It's old. It's rusty. It's no dice.
One of the mistakes I made recently in my own
programming was incorporating the power variations, i.e. the power snatch and power clean (collectively referred to
herein as "powers"), too frequently.
While powers do offer some advantages over the full lifts, a longer pull
and easier recovery, they also have the potential to introduce bad habits into
the full lifts, namely rolling onto the forefoot too early. Powers mask this mistake by allowing the
lifter to jump forward slightly with sub-maximal loads; however, the full lifts
are far less forgiving and maximal loads require a greater degree of technical
proficiency. As I can attest,
correcting these bad habits and regaining confidence in the bottom position,
especially in the snatch, is frustrating.
Do not make this same mistake, I beg you.
In order to expedite these corrections, I am
ditching the fancy programming concepts.
Snatch. Clean and jerk. Squats.
Pulls. The meat and potatoes of
weightlifting. Percentages, you
ask. Ain't got time for percentages, baby. Attitude Nation, Jon North, salute.
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