Videos
Ratios of Clean & Jerk
to Squat among the top lifters in the world
Ruslan Nurudinov
Artem Okulov
Lasha Talakhadze
Lydia Valentin
Stefan Botev
Christina Lovu
Ilya Ilyin
Rebeka Koha
Fares Elbakh
Loredana Toma
Urik Vardanian
Blagoy Blagoev
Yury Zakharevich
184k Snatch
The above video illustrates a full snatch executed at 0.67 seconds in the pull from the platform to full extension and 0.33 seconds from full extension to receiving the weight at arms length.
190k Snatch (No Lift)
This video shows Ruslan attempting 190k and missed this 3rd attempt lift. The times in motion were 0.70 from the platform to full extension and 0.37 from full extension to receiving the weight. As stated in the video above, it doesn’t take much of a decrease in velocity to miss a lift, especially at 100% of PR. Most misses are due to a decrease in momentum and not a technical problem, although one could argue both are the same.
Measuring Times in Motion using QuickTime Video
It is relatively easy to determine times in motion this day and age, with video cameras and the QuickTime video app. Since most video is 30 fps (frames per second), then each click forward or backward on the keyboard is equal to 1/30th of a second. If it takes 20 forward clicks to go from the platform to full extension then;
20 / 30 fps = 0.67 seconds
Just divide the number of forward or backward clicks it takes to achieve any particular motion, and divide that product by the 30 fps. It’s just that simple, and fun to see how consistent each lift is with regards to specific times for each movement being measured.