Calling all OL'ers......:)

[scarboro]

i feel bad for the PL forum, they get barraged with the stupidest questions. Ad nauseum.

If weightlifting also had about 300 different ways to train/lift we'd get the same questions. Theres more humility in weightlifting.

[jb4476]

If weightlifting also had about 300 different ways to train/lift we'd get the same questions. Theres more humility in weightlifting.

LOL this is true. The movements might be trickier but OLing is an easier sport to program for sure.

[scarboro]

LOL this is true. The movements might be trickier but OLing is an easier sport to program for sure.

Another aspect is that in weightlifting linearly improving your lifts may not be the best indicator of progress. You're constantly looking for technique/speed/etc whereas in powerlifting you can deduce some crazy conclusions via correlation=causation when your lifts increase. A guy I know swears that preacher curls are a way to improve your bench.

[RW2]

Bahahahahahahaha as anyone else seen this shhit???




The video:


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CixNOoTogGQ

Hahaha I love the music selection too. SO HARDCORE!

[DaTruth1]

i feel bad for the PL forum, they get barraged with the stupidest questions. Ad nauseum.

One of the things I love about weightlifting is that it is very niche. Most of the people that do it are very into it - not too many casual oly lifters around my parts at least.

[jb4476]

I finally set a strict press PR with 140x15. OK that's a really weird PR but it IS a PR according to Wendler's formula (5/3/1 is how I program the press) and I've been sucking balls at the press for months so I did the most drastic deload possible and I guess it worked. So whatever, I'm counting it.

[forcefedfreak]

You're talking 140lbs, right?

[jb4476]

You're talking 140lbs, right?

No, I'm actually the love child of Taranenko and Bill March.

Yes, 140 lb. If I could strict press 308 lb for 15 reps at 185 lb BW, I would be on the streets fighting crime.

[huntito]

Nice!I had been looking for these, but had only found some $60 strongman ones.

brb buying
brb combining with singlet
brb Chinese Team mode

better get dem dere Nike Romaleos or else your Chinese Team mode doesn't count brah lol

[scarboro]

I finally set a strict press PR with 140x15. OK that's a really weird PR but it IS a PR according to Wendler's formula (5/3/1 is how I program the press) and I've been sucking balls at the press for months so I did the most drastic deload possible and I guess it worked. So whatever, I'm counting it.

Damn, nice. I'm guessing you max @ >200lbs?
I'm at 83kg max, did 60x10.

[jb4476]

Damn, nice. I'm guessing you max @ >200lbs?
I'm at 83kg max, did 60x10.

In theory, yes, but I've never actually done it. The closest I got was 195 lb, that was a long time ago, but I will break it soon. 83 and 60x10 means you are stronger in the lower rep range (which is preferable IMO). I'm stronger in the higher rep range across all main non Oly-lifts, which is not very useful in this sport but whatever.

Also, I'm curious to see how my programming compares to everyone else's since I try to strke a compromise between practicing the main lifts enough and getting destroyed. So here's what I'm currently doing (although it got shifted a bit this week).

Mon: C+J/Snatch
Tue: Snatch/Klokov complex
Wed: Bench/C+J/FS
Thur: Break
Fri: C+J/Snatch
Sat: Press/FS (heavy)
Sun: Break

The press, bench and FS heavy day are programmed with 5/3/1, the FS on Wednesday I'll just work up to a bit beyond whatever I cleaned, and the Oly lifts I just work up to a daily max.

Also mobility work 7 days a week:
-Take bar with 35 lb bumper per side. Hold across knees in ankle stretch in deep squat position for 2 minutes. Hold in the rack position with all five fingers on the bar for one minute, hold in the deep front squat for two sets of one minute, hold in deep close grip OHS for two sets of one minute.

[BadSnatch]

Does the word "oly" sound incredibly stupid to anyone else? The name of the sport is weightlifting. Yes, it does exist outside the Olympics. No, thrusters do not count as jerks.

[DaTruth1]

Does the word "oly" sound incredibly stupid to anyone else? The name of the sport is weightlifting. Yes, it does exist outside the Olympics. No, thrusters do not count as jerks.

Now that I identify myself as a weightlifter, that is a pet peeve of mine.

[RW2]

Does the word "oly" sound incredibly stupid to anyone else? The name of the sport is weightlifting. Yes, it does exist outside the Olympics. No, thrusters do not count as jerks.

Yes, but people are stupid. I just started weightlifting, and when I talk to people about it, they say stuff like, "Haven't you been lifting weights for a while though?"

So I say, "Olympic weightlifting." To which they seem to always reply, "You're going to the Olympics!?" Yes. Yes I am.

