WKC-rank Part 2: Follow up

Saturday, I attempted the WKC biathlon rank 3 - that is with 16kg bells (LINK). I needed 65/65 in Snatch (and 68 in Jerk). Here is the WKC rank table: LÄNK.

I did 76/84 reps (not points) in snatch. But, unfortunately, there were not enough reps to be accepted, the problem was one of fixation.

Today already, I obtained a kind reply from WKC:

"...Thanks for submitting for WKC Rank.

I regret to inform you that you did not pass Rank. The situation was lack of fixation on enough reps in Snatch. There were some moments that you were going too quickly and didn't fixate. It was very close, and we are sure you can fix that..."

So, if you are thinking of ranks, competitions or just snatch as a lift, this might be a good example to analyze in order to assess WKC standards.

I think one problem is towards the end of each hand when I got rep-greedy and increased tempo a lot. I was thinking "better do some extra-reps" in case some reps are not counted. Moreover, I might have been a bit too lazy/slow tempo starting each hand, thus having to catch up later on in the set.

And, of course, the mere technical stabilization of the bell over-head can be improved. Feels like the little dip helps me in that regard. If you flip-over the bell vertically on the way up you are less likely to have issues with this, but my shoulders don't like that.

No big thing, I will fix this next time in Uddevalla :-). Also, it feels good to know that rank standards are high. Thus, rank means something once it is obtained.

If you have ever counted reps on someone else's video, you know that is hard work. You loose count, have to rewind, watch detail again...

So, thanks a lot to the WKC who offers this rank service for free!