering your lifts will increase your strength for doing so as much as possible. So the threshold is how much you can lower safely within the given restrictions, i.e. truly setting it down on the floor completely under control vs "control".
Around 30 sec u say to maximize effect of rate of force development the lift from block should be done from a dead stop. I agree..I can't help but notice however that none of your examples of these lifts are done from a dead stop. Just saying I noticed that. Am I missing something or misunderstanding or were these just the examples u had...thanks..usually when I do block work I do it from a deadstop , no countermovement or dynamics, just to mimic how the bar would be at that point in the lift
No, because I don't often force my lifters to go from a dead stop from the blocks, because pure RFD is rarely our top priority. Even without a dead stop initiation, though, it doesn't exactly mimic a lift from the floor at that point - lift from the floor would have considerably speed and momentum on the bar at that point, which is an extremely different situation.
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I think Meso Hassona said that he uses the block snatch and the block clean to get into a competition shape faster, since it allows him to load more weight into the lift with the lifts being less fatiqueing than doing them from the floor!
He does do a lot of lifts from the hang, in his out of competition training.
Before I see the video I answered to my self : We use hang snatch/clean when we do not have any money for blocks 😂
You can stack extra bumper plates to create blocks as well.
@@CatalystAthletics Yeah, I saw it in the video, thank you for the answer and the advice!
Hmm. Are extra bumper plates cheaper than blocks?
@@dannyblong That would depend on the plates and the blocks, but the point is that it's likely that a gym has more bumper plates than what are being used at a given moment.
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This answered exactly what I was wondering, thank you.
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Thanks for that information. It’s very helpful and I totally understand what your saying about the two difference. I really enjoy all your tip on weightlifting. You know your stuff. 👍🏻
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I know you’ve mentioned it before, but can’t find it - how do you typically program 3 Position hang snatches? For example, what’s the usefulness of a high, low, floor snatch complex vs. a floor, low hang, high hang complex?
Usually less technically proficient will go top down because they're better and/or more comfortable from the hang, and then we're adding more difficulty each rep while trying to replicate the proper higher positions; proficient lifters bottom up because each rep will have more fatigue and less time/space to lift, so we're forcing better acceleration, commitment and aggression.
www.catalystathletics.com/exercise/65/3-Position-Snatch/
Awesome content Greg Thanks very much for the information your helping us with.
I have a question , what's the difference between Good Morning with a stiff legs a half squat and seated positions?
Thanks again
You can find info about the variations here - www.catalystathletics.com/exercises/
It's quite scary how you not only seem to know everyone's programming but also all our questions to coach before we ask them......
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How does one acquire used IWF competition plates like the 2015 Houston ones?
Gear gets sold after each event. Usually bought up by coaches and athletes who were there.
Is there a threshold for lowering heavy snatches and cleans vs. dropping? ie. training at a gym that doesn't allow dropping
I saw a video from you about lowering between reps but it had no audio and the article didn't mention anything about that either. If I'm strong enough to get it up, I'm guessing the rationale is that I'm strong enough to catch it on the way down?
Being able to get a snatch, clean or jerk up definitely doesn't mean you can lower it - the lifts are one-directional. That said, always lowering your lifts will increase your strength for doing so as much as possible. So the threshold is how much you can lower safely within the given restrictions, i.e. truly setting it down on the floor completely under control vs "control".
Around 30 sec u say to maximize effect of rate of force development the lift from block should be done from a dead stop. I agree..I can't help but notice however that none of your examples of these lifts are done from a dead stop. Just saying I noticed that. Am I missing something or misunderstanding or were these just the examples u had...thanks..usually when I do block work I do it from a deadstop , no countermovement or dynamics, just to mimic how the bar would be at that point in the lift
No, because I don't often force my lifters to go from a dead stop from the blocks, because pure RFD is rarely our top priority.
Even without a dead stop initiation, though, it doesn't exactly mimic a lift from the floor at that point - lift from the floor would have considerably speed and momentum on the bar at that point, which is an extremely different situation.