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Journal of Exercise Physiologyonline June 2016 Volume 19 Number 3

Editor-in-Chief Official Research Journal of Tommy the American Boone, PhD, Society MBA of Review Board Exercise Physiologists Todd Astorino, PhD Julien Baker, ISSN 1097-9751 PhD Steve Brock, PhD Lance Dalleck, PhD Eric Goulet, PhD Robert Gotshall, PhD Alexander Hutchison, PhD M. Knight-Maloney, PhD Len Kravitz, PhD James Laskin, PhD Yit Aun Lim, PhD Lonnie Lowery, PhD Derek Marks, PhD Cristine Mermier, PhD Robert Robergs, PhD Chantal Vella, PhD Dale Wagner, PhD Frank Wyatt, PhD Ben Zhou, PhD

Official Research Journal of the American Society of Exercise Physiologists

ISSN 1097-9751

JEPonline Altered Start Position Reduces Horizontal Displacement during the Snatch and Clean John Petrizzo1, Fred J. DiMenna1,2, Ryan Page1, Grant Smith1, Kimberly Martins1, Jonathan Lester1, Susan Kang1, Lauren Chandler1, John W. Wygand1, Robert M. Otto1 1Department

of Exercise Science, Health Studies, Physical Education, and Sport Management, Adelphi University, New York, USA, 2Teachers College, Department of Biobehavioral Sciences, Columbia University, New York, USA

ABSTRACT Petrizzo J, DiMenna FJ, Page R, Smith G, Martins K, Lester J, Kang S, Chandler L, Wygand JW, Otto RM. Altered Start Position Reduces Horizontal Displacement during the Snatch and Clean. JEPonline 2016;19(3):24-34. The purpose of this study was to determine which of two Olympic Weightlifting start positions would yield the more efficient movement pattern. We compared the traditional Olympic lifting starting position with an experimental alignment that has been proposed to reduce horizontal displacement of the barbell. It was hypothesized that the experimental alignment would produce a barbell path more closely approaching linear movement. Ten subjects completed a series of cleans and snatches under both alignment conditions. The experimental alignment resulted in significant reductions in horizontal displacement (~40.3 mm and ~31.9 mm for snatch and clean, respectively; P