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

[DaTruth1]

Reidy you're underpulling on both your lifts - get your hips through and squeeze those glutes. You're catching your snatches WAY too forward, aim to get the bar over the back of your head. Your jerks are weird, move your feet faster and keep them as close to the ground as you can - it should feel like your feet are gliding over the platform when you split. You're putting too much effort in driving the bar up, you should really focus on pushing your body down.

[schabowy90]

I agree flexibility is clearly an issue here reidy

[huntito]

Did any of you guys catch this? Pretty good documentary about the British women's weightlifting team coming up to London 2012:

[SG55]

Just an absolutely atrocious display of weightlifting by me today.

Workout called for 20 minutes to establish a 1RM snatch, rest 5 minutes, then 20 minutes to establish a 1RM clean and jerk. I did the same thing last Saturday and somehow totaled 11 kgs more then than I did today. Ugh.





1. Anybody want to diagnose my snatch problems? I know it's not the best camera angle but if you have any tips I'd love to hear them.

2. Pretty awful clean and jerk day as I was only able to hit 98 kg when last week I hit 104. I think it's partially due to a lot of overhead volume this week and partially to my legs being tired as **** from front squatting yesterday.

Either way, just a ****ty day of lifting.

Your butt is shooting up too early on the snatches, and you seem to be letting it swing out in front of you a little bit when you're dropping under, causing you to lose it out in front

[jb4476]

I was annoyed that I just missed my rep PR attempt on the back squat yesterday, but I got a new rep PR today with 300x6. LA bros, our week with Takano will be cut short for a third time in a row, he won't be here on Thursday/Friday because he's attending the US open in Palm Springs. He said "you should go, it would be a valuable learning experience", which is true, but it's still the academic year and Palm springs is over 100 miles away, and I don't think I can just rent a car, leave for a few days and spend my parents' money on accommodation and gas to attend the US Open.

[ftwrestler]

Did any of you guys catch this? Pretty good documentary about the British women's weightlifting team coming up to London 2012:

if was given the opportunity to train like that i would just take off. i cant believe people squander these gifts.

I would say the amount of dedication i would put forth you get me closer to the Olympics than genetic gifts (if i had any lol)

[jb4476]

Reidy you're underpulling on both your lifts - get your hips through and squeeze those glutes. You're catching your snatches WAY too forward, aim to get the bar over the back of your head. Your jerks are weird, move your feet faster and keep them as close to the ground as you can - it should feel like your feet are gliding over the platform when you split. You're putting too much effort in driving the bar up, you should really focus on pushing your body down.

Yeah, you're doing the same thing I'm doing. Coach keeps saying to stop cutting the pull short. You have to follow through or the bar will always be too far in front and you'll never receive it correctly. Keep trying to really extend as much as possible and you will receive the bar better, or, as Coach says in typical Takano fashion, "you need to myelinate more neurons".

[jb4476]

if was given the opportunity to train like that i would just take off. i cant believe people squander these gifts.

I would say the amount of dedication i would put forth you get me closer to the Olympics than genetic gifts (if i had any lol)

This. Btw, your training methods are very effective. I'm making sure to get 8-9x squat sessions per week (4x front, 4-5x back) and it works very well.

[ftwrestler]

This. Btw, your training methods are very effective. I'm making sure to get at least 8-9x squat sessions per week (4x front, 4-5x back) and it works very well.

i love it. I make 2 back squat days high reps and 1 front squat day high reps

every saturday i do a 20 rep squat. keeps my knees healthy. THe most annoying part of training 13x a week is the PT time. I am doing my own physical therapy every ****ing day when i just want to take a shower, eat, and go to bed.

[huntito]

i love it. I make 2 back squat days high reps and 1 front squat day high reps

every saturday i do a 20 rep squat. keeps my knees healthy. THe most annoying part of training 13x a week is the PT time. I am doing my own physical therapy every ****ing day when i just want to take a shower, eat, and go to bed.

What do you do for PT? Just lots of foam rolling, massaging, etc? I feel like I asked you this before lol

Speaking about PT, my PT-school pre reqs are looking quite nice Just need to take A&P, Statistics, Ochem II and Physics II.

FTW was it you who wanted to go to PT school or was it ForceFed?

[schabowy90]

ordered this.

my quad/forearm/calf knots are not ready.

[WHT_LIGHTNING]

wasnt supposed to be a heavy day, and I don't think it was a true max, but still a PR. 150+ very soon

[ftwrestler]

What do you do for PT? Just lots of foam rolling, massaging, etc? I feel like I asked you this before lol

Speaking about PT, my PT-school pre reqs are looking quite nice Just need to take A&P, Statistics, Ochem II and Physics II.

