jumping on high pulls

jijin · 10-22-2006, 01:08 PM

while doing high pulls I noticed that I sometimes lift off the ground. Is this ok?

I'm actually very tempted to change the high pulls to hang cleans, cuz it's just short of a quick dip and a flick of the wrists....

shugga · 10-23-2006, 10:45 AM

I'm pretty sure that the book mentions that your heels may come off of the ground a little. At least, I have been doing them that way.

jijin · 10-23-2006, 11:55 AM

My heels do come off the ground. What I'm asking about is the fact that sometimes, especially with heavier weights, my toes come off the ground too..

Newbie · 10-23-2006, 12:10 PM

Just be careful not to hit yourself in the chin and knock yourself out. I think Lou actually talked about someone doing just that.

Lisa~ · 10-23-2006, 12:19 PM

No problem if your feet leave the ground. The lift is all about being explosive.

Here's the guy from Ball State doing a clean pull. His feet leave the ground just slightly.

Clean Pull

Newbie · 10-23-2006, 12:22 PM

Lisa,

Sorry if I'm high-jacking this thread but, my wife reports some slight wrist pain after doing high-pulls. Is there some technique thing we can check, like maybe her hands are too close together/far apart? What would contribute to wrist pain from high pulls?

Lisa~ · 10-23-2006, 12:30 PM

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Originally Posted by Newbie

Lisa,

Sorry if I'm high-jacking this thread but, my wife reports some slight wrist pain after doing high-pulls. Is there some technique thing we can check, like maybe her hands are too close together/far apart? What would contribute to wrist pain from high pulls?

She's probably flexing her wrists in an effort to get the bar higher. Wrist pain is a funny thing and I'm never sure when it's a problem and when it will resolve on its own because it's just a strength issue. My guess with high pulls is that it's technique and that it's bad. See if she can stop the pull before her wrist bends. If that doesn't help, try widening the grip, so more she'd be doing a snatch pull, which might make it easier to not bend the wrist so much. If that doesn't help, change lifts. Go to a jump shrug instead of the high pull.

jijin · 10-23-2006, 12:31 PM

try using at least a slightly wider shoulder width grip. I think that should help