DB single arm overhead squat

[spb]

what kind of weight are you using for this exercise, just curious. today i used 17.5 and 35, but it feels a little ackward holding that big weight at the bottom, it gets in my way and i have to use a fairly wide stance, is that OK?

[nancysmithwp]

I've done this once so far. I used 17.5 and 10. It felt awkward but I thought I had pretty good form by the last set. I'll probably raise it next time.

[Libellula]

i'm up to 20

[missjane]

Originally Posted by nancysmithwp

I've done this once so far. I used 17.5 and 10. It felt awkward but I thought I had pretty good form by the last set. I'll probably raise it next time.

You are supposed to use double the weight on the bottom for the top (ie 10 and 20 or 12.5 and 25)

[Libellula]

oh, i wrote wrong. I'm using 12 on the bottom and 25 on top. I want to do 15 and 30.

[missjane]

Originally Posted by Libellula

oh, i wrote wrong. I'm using 12 on the bottom and 25 on top. I want to do 15 and 30.

The smaller weight goes on top and double that weight goes on the bottom.

[Libellula]

oh, i wrote wrong. I'm using 12 on the bottom and 25 on top. I want to do 15 and 30.

[missjane]

Originally Posted by Libellula

oh, i wrote wrong. I'm using 12 on the bottom and 25 on top. I want to do 15 and 30.

other way around

[Libellula]

Lol, yeah, brain spaz am I.

[jessie]

I've tried 5/10, 10/20, 12.5/25, and I've noticed that one side I have very good form and the other side I look completely spaztastic. Is there any way to balance me out?

[baffled111]

Originally Posted by spb

what kind of weight are you using for this exercise, just curious. today i used 17.5 and 35, but it feels a little ackward holding that big weight at the bottom, it gets in my way and i have to use a fairly wide stance, is that OK?

I've progressed to 45/22.5 for this one and the wide stance seems unavoidable to me. The dumbbell is huge so there's no way around it. I figure that since the workout starts with the squat-snatches, there's enough squatting going on for the day that it doesn't matter too much.

[spb]

Originally Posted by baffled111

I've progressed to 45/22.5 for this one and the wide stance seems unavoidable to me. The dumbbell is huge so there's no way around it. I figure that since the workout starts with the squat-snatches, there's enough squatting going on for the day that it doesn't matter too much.

yeah thats what I figured, in the book she holds the lower weight out more in front of her, but that's too hard the heavier you go

[RedWifey]

Originally Posted by jessie

I've tried 5/10, 10/20, 12.5/25, and I've noticed that one side I have very good form and the other side I look completely spaztastic. Is there any way to balance me out?

Choose the weight that you aren't quite so spaztastic and do that weight for both sides, until you aren't spazing and then up the weight for both sides.

[beach_plums]

Originally Posted by RedWifey

Choose the weight that you aren't quite so spaztastic and do that weight for both sides, until you aren't spazing and then up the weight for both sides.

That's what I had to do. My left shoulder is considerably weaker than my right, thanks to several tears in my rotator cuff--freak swing dancing accident years ago that I never addressed. My overhead presses, incline bench presses, YTWL, and prone snatches are affected by it as well. Hopefully one day everything will even out!

[nancysmithwp]

freak swing dancing accident... that sounds like a story just begging to be told...

my freak hang-gliding accident is still affecting my overall body mechanics, but only other hang-gliders consider such accidents freaky. lol!

[nancysmithwp]

Today I did this again, and did 10/20, 12.5/25, and 15/30. Funny thing is after the third set, I had to drop my incline chest press down from 25 to 20! I had just gone up to 25, finding a neat trick with my knee helping hoist it into place. But couldn't even lift the 22.5's that I had been finding easy. It didn't feel like I was working it that hard but I guess I was.

[beach_plums]

Originally Posted by nancysmithwp

freak swing dancing accident... that sounds like a story just begging to be told...

my freak hang-gliding accident is still affecting my overall body mechanics, but only other hang-gliders consider such accidents freaky. lol!

Long story short, when your partner is flipping you, make sure he lets go of your arm. Otherwise you end up with several tears in your rotator cuff. And, just as a side note, make sure there are no low-hanging lights above you. Lightbulbs are really easy to break.
I went through PT for my shoulder, but it's still a lot weaker than my other.

Hang-gliding! Now that sounds like fun.

[nancysmithwp]

Hang-gliding was the most amazing thing I've ever done. I was actually on the US women's world team in 1998. The feeling of freedom, of being alive, of just doing something that mankind has dreamed of from the beginning of time, is overwhelming. The summer of 98 I lived a dream that few are privileged to live.

But even the amazing becomes mundane after you do it long enough. After breaking my femur a few years ago, I was too aware of my vulnerabilities and it was never the same.

[Tia]

I'm having a tou