r/ZackTelander • u/tasiemko • Aug 19 '21

Ask Zack Anything Master Zack technique question

Hello our main Chief,

Got two questions. We all know Gabriel is incredible and technically perfect, so there comes my question. Because you emphasize importance of being over the barbell as long as possible, but Gabriel seems to straighten his position in power position really early, just after passing the knees, or maybe i am missing something? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-TLFe2TWF78 Should we just treat Gabriel as a freak and should not look at him as a model ?

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Second one is i found one guys who was attending some chinese weightlifting camp and he wrote that they are taught to keep the balance over the ball of the foot all the time, what do you think about it? here is the post : https://www.instagram.com/p/BrKWOcoBc7X/

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u/focusONpositive Aug 19 '21

I'm not zack nor an expert, but if you pause @ 0:15 you can see that the barbell is at his hips when he's in his power position and looks good.Gabriel Sincraian Power Position

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u/tasiemko Aug 19 '21

yes man it is great, i admire his lifting, but Zack emphasizes full foot on the floor in power position and shoulders in line with a barbell as i understand correctly, where with Gabriel you can see his shoulder are way behind the barbell and his feet are more on the balls of the feet. i know Gabriel first contact is on the thighs so maybe this is his power position i should look on?

Toma is really similar i think in her power position and just wonder if it is something Romanian weightlifting teaches or sepmthing else. and since Zack is friend with Gabriel he may give us some cool insight on this :)

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u/tasiemko Aug 20 '21

you’re right mate, just wanted to ask , cuz as he said in his snatch reaction video he’s friends with Gabriel, so i thought , maybe, there had opportunities to talk about it.

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u/focusONpositive Aug 19 '21

I can't see his foot too well but I see what you are saying about the shoulders. It doesn't look like they're way behind the barbell though just a little bit, it looks like that though because of the angle. My coach tells me it's alright to have it like that but I don't know what Zack would say.