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Old 10-27-2007, 10:26 AM
EricT EricT is offline
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Never mind I think maybe some form points on MP's may help. When I watched the vid before I got fixated on the fact that one arm was forward of the other so I wasn't paying proper attention.

The main problem is that at the starting position your elbows are either under or behind the bar. This will never do. You need to get your eblows in front of the bar. What is happening is that you are fighting to keep the bar from floating forward. You or overcompensating by overextending your back also. Overextending the back with a heavy load overhead will likely be the biggest problem you are having and will likely may you feel unstable and restrict the breathing.

Always take a moment to make sure your elbows are in front of the bar. Don't extend your back. Pinch you butt in so that you are using your hips to set the back.

You have your head back nearly the whole time. This won't help your breathing either. Keep your neck as neutral as possible. You bring it back slightly to clear the bar and then back to neutral. Don't look up toward the bar as you press it up. Not good to do at all.

This should make you stronger.

My suggestion is to work on form with small sets not to exhaustion. You know what you just did with that set of 135? Well that is exactly the way to go. You can use the 130 or more like 135. Do as many sets of doubles or triples as you want to giving yourself as much rest as need in between to ensure that you can keep to and practice these form points without losing it from coming near to failure. This will not only allow you to practice form but you will also be able to lift the weight a whole bunch of times so that will be good as well. If anything it will make you feel good. Don't worry about time. Rest in between sets for as short or as long a period as needed. You can likely use more weight and still practice you form but if more weight doesn't allow it then don't use it.

This will be good for you.
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If you act sanctimonious I will just list out your logical fallacies until you get pissed off and spew blasphemous remarks.
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