FTW was it you who wanted to go to PT school or was it ForceFed?

i was in athletic training. now i am heading towards cardiac rehab.

i give myself a leg massage, foam roll, a bunch of theraband work and stretching. it takes a while

[dbk1]

I was annoyed that I just missed my rep PR attempt on the back squat yesterday, but I got a new rep PR today with 300x6. LA bros, our week with Takano will be cut short for a third time in a row, he won't be here on Thursday/Friday because he's attending the US open in Palm Springs. He said "you should go, it would be a valuable learning experience", which is true, but it's still the academic year and Palm springs is over 100 miles away, and I don't think I can just rent a car, leave for a few days and spend my parents' money on accommodation and gas to attend the US Open.

I want to go so so so bad. two lifters at my gym in philly and my coach will be competing. Would love to watch them compete but 100 miles is far as ****

[LudiWithKnives]

Just an absolutely atrocious display of weightlifting by me today.

Workout called for 20 minutes to establish a 1RM snatch, rest 5 minutes, then 20 minutes to establish a 1RM clean and jerk. I did the same thing last Saturday and somehow totaled 11 kgs more then than I did today. Ugh.

hate this, some people need more rest between sets and im one of those people. i will not perform well being forced to warmup within a certain time. get used to how you normally warmup and in a meet give yourself that amount of time to warmup

[ftwrestler]

hate this, some people need more rest between sets and im one of those people. i will not perform well being forced to warmup within a certain time. get used to how you normally warmup and in a meet give yourself that amount of time to warmup

try 45sec rest between triples.

heavy singles will feel easy by comparison

[jb4476]

wasnt supposed to be a heavy day, and I don't think it was a true max, but still a PR. 150+ very soon

Very nice. You pulled the **** out of that. How much can you power clean?

[schabowy90]

130 cj today.

Missed 132 3x

Missed 109 4x. ****in had that ****. Two of those misses were behind. I'll post the 109 misses. Didn't get the cjs

[BTBAM]

Sup guise,

Posted this on the Misc, but I figured some of you here would also be interested. I've been working on a little project that discussing various training stuff, have a YouTube video and a blog. You guys may want to check it out, will be posting new stuff weekly and also talking about any topic that anyone brings up (if it is relevant).

YouTube: http://www.youtube.com/user/olbaid420/videos?view=0
Blog: http://strengthproject.blogspot.com/

[ftwrestler]

Sup guise,

Posted this on the Misc, but I figured some of you here would also be interested. I've been working on a little project that discussing various training stuff, have a YouTube video and a blog. You guys may want to check it out, will be posting new stuff weekly and also talking about any topic that anyone brings up (if it is relevant).

YouTube: http://www.youtube.com/user/olbaid420/videos?view=0
Blog: http://strengthproject.blogspot.com/

i like it. anything about diet though?

i mean im good, but other people that visit the blog are going to want to know.

[DaTruth1]

^ **** u are strong BTAM

I maxed out my back squat at 355lbs today. Failed at 365, and then bumped it down and failed again at 360

[BTBAM]

i like it. anything about diet though?

i mean im good, but other people that visit the blog are going to want to know.

Yeah, going to cover all sorts of topics. Actually just put a video up of an average meal for me. I will likely write about nutrition for performance in the near future.

[Robination]

Sup guise,

Posted this on the Misc, but I figured some of you here would also be interested. I've been working on a little project that discussing various training stuff, have a YouTube video and a blog. You guys may want to check it out, will be posting new stuff weekly and also talking about any topic that anyone brings up (if it is relevant).

YouTube: http://www.youtube.com/user/olbaid420/videos?view=0
Blog: http://strengthproject.blogspot.com/

in it to win it

[DaTruth1]

Do you guys train press? Is there any carry-over, or is it just for aesthetics?

[schabowy90]

Do you guys train press? Is there any carry-over, or is it just for aesthetics?

Strict press? Oh hell yeah. I do it more than push pressing. Those and klokov presses. Amazing. Srs. I have short arms, so for me the lockout portion is cake. It's the lower and middle part of the pushing motion I needed to strengthen, which strict press allowed me to do.

Before I would makes cleans and miss jerks. Now I'm like rob Blackwell.
Today when I stood up with 130 there wasn't a doubt in my mind I would make the jerk.

[ftwrestler]

Yeah, going to cover all sorts of topics. Actually just put a video up of an average meal for me. I will likely write about nutrition for performance in the near future.

excellent.

looking fookin joocy btw cuz

[jb4476]

Do you guys train press?

Yes.

[schabowy90]

Yes.

why bro? you already have super human strength...

[ftwrestler]

Do you guys train press? Is there any carry-over, or is it just for aesthetics?

nope. i train legs.

[dbk1]

why bro? you already have super human strength...

jb makes no f*cking sense

brb missing 60kg snatch, than strict pressing bw

got a couple of prs over break back home @ Liberty Barbell Club
117kg clean and jerk, 123kg clean

edit: also jb you better have shaved that amish beard