"In the barbell clean (and snatch), completion of the pull or full extension occurs ideally with knees and hips completely open, arms long, and the shoulders behind the bar." CrossFit 4/14/10See explanation here at CrossFit Pacific Coast.
Notice in frame 2...arms still straight!
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Hola Wet/Dry runners,
Soooooo how was it? Can't be at class tomorrow and am lookin' for clues.
Matt D. This is just an observation followed by a question....When you look closely at the photos of the gal doing the Triple Ext you realize that she is very fit, but something else caught my eye, you also notice that her left arm appears to be the dominant arm. Is this something you notice at CF also? Curious if this is common (my guess is, it is) and what if anything you can do about it? People also have a dominant leg which is why when they people get lost they walk in circles toward there non-dominant leg because the dominant leg has a slightly longer stride than the non-dominant leg.
Is this something you notice at CF also?
Yes.
Curious if this is common (my guess is, it is) and what if anything you can do about it?
Stop doing it.
Realize the imbalance, commit to improving it, lots of uni-lateral work to improve power, balance, coordination of non-dominant side. And during full-body movement concentrating on NOT compensating, but focus on symmetry.
Matt D, Being consciously aware is obviously the first step. Something interesting I've learned, since my accident my left arm has become my dominant arm, where-as for 47 years it was my right arm, even now I still struggle with it. But mostly it is because of the limited range of motion in my rt wrist. The body does adapt, and very quickly I might add. To compensate when doing a similar movement to the above, I have to focus on keeping the left wrist straighter because I can't flip my right-hand back towards my body at a 90 degree angle. What happens is I always feel off-balance. One thing I have been trying to do is use more weight in my right-hand versus the left, when doing lifting exercises, kb, db etc., to see if I can compensate....
Thanks for an informative post....
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