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ONE HANI) SNATCH

Place yourself in position 1 (see illustration) and as you puli strongly with thc right band and sboulder, press as bard as you can witb tbe lcft band on the left knee. Then when tbc wcigbt bas reaclied a fair lieight. dip beneatb sanie, tbe eyes to be all tbe time on tbe weight. Tbe secret of tliis lift is to use as many muscles as possible at tbe same time. tbat is. you press with your legs. puli willi your arm, and pusb with the disengaged one. also puli willi the sboulder and jerk witb thc back. suddenU. wberi the weigbt is over your hcad. dipping beneatb same. and tbrowing it a little to tbe back. There are two posilions possible in snatching tbe weigbt. either of whięb- is good, and both o! wbich I will describe. One is to keep tbe body perpetidicular and dip cleanly bcneatli tbe weigbt; the otber is to suddcnly fali to one side as in tbe l>ent press, wlien tbe bar is about tbe beigbt of your hcad, and so place a straigbt arm beneatb tbe weigbt. after w bieli yon recoeer to an erect position. The bcnełit and advantage in tliis latter position being glvcn a mail wbo is enor-mously strong and a good side presser, if bis arm should not go (piite straigbt in tbe first attempt, tben be tnay liiiish up tbe last inch or two by tbe body pre.ss. tbat is, if no objectiun be madę by reterec or opponents in compctition. A variation of tliis is to snatcli tbe beli oyerbead with tbe two hands instead of one, tbe hands being beld tbe same distancc apart as in tbc double-banded bar beli lift. Those an.\ious to practice tbe single-handed lift all tbe way, as in tbe Englisb Amateur Cbampionsbip Competition will find my instructions as to tbe snatch are. if recersed, directly applicable to tbe initial pull-in t«ł tbe sboulder. All that you have to do is to place your band on tbe bar witb the palm to tbe front

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