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How I added 40 reps to my 24kg Snatch (...it wasn't grip training!)

7/12/2017

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It seems like that’s all anyone ever says after a disappointing set: “I need to do some more grip training”. In reality, this is likely not the solution. At times, we have a tendency to ignore the bitter, unwanted truth staring us in the face: poor technique.

  • Grip training doesn’t take someone from ripping the flesh from their hands in a snatch set to not ripping their hands. 
  • Grip training does not take a 100 rep snatcher to 150 reps, nor does it take a 150 rep snatcher to 200 reps. 
  • Grip training doesn’t keep you from dropping the bell in a set.

The notion that grip training achieves these things is a fundamental mis-characterization of how the traditional lifts are performed. It is, has always been, and will continue to be a hip dominant effort. The very idea that your success hinges on grip training is actually, quite frankly, the very problem.

The problem with your hands is not, in fact, a problem with your hands. Once you let go of the idea that 200 reps is a product of super human grip strength, you can begin the process of re-engineering what is behind the perfect snatch...

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