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

[ftwrestler]

are knees touching a red-lighted offense? Never even thought about it, I thought they just couldn't touch the platform (or anything but feet) and elbows can't touch on the clean

i am 99% sure you cant touch knees. but i dont care enough to look it up lol

[Reidy]

Due to my ****ty overhead mobility I've decided to widen my jerk grip to get the bar in a better position overhead. Did 6 singles at 115 kg tonight working with this wider position, I think it looks better. Thoughts?

[Kimhwan92]

meanwhile...

[ftwrestler]

meanwhile...

best reaction award goes to the kid sitting on the box

[Lamborg]

How do you guys cut fat slowly while training? Is it the same as how you'd diet for bodybuilding?

I wont be competing anytime soon as i'm new but i'd like to slowly drop fat and compete at 69kg in maybe half a year

[ftwrestler]

How do you guys cut fat slowly while training? Is it the same as how you'd diet for bodybuilding?

I wont be competing anytime soon as i'm new but i'd like to slowly drop fat and compete at 69kg in maybe half a year

well i would eat less calories than you burn

[Ensix]

how does my snatch look

[CuriousGM]

meanwhile...

This f*cking kid...I'm mad jelly and wish I started that young.

[Black_Spit]

Opinions on programming deloads in olympic weightlifting?

Part of me thinks I may be able to go without them indefinitely since I'm handling such lighter weights than when I was training for powerlifting.

I always did well with 50% deloads every 4th week doing 531. I've been reading up on olympic lifting for a month now and deload ing doesn't come up very often.

Opinions?

My definition of deload is like 5x3 @ 50% for a week so we're on the same page.

[WHT_LIGHTNING]

Opinions on programming deloads in olympic weightlifting?

Part of me thinks I may be able to go without them indefinitely since I'm handling such lighter weights than when I was training for powerlifting.

I always did well with 50% deloads every 4th week doing 531. I've been reading up on olympic lifting for a month now and deload ing doesn't come up very often.

Opinions?

My definition of deload is like 5x3 @ 50% for a week so we're on the same page.

I wouldn't deload much, if at all. Tapering for a meet/to see where you are at, yeah.

How many days are you training a week now?

[Black_Spit]

Right now I'm at 3-4 days. I know that a lot of people do 6-7 around here. I will slowly try to work up to 5, but I'm not sure. I have a wife and 3 kids and a mortgage and not the easiest job in the world (I mean, I'm not digging ditches or anything like that, but still)... I'm concerned I'll burn myself out @ 5 or more sessions a week.

[WHT_LIGHTNING]

Right now I'm at 3-4 days. I know that a lot of people do 6-7 around here. I will slowly try to work up to 5, but I'm not sure. I have a wife and 3 kids and a mortgage and not the easiest job in the world (I mean, I'm not digging ditches or anything like that, but still)... I'm concerned I'll burn myself out @ 5 or more sessions a week.

yeah, at 3-4 sessions a week, I wouldn't worry about it unless you are really feeling drained (which is often more of a mental thing, and a bro day or just skipping 1 session can often fix). I don't travel that much, but I will often go someplace for 3-4 days every 3ish months or so, and that serves as my deload, lol

[forcefedfreak]

Elbows touching knees DQs the lift.

Deloading in WL= decreasing volume, increasing intensity

[Greco-Roman]

Elbows touching knees DQs the lift.

What about knee-on-knee action though?

[forcefedfreak]

What about knee-on-knee action though?

That's legal.

[ftwrestler]

That's legal.

interdasting

[forcefedfreak]

interdasting

In the snatch the bar can only touch the floor, your hands, and any part of you below the neck. So if you were to hit your face while going under, that's a no lift. Just last weekend at a meet I saw a girl with a mohawk get a no lift because the bar brushed her very tall/pointy hair, so she put a hat on for the remainder of her lifting.

No part of your body with the exception of your feet can touch the platform. SO if your ass actually hits the floor, or your knee hits the floor in a split jerk, it's a no lift.

In the clean, if the elbows touch the knee, it's a no lift, if the bar is cleaned to the chest, and then moved to the shoulders, it's a no lift. If you dip for a jerk and then decide not to do it, it's a no lift.

