Snatches

Olympic Weight Training

5x1@80%

90lbs,x,90,90,90

I'm working on my snatch technique. I hurt myself last week because I didn't activate my shoulders on a warm-up lift. I was trying to pull myself under the bar and in doing so let the weight get too far back and in the process of losing it I almost dislocated my shoulder. Dislocating a shoulder sucks. Mel Gibson made it look like it only hurt at the time, but your shoulder can hurt for days. Since starting CrossFit my shoulders have become much stronger, and I haven't yet dislocated it. In the past I've dislocated while doing v-ups, my arm got too far back and popped out. Today I had the opposite problem. I was having trouble getting under the weight because I was trying to lockout my shoulders before I got under the weight.