DB Prone Cuban Snatch- Explosive?

[Morondava]

What's your pace on this exercise? Is it supposed to be slow and controlled or explosive?

[missjane]

Correct YTWL?

you can see the movement here, even though it's the YWTL.

[jessie]

My approach is explosive. I used to do this exercise while training during my swim season. It was meant to build strength and power to propel swimmers off the starting blocks faster.

[jessie]

My apologies. I was thinking of the One-armed snatch.

Originally Posted by jessie

My approach is explosive. I used to do this exercise while training during my swim season. It was meant to build strength and power to propel swimmers off the starting blocks faster.

[Bytsi]

Originally Posted by jessie

My apologies. I was thinking of the One-armed snatch.

I do the cuban snatch relatively explosively too... I lift my arms from hanging to the "elbows out", but there's no way I could then raise my hands up (the rotation part) without it being explosive!

[Lisa~]

I had the same question and spent a little time trying to figure out what Alwyn intended. I didn't get this from any of the authors, but here's my take.

The word "snatch" certainly implies explosive speed, but the exercise description in the book doesn't say anything about speed, momentum, or explosiveness. It says, in part (p. 207):

Without changing the angle of your upper arms relative to your torso or to the floor, rotate your arms so the weights rise up to about the level of your ears. Make sure your elbows stay bent 90 degrees.

That doesn't even imply explosiveness to me when I read it. In addition, p. 169 tells us that this exercise is Alwyn's version of the Cuban press. The Cuban press is not an explosive movement. The "L" of the YTWL is described on p. 210, and in that description Lou writes, "The movement is exactly like the prone Cuban snatch." We know that the L is a controlled movement.

So, in the end, I came to the conclusion that it's really just a misnomer. It's not a snatch at all; it's a prone L. If I'm wrong, I'd like to be corrected. It'd be easier, and more fun, to do it with explosiveness. I used a controlled rotation when I did this exercise.

[Ruthie]

Gosh, Lisa, I think they should have used you as an editor on the exercise section, you are so helpful and well-informed .