[ftwrestler]

365 high bar for a double


awwwwwwwwwww yeah

[forcefedfreak]

Does the word "oly" sound incredibly stupid to anyone else? The name of the sport is weightlifting. Yes, it does exist outside the Olympics. No, thrusters do not count as jerks.

I know it's kind of douchey/elitist, but I refuse to call it "Olympic" Weightlifitng. I just refer to it as Weightlifting, and whenever someone says they do weightlifting (referring to to lifting weights) I correct them. I also tell all of my clients they can't call themselves Weightlifters just because they snatch and clean&jerk. They have to compete first.

[jagboy]

I know it's kind of douchey/elitist, but I refuse to call it "Olympic" Weightlifitng. I just refer to it as Weightlifting, and whenever someone says they do weightlifting (referring to to lifting weights) I correct them. I also tell all of my clients they can't call themselves Weightlifters just because they snatch and clean&jerk. They have to compete first.

this

[ftwrestler]

I know it's kind of douchey/elitist, but I refuse to call it "Olympic" Weightlifitng. I just refer to it as Weightlifting, and whenever someone says they do weightlifting (referring to to lifting weights) I correct them. I also tell all of my clients they can't call themselves Weightlifters just because they snatch and clean&jerk. They have to compete first.

this is why i say i train. i am not a lifter yet

[jb4476]

Been watching some Old timey lifting vids. It's crazy how different the sport was back in the day. The fact that you weren't allowed to thigh brush made the lifts look really awkward and non-technical. Paul Anderson would have been beaten by Naim. Right about the early 50s was when the split was being phased out by the squat snatch and squat clean, but you would still see it done.



The dude at 2:41 is absolutely crazy. He's not allowed thigh brush so he has to awkwardly move the weight up with a really **** bar path with really bent arms and he can't really use his hips efficiently because he can't keep the bar close, and he still manages to yank himself under the bar and catch it in a crazy position.

[DaTruth1]

365 high bar for a double


awwwwwwwwwww yeah

u are so strong bro. Seriously, I think my max back squat is 345.

[WHT_LIGHTNING]

This happened today

26kg PR

Lu X and I have identical form

lol





Obviously jsut fooling around after practice, although it is a 26kg PR Squat Jerk I think

[WHT_LIGHTNING]

I know it's kind of douchey/elitist, but I refuse to call it "Olympic" Weightlifitng. I just refer to it as Weightlifting, and whenever someone says they do weightlifting (referring to to lifting weights) I correct them. I also tell all of my clients they can't call themselves Weightlifters just because they snatch and clean&jerk. They have to compete first.

I sorta do the same, but if they give me that weird stare, then I will say, you know like in the olympics, lol.

Then they ask for numbers, and I tell them 115/145 and then I have to convert it to lbs for them, so I just say 255/320 and they usually think that I am like olympic caliber, lol.

I then lol and say, yeah maybe in the 63kg female class under my breath, lol

[schabowy90]

me: yeahh i play hockey and weightlift with a club as well.

person: oh yeah? nice, whats your bench?

me: -_-





I just had 4 hockey games in less than 48 hours and drove 700+ miles this weekend. Took today off to recover, haven't trained since Thursday. im getting slightly agitated.

[feces99]

whats everyone's lifting music nowadays? need to beef up my playlist.

[forcefedfreak]

I just added these tracks

[schabowy90]

podcasts

TATW, tiestos club life, TyDis global soundsystem, corstens countdown, gareth emery podcast,

[ftwrestler]

u are so strong bro. Seriously, I think my max back squat is 345.

thanks man. consistency helps.

although i wish i could fix my snatch form. i think it is getting worse. i am probably going to have to make a thread about it

[scarboro]

Tore a chunk of skin off my thumb and had to powerclean with straps. Never again. My rack is pretty shiit to begin with but with straps I was grotesquely catching it with my elbows almost pointing straight down. 100kgx2 top set, 20+ singles from 80-90 from the hang.

[huntito]

had my first legit training sesh with coach Takano today. narrowed my snatch grip and already it feels better, can't wait to see the long term results of training with him.

whats everyone's lifting music nowadays? need to beef up my playlist.

bobina's russia goes clubbing, global dj broadcast with markus shulz, sometimes dubstep, old school 1992 gangsta rap, trap music (both the electro kind and the rap kind)

[dbk1]

i listen to whatever klokov listens too. srs

had my first legit training sesh with coach Takano today. narrowed my snatch grip and already it feels better, can't wait to see the long term results of training with him.

whats the gym like? hows the setup (plates bars platforms)? how are the people that train there? hows coach takano? sorry thats a lot of questions I'm just trying to get a feel for the place