Hot Hallie's Split Jerk

[stfuandLiftBtCh]

what is this some split jerk fetish?! "One more...one more..ohhh yeahhh"

[Necronaut]

besides her lifting being atrocious, she is also ugly as sin.

[xelfer9]

nobody knows anything anymore. if you want to get correct form training for olympic lifts, go get an OLYMPIC LIFTING coach... not a crossfit coach (i've seen a lot of crossfit people with terrible form), don't just get a personal trainer, and don't go to youtube. watch the guys in the olympics, like pyrros dimas.

[DementedMind]

OMG...some of you guys are idiots. Stop complaining about her clean. That wasn't the point. She was showing the split jerk. In case you weren't paying attention, she was using a training bar and training plates. I doubt the entire setup weighed more than 25lbs. The plates are 5kg. She is showing split jerk technique. That is it. If you are going to spit out your crap, at least LOOK at the video first...

[KingAttle]

@DementedMind ..yeah and ya know what....her technique sucks you shitbrick

[expeditionnyc]

This is terrible. Why the hell is this even up?

Clean is all wrong. She just reverse curls it up, doesn't use clean grip and the jerk is not explosive at all. Fuck Crossfit for butchering olympic lifting like this.

[isaacbernstein]

does most of the comments below even do crossfit because there is crossfit and there is personal trainging weight training lack of conditioning at the gym..it always cracks me up when personal trainers make corrections and when they start crossfit I am like, glad I didn't waste money on him....just saying...I think those who make corrections should share are they a crossfit or not cause I would rather listen to someone who is a crossfit coach or crossfit athlete themselves...

[INGLISS16]

that clean is horrible- she just shoulders it up. Wow

[DyskoDelThunderback]

So just to be sure, you do kick your legs out like that? Nobody blast me for this, just checking.

[johnshopkins99]

her arms are to close together idiot

[xkharnex]

"To close together." Who's the idiot again?

[duskwalker2]

i always put one leg forward for one rep, then the other leg forward for the next. this minimizes inequality in training.

[urpwnd]

@duskwalker2 with any real weight on the bar, you should always split the same way. for most people this is easily determined by walking up behind them without telling them and giving them a little push. the leg that goes forward is the same one you should split forward. your legs are not going to be trained unequally by doing jerks the same way every time.

[Maylorb]

Split Jerk/Power Clean/ Snatch are lifts performed to help increase a persons explosiveness.

[incessantmace]

why do people do these jerk type exercises, it looks like an easy way to injure yourself because you're probably tired from doing other exercises then youre getting fatigued from doing this one, but you need to maintain ur balance and hope ur stabilizer muscles dont crap out. Why not just do standing shoulder press and some running?

[Yshuah]

A standing shoulder press would cause your stabilizer muscles to "crap out" quicker than a jerk. The jerk is more about your legs pushing it up. In a proper jerk, the arms just lock out. However, if you don't waste your time with isolation exercises, and you do these lifts first (which you should be because a lot of people who jerk are competitors), you will be fine.

[incessantmace]

Ok i see what you're saying about the arms but would you prefer this exercise to a bodyweight squat? 0 risk of injury there as far as i can tell, and you don't have to be a competitor to do it. I'm strong... I can almost bench double my body weight but im still hesitant to do this... i dont wanna drop 100s of pounds on my head :/

[Yshuah]

There is no 100% way to prevent injury in weight training. You can take great lengths and you might never get injured. But it is no guarantee. Powerlifting has had its share of squat injuries. On a personal note, I have not squatted or benched for over a year now. If I wanted to gain more msucle, I would bring back the squats. But the deadlift builds decent enough legs and I think provides more overall strength than the squat. A body weight squat alone could eventually cause plateau.

[incessantmace]

I'll agree to that. I'm already doing 400bodyweight squats every other day, only a matter of time till i plateu, but then I can still change it up by cutting down on rest times and doing larger sets.  I would be hesitant to do weighted squats as well, but it doesnt matter cuz i work out with rusty dumbells, and other bodyweight training at home :/

[Yshuah]

Just exercise caution. But barbell squats and/or deadlifts will take you to places you never heard of.

[urpwnd]

@incessantmace you answered your own question. you do these because they work more muscle groups at once, and make you balance the weight using shoulder stability and core stability.

if you are already tired, then it's your own fault for training to the point of injury, not the movement's fault. do the jerk when you capable of doing it.

[hockechamp14]

There are plenty other split jerk demonstrations that are better than this. If you are looking for an example of a perfect split jerk, this is not one to look at.

Keep getting stronger Hallie, good job!

[AnytimeHester]

good form but my only question is why wouldnt she do a power clean into the starting position??? seems like a lot of stressinstead of just quick getting it up