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Heartlander · 80-89, M
Fifty+ years ago when I weighed 145 pounds I could press 175, clean 225, but was afraid to jerk or snatch those weights overhead.
I was a squatter rather than a splitter. A good squatter to slip below the weights with my tailbone practically on the floor, and was blessed with strong legs. Squatting preserved my arm strength to then complete the overhead press. My wrist were weak, and while I was OK with pressing it overhead, jerking higher weights came with a fear of my wrist failing..
I was a squatter rather than a splitter. A good squatter to slip below the weights with my tailbone practically on the floor, and was blessed with strong legs. Squatting preserved my arm strength to then complete the overhead press. My wrist were weak, and while I was OK with pressing it overhead, jerking higher weights came with a fear of my wrist failing..