Can you even scoop? Do you stripper pull/monopull? Do you even know what that means?
Based on the efficacy of that cue, I'm gonna assume you're monopulling the bar and have zero rebend. Its all kinda jackassery until you develop some semblance of basic technique.
I wouldn't even be pulling off the floor for actual strength development in your position. (I don't think most people even need to develop this for anything other than skill development, lolz, etc.) The clean is actually a reasonably complex movement that requires some understanding of your own biomechanics (hip cleaners for example utilize a bunch of elbow bend, Lu Yong is a good example). One concept is also that there isn't a 1st/2nd/3rd pull, those are just arbitrary stopping points. IE You start pulling with arms/traps at basically the same time you initiate the jump in the 2nd pull, but you're not trying to impart any meaningful upward momentum to the bar, but initiate your body going under the bar (I think chinese pulls are more relevant than lol Russian ultra heavy pulls, for this reason). Blah blah blah... I dunno. You'll suck for years more. Just keep derping around IMO.
I'm not watching a video with some woman translating over 7 minutes, so no idea whether that video is good or not. Maybe? Synbro appears to have stopped going full ******, and most of the Chinese people have great technique.
NB: I power snatch slightly more from the hang than the floor. Think this is pretty standard among people with my level of technique.
Nope. What does scoop mean? Am I doing it in my last vid?
I do fully expect to continue sucking at all lifting for years more and derping around, but if there is low hanging fruit to be had in my technique, I'm willing to try and pick it.
Somewhat. You're not as bad as most, not as good as you should be. Essentially its about clearing your knees out of the way and getting into the optimal position to initiate the second pull. You'll see people having issues with tempo (if they pull super fast on lighter weights, then slow down on heavier weights through the first pull) or just being a derp.
I think scoop is the pro term. Knee rebend/double knee bend/etc are just kinda derpy terms to refer to it.
If you're gonna Olytard, might as well go all in and use all the technical terms. Then you can do PCs with what some derp is DLing and feel like an elitist even though he looks better with his shirt off.
Well, it's been a while, for those who have been holding their breath for updates...
Lifting has been all but non-existent. In addition to the previously mentioned "niggles" (hip flexor, hamstring, wrist, elbow), I picked up some kind of neck\upper back\first rib injury. I've had really similar symptoms a number of times in the past and have actually had success with voodoo magic chiro + massage treatment from this chiro I know, but it didn't seem to do much this time (obv chiros are quacks and it's no surprise it didn't work amirite).
Aaaaanyway, probably the thing that has actually not been allowing it to heal is regularly smashing my head and shoulders into large polynesian men, but that is going quite well.
We finished the season on top of the ladder with a 10-2 record. We lost the first match of our final series, but won our second, so we now play for the grand final next week.
The team we're playing is the team that beat us in the first week of the final series and one of the teams that beat us in the regular season. They're really the only team that has challenged us at all this season. They've got a team that is probably around our general skill level, but their play style is just a good natural counter to ours, and being a bunch of low grade numpties, it's hard to consciously adjust from our natural game.
So, I'm limping (literally) to the end of this season... then I'm going to have a few weeks of real rest, try and get some treatment, and start again. Hopefully the last quarter of the year I can get some consistent lifting back on the agenda.
Have you considered the possibility that it is just the rest that is what is making it heal which is exogenous of being rubbed down by a bro with a certificate?
Yes, I almost certainly believe that to be the case, but if being rubbed down by a bro** with a certificate gives me at least some temporary relief while the healing takes place, I'm down with that.
** She is actually a broette. Please don't bring your misogynistic gender assumptions to my safe space. That is for the LC thread only.
I would just consider a regular massage btw. Apparently they feel pretty good!
Serious about that btw. I think literally the entirety of the benefit with zero of risks of lol chiro for things they have no evidence of skill in can be accomplished by hanging out at home, being lightly active, and hitting the rub and tug.
I've thought about just getting a "regular" massage too, but the peculiarities of our AUS#453 health care system means that my insurance will pay for a bro who has a fancy certificate, but not a bro who has a regular certificate to the extent that the out of pocket expense is roughly the same or cheaper for the bro with the fancy certificate.
If I'm going to pay for gentle rubbing, it may as well come from someone who at least had to spend four+ years learning some things about the human body, even if it's only the "knee bone's connected to the shin bone" song.
I've had ~two solid weeks of rest and the upper back\rib\neck\whatever pain doesn't seem to be improving, so I decided to go the science route over the voodoo and got an x-ray... which showed nothing interesting (minor degenerative something around C7) and an MRI which I'm still waiting on the full report for, but showed some inflamation around (? in?) C7. The GP's best guess is it is probably a result of ligament strains, which actually sounds great to me, but she said she'll refer me to a surgeon who knows how to read these things just to make sure (?!).
Aaaaanyway, I'm going on holidays for a week tomorrow, so I'll get back to it next week.
Findings
There is straightening of the normal cervical lordosis but no fracture or dislocatin detected.
Mildly increased signal is noted betweenthe tips of the C6 and the C7 spinous processes, possibly due to a low grade sprain injury of the interspinous ligament or possibly a vascular in nature.
Mild intervertebral degenerative changes at C5/C6 and C6/C7 with a diffuse disc bluges, more pronounced posteriorly and marginal and unconvertebral osteophyte formation combining with mild facet join arthropathy to cause moderate narrowing of the left C6 neural exit foramen and severe narrowing of the left C7 neural exit foramen.
Mild narrowing of the right C7 neural exit foramen.
No abnormal cord signal detected. The craniocervical junction is within normal limits.
Multiple bilateral likely perineural cysts noted in the upper thoracic spine, of doubtful clinical significance.
Conclusion
No fracture, dislocation or bony destruction detected.
Mild oedema between the tips of the C6 and C7 spinous processes possibly due to low-grade ligamentous sprain injury, possibly vascular.
Intervertebral degenerative changes and diffuse disc bluges combine with mild facet joint arthropathy at C5/C6 and C6/C7 to cause severe narrowing of the left C7 neural exit foramen and moderate narrowing of the left C6 neural exit foramen.
I have very little idea what all that means, but I assume it's the "low-grade ligamentous sprain injury" that is causing my pain and the moderate and severe narrowing of the C6 and C7 neural exit foramen that is causing the occasional pain\tingling down the arm (not that I know what a neural exit foramen is... but I presume that's a hole where the nerve exits the spine and runs down the arm).
Sooooo.... lol i dunno. Next call is specialist to tell me what to do.
3 rounds skipping, 3 rounds heavy bag, 1 round double end bag, 1 round speed ball, two rounds sled push.
Facepulls, reverse ezbar curl, lat pull downs.
Well, I did some exercise. Can't say there was any real pain doing any of this, but my left side has ~zero strength. Can barely do a handful of pushups. Can not do a pullup.
I'm such a fat c*nt. Two months of not lifting and any muscle I had literally turns into fat an travels to my gut. Waist somewhere between 92 and 95cm (I am obviously really bad at using a tape measure).
Light squats, incline press, lat pull down, face pulls, reverse ez bar curl.
Went to a narrow stance, high bar, super knees forward, full rom to try and not aggravate my hip flexor. It certainly felt better than doing a lbbs, but still not 100%. Maybe I'll try these for a while super light and high rep to see if it helps.
