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One of our Coaches at Outlaw CrossFit HQ hit a milestone PR today. John Martinich is not a competitive crossfitter or weightlifter, but he switched over to the Barbell program when we re-launched it to see if he could get past the 185# Snatch and 200# Clean and Jerk he had been stuck at for a YEAR. Welp, today he did it. Solid work, J-Mart.

Oh, and his Clean and Jerk is up 15# now, too.

WL:

Max Snatch

Max Clean and Jerk

Strength:

3rm Front Squat

11 thoughts on “140614”

    • On the snatch video, take a look at the very first moment your feet hit the ground in the landing. The toes touch the ground first. This in turn is causing all of the weight to be on your toes, so when you stand up, the bar is moving forward and you have to walk forward to try and save it. What we would rather see is the whole foot touching the ground at the same time, nice and flat. One way to try and fix this is doing an over-exaggerated “stomp”. It will feel like a donkey kick, but it will give you that flat footed landing, and eventually it will become second nature to land flat-footed. Focus on that.

      • Thanks Jared. I noticed that. On this attempt it almost looks like I jump backwards a bit which is odd because I almost always jump forward. I’ll work on the footwork. 110/242 is my goal to hit at nationals. I’m close

        • Jumping forward is usually a symptom of bringing your hips to the bar, instead of bringing the bar back into the hips. I didn’t want to note too many things at once, but it also looks like you are on your toes a little early when you get to the hips. What’s more, it looks like you may also have an early bend once you get past your knees. Keep your feet planted as you bring the bar back into your hips for as long as possible to get into the best power position. Re-watch this, and when you coaches eye your lifts do it from the side and see if you can get into the power position demonstrated here. Feet should be nearly flat and knees bent when the bar makes initial contact.

          I mentioned the landing in my first comment because even with the above, you could have had that snatch if you had a better landing.

  4. WL:

    Max Snatch
    135-155-175-185-195-205-215-225-235(pr)-240(xx)-241(x).

    Max Clean and Jerk
    225-245-265-285-295(f)

    Strength:

    3rm Front Squat
    225-245-275-305(pr)

  5. WL:

    Max Snatch
    160-165-170pr

    Max Clean and Jerk
    175-195-210pr

    Strength:

    3rm Front Squat
    250pr

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