DB Snatches From The Floor?

[quote]David Barr wrote:
It’s funny but the thought of putting my non-lifting hand on my thigh never would have occurred to me.

I put my other hand behind me like I’m winding up for a max vert. There’s a pic at the bottom of this link:
http://www.t-nation.com/readTopic.do?id=459316&pageNo=-1#bottom

Psnatch and BC (in the vid) put their hand on their thigh. How about everyone else?[/quote]

I think I start the snatch with my hand on my thigh, but it usually ends up out to the side. It seems to help with balance this way.

What a great exercise.
Tried it today for the first time (3x5 44lb). How could I have ignorde it all the time.
Thanks

[quote]David Barr wrote:
It’s funny but the thought of putting my non-lifting hand on my thigh never would have occurred to me.

I put my other hand behind me like I’m winding up for a max vert. There’s a pic at the bottom of this link:
http://www.t-nation.com/readTopic.do?id=459316&pageNo=-1#bottom

Psnatch and BC (in the vid) put their hand on their thigh. How about everyone else?[/quote]

I naturally gravitate toward putting my hand on my thigh, but it feels like cheating to me.

I usually focus on doing it like you show in your picture. However, if I don’t think about it my hand goes back to the thigh.

The only time I put my hand on my thigh is when I’m getting tired. But I try to avoid doing that. Usually, my arm stays to the side to help balance.

Definately off-hand by your side, not on your thigh. Treat the DB snatch like any other Oly type lift–don’t think of how much weight you are lifting, think of how fast/correct you are lifting it. Use these parameters to determine how much weight you should use and you will be on the right track.

I watched the above vid, and no doubt he is moving a metric shit-ton of weight, but not all that correctly. Sort of a version of a DB power snatch, not really a full DB snatch. It was taken completely out of context so I don’t know where in his training he was, what his background is or what he was doing it for (if anything other than making a vid). Part of the beauty of oly lifting is exactness of technique; jsut b/c somebody can move a ton of weight doesn’t necessarily make it cool/right/a good idea, it just means their moving a lot of weight. Think athletics!

Don’t get me wrong, I played the vid many times and thought it was pretty sweet!

[quote]OneEye wrote:
http://www.pinnaclestrengthandfitness.com/images/1_hand_snatch_150x5.AVI

This is Brad Cardoza one-arm snatching a 150 lbs DB for 5 reps. Damn.[/quote]

Not too bad!!! Coming from a 170 lb’er who, at present time, does it with 120 lb. DB’s. Hopefully by the time I am that size I will be able to do a weight that doesn’t come in a DB