Re: [Supertraining] Smith Machine for Olympic type exercises?

Friday, 11 January 2008      0 comments

While the smith machine would eliminate some problems in the early stages of learning the OL's, (it would eliminate the jumping forward, and allow you to accentuate the shrug) it's hard to moved the bar on the smith at the speed required without banging the safety catches, and the bar would catch on the them before coming down in the catch phase, making for a frustrating training session, at best.
Stick to the dumbells and light barbells, or stick to squat jumps, vertical jumps, box jumps, etc. for explosive work- much smaller learning curve!

Personal note- I learned to hang clean on the bench press station of a universal gym 30 years ago. It locked in a good shrug and nice catch position early.( I know, heresy...)

Mark Powell, MS, ATC, CSCS
Camillus, NY

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