Press Technique

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Cool. Didn't know so much of a jerk was allowed to get it up there.

#3 in is a good example of putting the weight down under control.

Hugh

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http://www.chidlovski.net/liftup/e_movie_theater.asp?vclip=26

Cool. Didn't know so much of a jerk was allowed to get it up there.

THere is no bending of the knees allowed. So it really is a chest heave
and drop under the bar. Which is what wrecked the press. They should have
simply strictly enforced the rules.

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http://www.chidlovski.net/liftup/e_movie_theater.asp?vclip=26

Cool. Didn't know so much of a jerk was allowed to get it up there.

THere is no bending of the knees allowed. So it really is a chest heave
and drop under the bar. Which is what wrecked the press. They should have
simply strictly enforced the rules.

I think in the end the rules are defined by the lifters. The same thing
happened with gear in powerlifting in the early 70's. If enough big guys in
the sport start violating the rules, the rules are gonna get changed.

Hugh

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Run like hell and let the clowns deal with the bull.

On 21 Feb 2005 23:48:42 GMT, Hugh Beyer <[email hidden]> wrote in
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> http://www.chidlovski.net/liftup/e_movie_theater.asp?vclip=26

Cool. Didn't know so much of a jerk was allowed to get it up there.

THere is no bending of the knees allowed. So it really is a chest heave
and drop under the bar. Which is what wrecked the press. They should have
simply strictly enforced the rules.

I think in the end the rules are defined by the lifters. The same thing
happened with gear in powerlifting in the early 70's. If enough big guys in
the sport start violating the rules, the rules are gonna get changed.

There has ALWAYS been gear in powerlifting.

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There have been some questions in the past about the technique of the
press, which was abandoned as a lift in the early 70's because of
difficulty in judging. It used to be almost a military press. Here are
examples of the Russian technique which caused so much difficulty in
judging.

You may consider the similiarity to the current problem of excessive
arch
in the bench press.

http://www.chidlovski.net/liftup/e_movie_theater.asp?vclip=26

Rather a similar technique to, if I understand it correctly, what
Gireviks do in the two-kettlebell jerk. Of course, they are allowed to
bend their knees, but that same thing you're calling a "chest heave" is
part of it as well. It's a whipping action that, at least when I do it,
starts right off the floor and causes the chest to briefly lean back and
then be thrown up and forward into the weight. Very interesting clips,
Keith. The other clips I'd seen involved very slow pressing but with a
very pronounced backward lean to the point where the lifter was
essentially looking straight up.

-S-
http://www.kbnj.com

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On 21 Feb 2005 23:48:42 GMT, Hugh Beyer <[email hidden]> wrote in
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> [email hidden] (Hobbes) wrote in news:khobman800-
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> > http://www.chidlovski.net/liftup/e_movie_theater.asp?vclip=26
>
> Cool. Didn't know so much of a jerk was allowed to get it up there.

THere is no bending of the knees allowed. So it really is a chest
heave and drop under the bar. Which is what wrecked the press. They
should have simply strictly enforced the rules.

I think in the end the rules are defined by the lifters. The same thing
happened with gear in powerlifting in the early 70's. If enough big guys
in the sport start violating the rules, the rules are gonna get changed.

There has ALWAYS been gear in powerlifting.

Do tell. I'm remembering a magazine editorial from the late 60's/early 70's
available on the "history of weightlifting" site. It complained about the
number of powerlifting competitors showing up in illegal gear, e.g. cutoff
blue jeans under their singlets.

Hugh

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> In article <[email hidden]>, Hugh Beyer
> <[email hidden]> wrote:
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>> [email hidden] (Hobbes) wrote in news:khobman800-
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>> > http://www.chidlovski.net/liftup/e_movie_theater.asp?vclip=26
>>
>> Cool. Didn't know so much of a jerk was allowed to get it up there.
>
> THere is no bending of the knees allowed. So it really is a chest
> heave and drop under the bar. Which is what wrecked the press. They
> should have simply strictly enforced the rules.
>

I think in the end the rules are defined by the lifters. The same thing
happened with gear in powerlifting in the early 70's. If enough big guys
in the sport start violating the rules, the rules are gonna get changed.

There has ALWAYS been gear in powerlifting.

Do tell. I'm remembering a magazine editorial from the late 60's/early
70's
available on the "history of weightlifting" site. It complained about the
number of powerlifting competitors showing up in illegal gear, e.g. cutoff
blue jeans under their singlets.

I assume that this is also some kind of fashion transgression.