You're a genius. Just when I thought I was getting this stuff down you rock my whole world with this progression. This is why I will keep coming back to your channel week after week.
This is great! I learned snatch via the high-pull progression and the head high swing progression has been a revelation. In one workout, totally revamped and improved my swing and my snatch both. Got me to find a new "gear" in my hips. I had been, unknowingly, muscling with my arm for last part of snatch, shoulder high and above. Mighty fine Jordon, very much appreciated.
Hi Jordan, your videos are great but the camera man ought to be filming more carefully, trying to cover the whole "movement" and not just the middle section of your body, not allowing viewers to see exactly what your whole body is doing while performing the exercise. But thanks so much for your wonderful videos and teaching. :)
I must say that I have always done and teach the way that you are teaching, but after trying Steve's way (that I believe is more competition biased) I felt less stress on my back and more the front of my core activated. I would like to have your opinion on that if possible. Resuming: allowing the body to be as vertical as possible or allowing the kb to have a movement up and down as vertical as possible...
@raposaii Both are correct. I have used the dropping away from the bell on the descent as a more advanced technique once someone has the basic drop down. If you're tossing the bell away and feel it in your back you probably are not loading your hips quite right, or it's dropping to far away and subtly jerking you down with it, loading the lower back.
I've been following your kb teaching and it has been very helpful. I do like the way you use the Kb to serve the body and not the other way around. I did a workshop with Steve Cotter, he showed a different way to bring the kb down from the overhead position of the snatch. You say we need to push the kb way from the body. Steve says we should move our body way (back) from the kb so it has a more vertical descend, so with less momentum for the hand/arm to support on the down position.
My tip is to move down a weight to get the movement right, then go back to your intended exercise weight. I choked and choked again with a 24kg bell. A couple of weeks later I tried a 20kg bell, found I could do it and the choking that had been present with the 24 disappeared. Now I use a 24 and it's no problem at all.
Jordan,
You're a genius. Just when I thought I was getting this stuff down you rock my whole world with this progression. This is why I will keep coming back to your channel week after week.
jmac7947 6 months ago
@jmac7947 Thank you sir.
averagetoelite 6 months ago
This is great! I learned snatch via the high-pull progression and the head high swing progression has been a revelation. In one workout, totally revamped and improved my swing and my snatch both. Got me to find a new "gear" in my hips. I had been, unknowingly, muscling with my arm for last part of snatch, shoulder high and above. Mighty fine Jordon, very much appreciated.
levingo 6 months ago
Hi Jordan, your videos are great but the camera man ought to be filming more carefully, trying to cover the whole "movement" and not just the middle section of your body, not allowing viewers to see exactly what your whole body is doing while performing the exercise. But thanks so much for your wonderful videos and teaching. :)
fishing691 6 months ago
(second part of the question)
I must say that I have always done and teach the way that you are teaching, but after trying Steve's way (that I believe is more competition biased) I felt less stress on my back and more the front of my core activated. I would like to have your opinion on that if possible. Resuming: allowing the body to be as vertical as possible or allowing the kb to have a movement up and down as vertical as possible...
raposaii 6 months ago
@raposaii Both are correct. I have used the dropping away from the bell on the descent as a more advanced technique once someone has the basic drop down. If you're tossing the bell away and feel it in your back you probably are not loading your hips quite right, or it's dropping to far away and subtly jerking you down with it, loading the lower back.
averagetoelite 6 months ago
Hi Jordan,
I've been following your kb teaching and it has been very helpful. I do like the way you use the Kb to serve the body and not the other way around. I did a workshop with Steve Cotter, he showed a different way to bring the kb down from the overhead position of the snatch. You say we need to push the kb way from the body. Steve says we should move our body way (back) from the kb so it has a more vertical descend, so with less momentum for the hand/arm to support on the down position.
raposaii 6 months ago
this and the get up breakdown video has been helpful.
barrycollura 6 months ago
My tip is to move down a weight to get the movement right, then go back to your intended exercise weight. I choked and choked again with a 24kg bell. A couple of weeks later I tried a 20kg bell, found I could do it and the choking that had been present with the 24 disappeared. Now I use a 24 and it's no problem at all.
Myrmecia 7 months ago
The best teacher of KB on the NET bar none.
zimgeo 7 months ago
Excellent, some nice tips. Always learn something new on your vids.
RhunDraco 7 months ago