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Lately I've been doing a bit of working out what I 'should' be snatching based on other lifts, ie clean & jerking &/or squats.
It is starting to get me a bit frustrated &/or disappointed.
There are a few different metrics, which leads to me to the conclussion that it's all a bit rubbery and that there's nothing set in stone. I thought I'd share some of my maths here.
My coach keeps saying...
That's all very nice. I did 95 for 4 last night, so according to the above logic I should be able to clean it. I possably could, I haven't had a max out session in a while. If I can clean 95, I should have a snatch of (around) 75kg. I don't.
There's also this logic
Robert Roman was a weightlifitng coach in the ol' Soviet Union days.
Here's my line of thought. I have a best squat of 130. We'll say my front squat is about 110kg. If the clean & jerk is between 1.25 and 1.35 of the back squat then I should be doing between 95 and 105kg.
80% of that is approximately an 80kg snatch. That is also not what I'm doing. Sorry for the randomness.
There are other log's I've run through but CBF'd running thru them now.....
This should probably be in my log..........
It is starting to get me a bit frustrated &/or disappointed.
There are a few different metrics, which leads to me to the conclussion that it's all a bit rubbery and that there's nothing set in stone. I thought I'd share some of my maths here.
My coach keeps saying...
What you can front squat for a triple, you should be able to clean it
That's all very nice. I did 95 for 4 last night, so according to the above logic I should be able to clean it. I possably could, I haven't had a max out session in a while. If I can clean 95, I should have a snatch of (around) 75kg. I don't.
There's also this logic
From R.A. Roman's book:
Clean and Jerk: Backsquat/1.25 to 1.35, sometimes higher, especially for higher wt classes.
Snatch .78 to .82 * c+j
Front squat: Varies a lot, as low as .8*backsquat, as high as .9*backsquat, sometimes much more than c+j, sometimes much less.
Robert Roman was a weightlifitng coach in the ol' Soviet Union days.
Here's my line of thought. I have a best squat of 130. We'll say my front squat is about 110kg. If the clean & jerk is between 1.25 and 1.35 of the back squat then I should be doing between 95 and 105kg.
80% of that is approximately an 80kg snatch. That is also not what I'm doing. Sorry for the randomness.
There are other log's I've run through but CBF'd running thru them now.....
This should probably be in my log..........
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