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  • I'm going to set up a program for the cycle I'll start next week so tips like the above is of great help. Thanks.

    Didn't want to google terms like 'full snatch' at work... so didn't respond straight away, but now I've been searching the interweb for them all and it seems that the only one of your above list that is OK to do with dumbbells is barbell rows. That weird dude on youtube uses a wide barbell but you reckon it will be ok with a free weight in each hand?

    I was thinking of combining this with the one where you sit with a straight back bending just a fraction forwards so that you push the weights upwards more or less behind your head. Am I onto something here or do these exercises cancel each other out?

    Anyone feel like suggesting a third exercise for my back? If I need one that is

    Why is it you are so bothered about using dumbells? No really I say that not as an condescending comment but as a genuine question, I remember going months, in fact nearly a year without so much as touching a dumbell, it is not essential to use them all the time, dumbells rows are different to barbell rows, they are NOT the same exercise, and do not hit the muscles in the same way. The exercise you mention above is much better replaced by the standing military press, a superior exercise which not only hits the exact same muscles but hits your core muscles far more than a seated overhead dumbell press (the exercise you talk about above). You also want to press in front of your face when doing a standing military, look up youtube or picture sequences for details of correct form for that exercise.

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