When you jerk it...

[bblazer]

Speaking of the continental jerk press of course....

Once you have the bar overhead, do you move your rear foot forward to your front foot, or the opposite, the front to the rear?

Just wondering, because I have seen both. I do neither. Rarely will I front/rear split, more often I spread my feet like Kevin Nee.

Thanks!
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[moya]

i bring my right foot forward...












...when i jerk it...

 

[b fold the truth]

I believe with the split jerk...both feet move. One fwd, one back.

I drop under it, sometimes my feet will go outwards though.

 

[SouthernLord]

I've never really done these, but stepping forward seems like the natural thing to do.

 

[bblazer]

Thanks. I guess there is no real 'right' way to do this as long as you don't drop the damn thing on your head.

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[b fold the truth]

Thanks. I guess there is no real 'right' way to do this as long as you don't drop the damn thing on your head.

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Watch some OLY lifters on YouTube...it is a Split Jerk because both feet split. One fwd, one back.

Pyrros Dimas drops under it...crazy.

 

[b fold the truth]

Pyrros Dimas (Greek...hehe). It would be hard for anyone to argue that there was/is a better OLY lifter out there EVER.

VERY few have this technique.

 

[b fold the truth]

Some of the SHW's don't move their front foot as much as the lighter guys.

 

[bblazer]

OK.

That guy's feet never even leave the floor!

Balls of steel to dip under the bar like that.

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[b fold the truth]

OK.

That guy's feet never even leave the floor!

Balls of steel to dip under the bar like that.

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There is only ONE Dimas... He is THE MAN.

His coach was yelling at him, in Greek, "Sit Down In The Bar" once he had it in the clean position. If you are going to jerk a log or axle for reps...that is the way to do it...but with a little less dip.

 

[bblazer]

There is only ONE Dimas... He is THE MAN.

His coach was yelling at him, in Greek, "Sit Down In The Bar" once he had it in the clean position. If you are going to jerk a log or axle for reps...that is the way to do it...but with a little less dip.

We just built a 210 lb axel that I'm going to try this on this weekend.

If you don't hear from me, its because I'm in intensive care from dropping it on my head.

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[b fold the truth]

Wear a helmet.

Use a video camera.

 

[bblazer]

Wear a helmet.

Use a video camera.

Does it count if I continental the clean?

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[moya]

dimas is one of my heroes...
speaking of heroes, i am giving my newborn son the middle name 'Coan'...

 

[b fold the truth]

Does it count if I continental the clean?

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According to Dione and NAS/ASC...you can NOT take the axle off the belt. According to the guys who ran IFSA, Strongman Champions League, formerly World's Strongest Man, and at the Arnold Classic...they don't care as long as you get the bar to your shoulders and do not damage the bar.

 

[b fold the truth]

dimas is one of my heroes...
speaking of heroes, i am giving my newborn son the middle name 'Coan'...

At the Athens' Olympics, when Dimas (with broken bones in his hand) finished his last Clean and Jerk to take the bronze medal (his worst placing) and walked over to the side of the lifting platform, took off his shoes and left them there...our entire family had tears in our eyes.

As a Greek country, he is on or above the status that Michael Jordan was during his highlight years.