[Reidy]

Just last weekend at a meet I saw a girl with a mohawk get a no lift because the bar brushed her very tall/pointy hair, so she put a hat on for the remainder of her lifting.

Ha, that girl (Jess) trains at my gym. She qualified for Masters Pan-Ams and Masters Worlds at that meet.

[nikolic993]

Need some help Oly brahs.3rd or 4th time doing cleans, what do I need to work on?
50kgx3


55kgx3


60kgx3


70kgx1

[WHT_LIGHTNING]

In the snatch the bar can only touch the floor, your hands, and any part of you below the neck. So if you were to hit your face while going under, that's a no lift. Just last weekend at a meet I saw a girl with a mohawk get a no lift because the bar brushed her very tall/pointy hair, so she put a hat on for the remainder of her lifting.

No part of your body with the exception of your feet can touch the platform. SO if your ass actually hits the floor, or your knee hits the floor in a split jerk, it's a no lift.

In the clean, if the elbows touch the knee, it's a no lift, if the bar is cleaned to the chest, and then moved to the shoulders, it's a no lift. If you dip for a jerk and then decide not to do it, it's a no lift.

we had a kid at my old gym who damn near broke his nose and cut his nose all to hell while warming up for the snatch with just the bar, lololol

[OlyLift28]

great lifting!

[Kimhwan92]

Just working on techniques

[ftwrestler]

In the snatch the bar can only touch the floor, your hands, and any part of you below the neck. So if you were to hit your face while going under, that's a no lift. Just last weekend at a meet I saw a girl with a mohawk get a no lift because the bar brushed her very tall/pointy hair, so she put a hat on for the remainder of her lifting.

No part of your body with the exception of your feet can touch the platform. SO if your ass actually hits the floor, or your knee hits the floor in a split jerk, it's a no lift.

In the clean, if the elbows touch the knee, it's a no lift, if the bar is cleaned to the chest, and then moved to the shoulders, it's a no lift. If you dip for a jerk and then decide not to do it, it's a no lift.

is that universal or just usaw? i swear i have seen that knees cant touch somewhere, maybe different in another country?

[ftwrestler]

anyone ever had to switch temporarily to another technique because of a an injury?

my ankle was tired because of my sprain last week i could not get an aggressive outward movement for squat jerking, so today i just did power jerking, pissed because i was moving pretty quick too

[dbk1]

anyone ever had to switch temporarily to another technique because of a an injury?

my ankle was tired because of my sprain last week i could not get an aggressive outward movement for squat jerking, so today i just did power jerking, pissed because i was moving pretty quick too

actually yes, I injured my wrist cleaning when i first got into weightlifting and I had to change my jerk grip to alleviate the pressure it was putting on the wrist.



thought I'd share this with you guys, what a freak athlete. he weighs around 345 pounds O.O

[WHT_LIGHTNING]

for you guys that use actual wraps (not ACE wraps) for the lifts/skwats, what kind are you using?

Looking at you ftwrestler (since I know you do). ACE wraps work great for me, but they seem to wear out pretty quickly, they are pretty cheap, but it adds up and maybe real wraps would last longer (although I might hate them).

[ftwrestler]

for you guys that use actual wraps (not ACE wraps) for the lifts/skwats, what kind are you using?

Looking at you ftwrestler (since I know you do). ACE wraps work great for me, but they seem to wear out pretty quickly, they are pretty cheap, but it adds up and maybe real wraps would last longer (although I might hate them).

ive moved away from my inzers, but i have a pair. i just use ace wraps now. If I feel like stroking my ego i will break them out

[Greco-Roman]

I'm lifting tomorrow at 4pm at the Arnold.

If any of you guys are around, PM me for my cell number, and we should get together.

[ftwrestler]

I'm lifting tomorrow at 4pm at the Arnold.

If any of you guys are around, PM me for my cell number, and we should get together.

GL

wish i could be there

[forcefedfreak]

Ha, that girl (Jess) trains at my gym. She qualified for Masters Pan-Ams and Masters Worlds at that meet.

Damn she's a masters lifter? She's lookin good.

is that universal or just usaw? i swear i have seen that knees cant touch somewhere, maybe different in another country?

It's pretty much the same brah. There are only very small nuances in different rules from country to country. For example, in America a comp platform can be 12x12' because we do **** in ft. instead of metric.