Forum: Olympic Lifting

Not starting from my knees but I just wanted to see how it looks first. Couple things I notice is thar I don't pull and I can only assume it's because of such light weight, also my heels coming off the floor, could fix with oly shoes? youtu.be/q2r7OpUVh44 Next time I'll try with weight

Hi all, so how quickly can you expect your strength to improve as a beginner in olympic lifts. Clean, clean and jerk, snatch? what is a hard, but realistic time frame to pump up the weights, is it slow to get stronger or can you progress quickly? any feed back is appreciated. Cheers.

Hey guys, i was really hoping someone would be able to share an example of a program purely based on increasing my C&J, front squat and snatch? because that's the only 3 8 really want to get max on, i'm not fussed on bench or anything else. is just doing those 3 excersizes everyday all i need? or...

cant lift these days.only squat a few times i m gonna start running outdoors,any benefit from doing that imo running in cold weather gonna help me become more tough,inb4 rocky 4

Just wondering how many of you squat everyday? I've read up on the bulgarian approach and read the whole broz thread who also suggests squatting everyday to the max, which is what I have done for the last 2.5 weeks (singles to max then 5 back off sets with 2-3 reps with 90%). I'm pretty new to...

So I'm a 16yr old Track athlete who trains olympics lifts for the benefit to your vertical jump. I recently ran smolov and went from a 315lbs max to 405 in 3 months. I also went from 163lbs bw to 180lbs mostly in legs. It was a challenge to complete the routine but it became very enjoyable and the...

Our weekly WLC program is for the beginner to experienced lifter looking to take their Weightlifting to the next level. Each week our Expert Coaches take you through the fundamental movements, technique drills, accessory work and coaching specific to you to improve your Olympic Lifting. The...

So I joined a gym beginning of April, started DL beginning of may that's fine Benching since July that's fine Started Squatting In the rack in septmeber And I just cannot get Depth My body weight Squat is fine, goblet squat is fine, any variation of hands in front crossed etc no problem. If...

Hey guys, just wanted to throw this out there since I am new to oly lifts and ive been trying to get the snatch down, Ive only been doing the bar so far, but the issue I have the most with it keep the bar straight when overhead squatting with it. I can do it for 5 reps or so before it slowly starts...

I've read a few posts on a similar issue, but I wanted to describe my specific case to see if anyone can relate and offer insight/advice. Last week, I squatted (ATG) to max with subsequent drop sets every day. On day 6, I squatted to max as usual, then dropped down to do sets at about 80% of my...

Been trying to learn the clean/jerk and snatch since about may, and this was the first time hitting 225 on the clean and i was wondering how my form is. I dont have any friends that do Olympic weightlifting nor have i ever talked to anyone else that knows Olympic weightlifting so everything i...

I intend to invest 3 days per week to improve my hang-clean n jerk On two other days, I will do lots of chin-ups and pull-ups and hanging leg-raises Mostly unsure about the frequency and order of my exercises on these 3 days Work out since 4 years 1 RM's = Frontsquat - 105kg Shoulderpress -...

I'm new to this so excuse me if I do something wrong. But I'm 19 5'11" and 150lbs i participate in the 69kg division when i compete, I've only been doing it for 2 months and before that i was working out lightly for like 3 months. Right now this is what i'm working with clean and jerk 75kg...

I have been getting more into trying to have good form on the power clean and full clean. As of now my pr for power clean is 225, and my full clean is 205. My problem is, I could clean like 235 to the point where I am in full depth squat, but can not squat it up. Same goes for 225, I can't full...

I am doing a strength/bodybuilding type of routine. However as my body fat goes down preferably by about 50 lbs i want to start adding more explosive exercises to translate my strength into explosiveness and train more like an athlete. As of now i weigh to much and would just damage my joints doing...

Hi guys, I'm pretty new to OL, so don't be so harsh on me and forgive me the "noob"-questions. I was always interesten in OL - however, I never did it since we don't have bumper plates in our gym and there's only 1cm of rubber between the plates and the concrete to damp the noise. I'm...

So I've studied some drills and tutorials off YouTube channel "California Strength", done some reading up and gave the clean a go for the first time today. It felt really good! I'm used to doing front squats as they're part of my PPL routine so I don't have a problem with them. Here's a video...

Hello, I recorded a workout video and it includes my first attempts at doing a snatch (very light obviously) and a few snatch squats. Also, I am well aware this is a hole in my pants (lol) I know it is bad form, which is why I'm asking here, I would love some tips from you guys on how to...

So I'm new to Olympic Lifting, been doing it for about 4 months. My Clean and Jerk has consistently gotten better, to the point I'm at 100Kg 1RM at 90kg. While it's nothing amazing I'm happy with it. My snatch on the other hand is just plain awful. My 1RM is 50kg. Even then, I've only ever...

This program was posted by Christian theibedeau over at t nation Here's a modification of a program I designed that might fits the bill: DAY 1 1. Bench press ramp to 1RM 2. Bench press from pins just above sticking point, start at 70% of no.1 and ramp to 1RM 3. Bench press lockout (from...

last weekend the sprorts club spartacus Ioanninon organized oly lifting veteran games in the memory of george oikonomou who died last year pyrros was there and lift for his buddy 9WA-Zn81MOQ so many feels bro

Because of some personal reasons, i cant do the snatch so i will focus on the clean and jerk only. This is my program. NOTE: % mean % of my max for that lift Mon: Clean day Front SQ: Ramp up to daily max Clean: 3x1 @85% Clean Pull: Ramp up to 80% (1x3) Romanian Deadlift: 3x5 @75% Tue:...