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Welcome @Laurie Pratt to the FGA home, and my appologies for taking so long to get you in! Somehow I have not been receiving alerts, but hopefully that is a thing of the past :) Please feel free to take a look around and see what others are doing. Yes, the group is still quite small, but that's actually quite nice because you can post and I will be faster to get back to you! Weclome again, and I hope to hear from you soon. Travis
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RMU Transition…?
People are telling me I need to have a quicker, more aggressive transition but I’m not sure… I think I need more hip timing or something….?
RMU Transition…?
1 like • Jun 21
@Michelle M I would say it's mostly because you are bending your knees that this is happening. You are snapping your feet back, but not your legs, and when you bend in the knee there is no direct linkage to your hips so you lose your foot speed and momentum when they bend. Just try to keep your legs straight the entire time and that should help your middle body get higher for the transition and the shoulders higher due to a direct connection between you foot and leg speed and your shoulders.
2 likes • 28d
@Michelle M I'm so sorry you've waited so long to get a response from me! My sincerest appologies! It looks to me that you are lingering in your backswing a bit and that's causing your speed in the forward swing to be a little less than sufficient. It's always good to get a full backswing and I would not change the way you are doing that, but as for moving forward from there try to make sure you feel like you are still connecting with the top of the ring straps so they don't go loose (it looks like they are just a bit). From there, really try to drive your legs forward with more power, and when you snap them back make sure to keep your legs straight. Your power in your forward swing is pretty solid, but add more anyway as it is better to have power in abundance here. When you snap your legs back imagine trying to drive the backs of your KNEES (not feet) backward behind and beneath you. The backs of the knees should bring straight legs beneath you faster and facilitate the transition better. Any time you bend your knees you are stopping your lower leg's speed, thus momentum. Holding a straight leg position through this leg snap should more forcefully pull your shoulders backward (like the legs), which in turn causes stretch in the backs of your scaps and a rebounding effect to pop your shoulders forrward/upward with more thrust. Again, I'm sorry Michelle for not seeing this. Thank you again for reaching out to alert me. And if you have insta and this happens again, please send me a DM if you haven't heard from me in 3 days max!
Catch up
Tagging @Travis Ewart in case you aren’t seeing the posts in the last few threads?
1 like • 28d
@Michelle M THANK YOU! I haven't been getting notifications or I have been completely missing them somehow. I will check everything and get back to you on your post (if you have posted).
Stringing BMUs
Travis! Still struggling with getting my body in the right position to get that 2nd BMU.
Stringing BMUs
1 like • Jun 29
@Kori Chavez and this screenshot is when you are dropping from the top of the rep. Try to keep your feet down more so they don't go to the front side of the bar.
0 likes • 28d
@Kori Chavez Hi! I'm so sorry to get back to you so late! I did not see any notifications, but I admit that my wifi here is not so good and I could have missed it :/ When you are dropping down you are keeping your shoulders quite far back behind the bar. If you can keep your head closer to the bar while keeping your hips back where they are, you will drop with a bit more swing which should help. Additionally, because your legs are high in the front, I would recommend that you bend in your knees to keep your feet and knees beneath the bar. Attempt to drop the legs straight down beneath the bar so your body passes through the stretched position either slightly behind the bar or directly beneath it. As you can see in the screenshots below, your head is quite far back on the drop and your body is straightening on the front side of the bar. These are the things we should try to fix.
TTB rhythm
Maybe this is normal but my TTB rhythm goes away when I am tired, but I wonder if some of it is form…? Once its gone its hard to get back.
TTB rhythm
0 likes • Jun 1
Hi @Michelle M There is a bit of a movement issue that is causing you to fatigue earlier than necessary. Your legs are bent, and stay bent, prior to passing beneath your body as the legs come down. Having bent legs as they pass beneath you interrupts a fluid swing of the legs and pulls on your body more abruptly. This also interrupts the momentum of the downward swing of the legs and leaves you with less ROM (arch) to use to build swing into the following rep. Straight leg T2B isn't for everybody or every occassion, so if you are one of those who need to bend your knees to reach the bar with your feet, I would still suggest you swing your legs straight as they pass beneath your body (both the forward/upward and backward/downward directions) as I show in this video. That will help the fatuge factor and get you some more reps before running out of gas. https://youtu.be/z8LQ2t8SWWU Furthermore, yes you did lose a bit of rhythm. Now, when you lose rhythm on a longer set it's totally understandable because the muscle cant contract as quickly as needed, thus your legs move slower and that throws the rhythm balance off. But, as you jumped into your second set you stretched your body in a more vertical position than I would suggest. Try aiming your feet further forward in front of you before moving into the arched position on that first rep, and make sure this is something you consider regularly because it might be a habit of yours. If you continue to have an issue, watch this video and mentally reflect back to it when you think this circumstance might come up again. https://youtu.be/oIePDIx6iFo Here's one more video for good measure https://youtube.com/shorts/j46cq585Ljw?feature=share
0 likes • Jun 3
That sounds pretty good @Michelle M . Nice work 😀
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