The O-lifting Thread

[milesdyson]

if you could never go below parallel in a low bar squat, the high bar version would be vastly superior for knee health alone. but basically, you have to be doing something wrong to be having a hard time getting to parallel.

[MI101]

i can get to parallel fine. i would like to get ~6 inches deeper, and somewhere in there my hips tuck. i'd have to drop the weight, and i'm not sure the extra depth would be more beneficial.

[JohnnyFondue]

Originally Posted by Spenda

also, if I wanted to get more proficient at o lifting but not necessarily on a competitive level, do I need to switch to high-bar back squats?

Anyone?

Also, what's the usual weight correlation between lbbs and fs? Or is there even one, and it only matter which one you've trained more of?

For example, if I can squat 200 lbbs, what should I be able to fs w/out having tried it?

[7ontheline]

Originally Posted by Spenda

also, if I wanted to get more proficient at o lifting but not necessarily on a competitive level, do I need to switch to high-bar back squats?

Need to? Probably not. IMO for most beginners there is a LOT of improvement that can be done with practice and proper coaching for O-lifts. Switching to HB vs. LB back squats is something that can be done later if you find that it is limiting your progress, but you can certainly get decent at O-lifting without switching.

[7ontheline]

Originally Posted by JohnnyFondue

Anyone?

Also, what's the usual weight correlation between lbbs and fs? Or is there even one, and it only matter which one you've trained more of?

For example, if I can squat 200 lbbs, what should I be able to fs w/out having tried it?

75%? I could be wrong. Definitely less the first time you do it.

[Thremp]

Originally Posted by 7ontheline

75%? I could be wrong. Definitely less the first time you do it.

FS ~ Bench

So yes.

[jimi1999uk]

Would there be much to be said for swapping lowbar SS squats with the easier to learn and more natural (so i've heard) oly style back squats? I'm fed up getting my ass kicked by lowbar.

[SmileyEH]

I think Rip is overzealous in his criticism of high bar squats. Either method done properly should get the job done.

Personally, I found the lack of forward knee travel in the low bar squat reduced my chronic patellar tendon pain.

Lifetime partial squatters would also see a benefit imo to switching to low bar as they give some much needed attention to their posterior chain.

[JohnnyFondue]

I like this thread a lot and am looking forward to it growing. I am very interested in O-lifting and am interested in getting more into it over the next few months a little bit, and a lot more when I complete SS.

[Parlay Slow]

A missed snatch from my friend Greg that I captured at my gym last week. A lot of people from my gym are in Alabama competing in the American Open.

[SmileyEH]

Lol, that's like every snatch I've ever done:

Step 1. Lose it out front
Step 2. Start swearing

[Parlay Slow]

Forgot to add, I think it's 115kg.

[JohnnyFondue]

Was wondering, looks pretty beastly to me. Such a cool lift though, just hurling it over your head straight from the ground. I really wouldn't know how to begin do this, I'm sure bumper plates would help a lot.

[kitaristi0]

Originally Posted by Parlay Slow

A missed snatch from my friend Greg that I captured at my gym last week. A lot of people from my gym are in Alabama competing in the American Open.

Excellent music choice, really sure to get him pumped up and ready to go.

[SmileyEH]

Originally Posted by JohnnyFondue

Was wondering, looks pretty beastly to me. Such a cool lift though, just hurling it over your head straight from the ground. I really wouldn't know how to begin do this, I'm sure bumper plates would help a lot.

Start with dumbell snatches and hang power cleans imo.