Learning To Snatch

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Xenia and Ashley Learning To Snatch from CrossFit East Sac on Vimeo.

The snatch is probably the most complex movement we perform in CrossFit, and possibly the most athletic. Learning to snatch poses challenges, but yields great reward in terms of developing the 10 general physical skills. It is a skill that weightlifters spend a lifetime trying to master. We perform any given variation of it a few times a month.

What's great about learning to snatch is that it helps an athlete become proficient in many other CrossFit exercises. If you can gain some mastery over the snatch, many other things will come easier to you. Of course you are going to have to learn the over head squat first, but OHS has significant benefits too.

Xenia and Ashley teamed up for a series of appointments to learn how to snatch. We systematically were able to start with the most fundamental understanding of the movement and progress to more advanced skills and drills. By the end of three appointments, they have developed some proficiency in the movement and as they continue training, you will witness them get better, handling heavier weights as they go.

The main purpose of this training is to develop a significantly important CrossFit movement that will be used more and more effectively in our workout of the day. The training, at least, at this point is not focused on trying to lift the heaviest weight. The goal is to develop a highly effective tool, that they will be able to put to better use, when it comes up in the program.

If you really want to get better at Olympic lifting, pull ups, handstands, running, rowing or whatever you may struggle with, talk to one of the coaches and set up an appointment or series of appointments to work on your skills. Ultimately it will help make you a better CrossFitter and allow you to get even more out your workouts.

Comments

[Loren]

Awesome work Xenia and Ashley! Great snatches!

[Lesley Heller]

Thx u to eveyone who came to Ella last nite for the duo birthday celebration. I apprecitate and a major thank you to all of u. Thx also for the gifts and cards.

[Eileen D]

What a fun evening last night! Thank you very much to everyone who came to our birthday celebration (and for keeping the surprise quiet for Lesley)! Thank you for the wonderful cards, gifts, conversation and friendship. Justin/Travis/Chris/Brooke, we all commented about what a wonderful place you have created - bringing together people who work our tails off together and want to spend time together.

Great job on the snatches, Xenia and Ashley!

[Justin Riley]

Ashley just hit 55#! From the floor into a squat and up! There you have it folks. Just scratching the surface on her potential.

[Ashley]

Thanks for all the help Justin! I still have a lot of things I need to work on but I've come a long way.
Ladies, I wish I could have made it out last night. I'm glad you had fun!

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Ashley, awesome work!

Hollis, sorry, I left without showing you how to tape for your torn callous. Fortunately, there's a great tutorial on the Crossfit Virtuosity site here: http://www.crossfitvirtuosity.com/articles/ive-got-to-hand-it-to-you-part-3/

[xenia]

Thanks for all you help and support Justin. I have a long way to go. Oh well I'm in for the long haul and Im ok with that. The video is a great learning tool in private. Ashley looks great but you know how I feel about this. Are you sure I signed a waiver? Oh well I know you're just going to tell me to get over it:))