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2005/08/25, 11:32 PM
Whenever I use a snatch (ultra wide) grip for any sort of pressing movement, especially drop snatches or overhead squats, my left wrist tends to get an acute pain in the joint. I think it is because it is not used to the stretch. I have been doing overhead squats for about 2.5 months now, and it is now that the weight is getting heavy that it hurts. Dunno what it is. I know gator always has great advice on the olympic lifts, and was hoping maybe someone else had any advice.
Its more of a pain than a hinderance, and i tend to be able to work through it, but it is really annoying. Maybe just some wrist mobility work? Like rolling my wrists out?
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2005/08/26, 04:05 AM
I have not done olympic lifts...but I have used a suicide grip on bench and my wrists bend quite a bit backwards.....however when I switched to ultra wide grip....even though they do bend backwards.....I can use more and more poundage and I noticed my wrists got stronger....I even did floor press with ultra wide grip with my arms perfectly underneath the bar.....with bar touching the chest....only on this exercise did the pain become significant...but I was still able to fatigue other muscles before pain became unbearable....I noticed I am quite a bit stronger when I let my wrists go back and rest the bar on my palm with my fingers bent inward but not holding on to the bar....(cupping it basically)...
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2005/08/26, 07:03 PM
What I did was hold weight like a front squat like I just cleaned it, and let the weight roll back.....stretching my wrists.
I have fairly strong wrists from cheerleading.....and its been a while since I have snatched.
Maybe more your hands in a lil, so the weight is more over the forearm.....rather than all on the wrist?
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