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Says the bearded wunderkind.

I'll work on it.
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Originally posted by Duncan McCallum Duncan McCallum wrote:

You found that club Craig and I'll join it.  I would need to dead almost 900. 



That or learn how to snatch less.  There is more than one way to skin a cat. 


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I'm not sure I could train to snatch any less than I do right now.  When I do snatches, it is basically a hip snatch with very little knee bend. 

And they suck.
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No offense to Mr. Hadley, but isn't his stature and relative length of his levers a mitigating factor in the WOB?  Similar to Mr. Vierra?
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Shut your face "Athletic Guy" with the perfectly proportioned body and dreamy eyes...

 
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Possibly found a gym with a coach!!

We'll see, seems I couldn't get him to set up evaluation session next week.  Some stupid stuff about a minor holiday or something next week.  Sheesh!!!  I want to do this NOW!!!!

Thanks to Travis for pointing me this way, if it pans out I will post more info about the place.
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Originally posted by C. Smith C. Smith wrote:

Originally posted by Greg Hadley Greg Hadley wrote:

Originally posted by C. Smith C. Smith wrote:

And ya, there are a lot of very strong guys with a mediocre WOB.  There are also very strong, very fast, hip snatching fools like Hadley who are also just mediocre at WOB.  That why I think sometimes too much stock is put into correlation when it may not be there.   

Easy now, Craig. I would say my difficulty in the WOB is more a reflection of technique than the exercises I've committed to. While my WOB still sucks, since working in lots of hip snatches I've seen a dramatic improvement in my caber. The correlation seems obvious to me.

For the record, I agree with all of Peter's points wholeheartedly.



lol, i said you were very strong and very fast.

But wait, your willing to say that your lack of technique is the limiting factor in WOB and your increased power via the hip snatch has not helped.  Then on the other hand, you give full credit to the power via the hip snatch for the caber, insinuating that technique did not improve.

Does not compute.   

Sure it does. I have made several technique changes to my WOB over the years and despite significant increases in my strength and explosiveness remain "mediocre". My caber technique, however, has remained the same for years and since commiting to lifts like the hip snatch (in 2007) have been able to turn many large sticks. 2009 was probably my best year ever in the caber. I turned the World's challenge caber in Edinburgh that year a few weeks after just missing a 295lb hip snatch.

@Phatmilked - I'd like to think that is a contributing factor, but there are/were many athletes with a similiar build to mine that had a big WOB (Pulcinella, KO, Mike Smith, etc.).

In my opinion, the vast majority of athletes in the highland games would be well advised to consider Peter's points.
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Originally posted by Greg Hadley Greg Hadley wrote:

Easy now, Craig. I would say my difficulty in the WOB is more a reflection of technique

You mean there is technique in the WOB, no wonder I suck at that event.
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Originally posted by Duncan McCallum Duncan McCallum wrote:

Shut your face "Athletic Guy" with the perfectly proportioned body and dreamy eyes...

 

was that directed at me??   i do not think that word means what you think it means.  you may need to look "proportion" up in a dictionary. 
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