Rybinsk virtual competition

I have mentioned the Rybinsk virtual competition arranged by Bill. It is the third one, and quite a good opportunity to reflect on technique and having some good discussions.

The results are now in and here is the list of of the participants, 10 lifters: LINK

I came in number 8, but I am not ashamed of that in that company. Look at e.g Paul, David, and Yuriy's crazy numbers!



At the result list you find a video link to each lifter's performance. If you are into long cycle at the moment, it might be an idea to look at styles.

All lifted with 2x 24kg in long cycle. To get around the problem with different body weight categories the winner was the one who came closest to - or most above - the Russian rank table's requirement for becoming class 1 lifter (the highest for amateurs). That is e.g. 69 reps if you weigh 85kg.

The judge was Sergey Rudnev. He is an officer and instructs girevoy sport to the Russian military full time and has produced several world champions. Rudnev is one of persons behind IKSFA (LÄNK) that will give a kettlebell sport camp in Sweden early 2011. That is a judge of some reknown in other words.

Rudnev pointed out that it is difficult to judge virtual competitions. At a live competition the lifter changes technique if he/she does not get a point, or the judges gives a comment. That, of course, is not possible at a virtual competition.

In long cycle one rep=one point.

In my case, I got 45 points (though Rudnev said one was shaky). I think that was quite a kind judgement. As for technique, I was advised to work on speed in legs, notably, not to stay down too long in the dips. I would have given maybe 42 points, but of course, what Rudnev says goes.

45 reps is my goal since quite some time. I think goals should be repeatable. "One time is no time, two times is one time, and three times is three times". So my goal now is to show that I "own" 45 reps through repeating it.

Next Rybinsk virtual competition will be in the spring -11 (probably April) and be in snatch with 32kg. Thanks organizers, judge, and co-lifters!

Rybinsk 24kg Virtual Competition (with vids now)

The members of the Russian kettlebell forum hosted by the Rybinsk kettlebell club (LÄNK) took the initiative of having a virtual competition with 24kg bells. A lifter called Wild Bill is largely at charge for coordinating the invitations of foreigners at the IgX-forum.

The rules were to do either of the classic lifts - i.e. biathlon (jerk and snatch) or long cycle clean and jerk. The points are then divided with the points required for CMS (Candidate Master of Sports) with 24kg bells in the old Russian table. I think that is 185points for men -90kg.

The person with the number closest to 1,0 wins. Of course, in this company, it is not unlikely that some people land on 1,0, or higher.

The results from this virtual comp will be included in next week's Cross World results. If I feel great, I might try lccj with 20kg bells then.

My contribution
This is unofficial lifting. I do not know how a strict judge would have set my points. The platform and bells are not ok for official competition. I find these fitness bells easier in jerk as they rack better. In snatch, I think it is in about the same with the Eleiko fitness bell, and competition bells. The Eleiko has a 38mm handle, but is more compact, and thus steady in lockouts. (My bad comp bells are in town).

Jerk: 55reps, I let the people at the Rybinsk forum decide the points. The number is ok for me; my previous PR is 48reps with these bells (July), and 50 reps with comp bells (at Ventspils Atlants, early August). Not really happy about jerk form, too slow, bells could be more centered in the push phase and my hip would not find the groove.

Snatch: 36/37. That sucks, but that's no news. Still, the number is OK for me. Actually, when starting, I felt a lot of lactic acid in the grip from the jerks, so I even doubted I would reach 30/30.

My competition snatch PR is 35/36 (Ventspils). My training PR, I think is 38/42; I had a period early summer when my snatches went better. When I look at old log notes I cannot see what I did then that I do not do nowadays.

The bell look better centred in this snatch-movie.

Jerk:


Snatch:


Look here
For an account of Helsey's (MS) participation at the event (LINK).

All results
are coming up here.

CMS in 2010 rank table
The CMS with 24kgs was removed with the current 2006 ranking system. Yet, it will be reintroduced with the updated 2010 table which will be around for 4 years. The new Russian ranking table also follows IUKLs weight categories as most Russian associations are into IUKL.
If I got it right, the Russian ranking table is also the one adopted by most other national associations.

It does not concern me personally, but for you young stallions I think it was smart to make CMS available with 24s again. Not the least, it might make people stick longer with the 24kgs before moving up to the 32s. The 32kgs is another deal, especially from a health point of view.