Snatch/OH Squat

[waldowade]

I just started doing this last week and it feels very awkward. My rear delts don't seem to like it much, not really painful just feels unnatural. Balance is a real issue on the squat.

Any one have some accessory lifts to help or some technique tips? Or will my muscles just adapt after a few weeks?

 

[drsketch]

Are you talking about doing squats?

I usually put my index fingers on the marker line on barbell. This creates a place of rest on the back of your shoulders, slide the bar until you feel it. Keep the bar off neck..

also check this:
hxxp://www.exrx.net/WeightExercises/GluteusMaximus/BBFullSquat.html

 

[waldowade]

I'm talking about Overhead Squats where you hold the bar overhead while squatting, also done at the end of a Snatch.

 

[drsketch]

sorry dude, never done those.

 

[al420]

Where to start....

a few tips:

1. imagine you are pulling the bar apart.
2. do reps witha broom stick, and lots of them. When I started do ing Oly lifts my coach had me doing 100+ OH Squats w/ a broom stick every day.
3. Learn how to do shouldr-dislocates (also with a broom stick)

My Snatch day has OH Squats in it, and I train them every week. My progression goes like this

stick x 10
bar x10
95 x5 x2
135 x3 x2
155 x3
185 x2
225 x2 x5

 

[al420]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DZpGzwgMr9o

There you go - watch and practice

 

[Azinine]

Chicks always seem to have great squat form. I'm trying to get my girl in the gym. I feel she would be the same way.

Sorry bout the hijack...

 

[SouthernLord]

Where to start....

a few tips:

1. imagine you are pulling the bar apart.
2. do reps witha broom stick, and lots of them. When I started do ing Oly lifts my coach had me doing 100+ OH Squats w/ a broom stick every day.
3. Learn how to do shouldr-dislocates (also with a broom stick)

My Snatch day has OH Squats in it, and I train them every week. My progression goes like this

stick x 10
bar x10
95 x5 x2
135 x3 x2
155 x3
185 x2
225 x2 x5

Nice thread. I don't oly lift, but I love OHS. Very killer exercise. Nothing beats beats OHS for shoulder stability and abdm strength.

 

[fortunatesun]

I found both lifts awkward when I first started doing them, esp. overhead squats.

You can only analyze so much. Then it's just practise and more practise until you find the groove.

 

[skyflyer231]

It gets easier and easier each workout. I've also recently started doing the OHS