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

[LudiWithKnives]

LOL at ginger hate and asian love !

ant power! Lol actually all I need is a mask and web shooters and I'll be spiderman too skinny to be superman

will get it next time.

[schabowy90]

**** this earth. I really want to know what goes on in the heads of these mass murderers. Do they feel any remorse as they do what they do? Are they completely numb to emotion?

I don't understand this wickedness.

BiRTHDAY SHOUTOUT TO SCHABOWY

Thxxx guisseeee. I'm old as **** now.

First day back worked up to 90 on snatch and couldn't make it lol. Fuuuu. Back still acting up so I'm just gonna see what I can do tomorrow. Might do high block work

[huntito]

Fuaaaaaaaaaaa guise that feel when sleeping 12 consecutive hours after finals week. omg dat HGH secretion

proudly lifting alongside jack oliver and peter kirkbride in the 2016 games for team britain

edit: you guys suck....

Yeah bro good luck with your UK citizenship goals of 2016...

**** this earth. I really want to know what goes on in the heads of these mass murderers. Do they feel any remorse as they do what they do? Are they completely numb to emotion?

I don't understand this wickedness.





Thxxx guisseeee. I'm old as **** now.

First day back worked up to 90 on snatch and couldn't make it lol. Fuuuu. Back still acting up so I'm just gonna see what I can do tomorrow. Might do high block work

This guy killed his own mom... he was unstable to begin with


also after 21 the years just fly by man, get used to it lol

[jb4476]

also after 21 the years just fly by man, get used to it lol

Age: 22.

[ftwrestler]

Age: 22.

[dbk1]

Age: 22.

age: 22

status: all knowing wise man

[Reidy]

Front squatted 102/225 for a set of 10 to finish off today, preceded by 116 for 2 triples, 125 for 2 doubles, 129 for a double, and 136 for a single.

102x10 may have been the hardest thing I've done in a long time. Laid on the ground for about 3 minutes after.

[huntito]

age: 22

status: all knowing wise man

bro 21 to 22 went by way too fast, and 22 is already half way done for me. It sucks bro srs

[Reidy]

Check out this maniac making Jon North look tame by comparison...

[huntito]

^^ i have a picture of him on a business card lol srs

[jb4476]

Check out this maniac making Jon North look tame by comparison...

All the Lithuanians look like angry, super jacked James Bond villains.

[matjusm]

I want to ask for some opinions on the frequency of snatching with straps vs without straps. I know that Olympic weightlifters snatch a lot with straps but I don't want to do it too much as it can create a false sense of security. Because of that I have for the past 3 months or so done all my snatching (2x a week) with just my grip and I must say that my grip strength has greatly improved over this period. I am however considering switching to doing one of these snatch sessions with straps to help me move some slightly higher weights. Would you guys recommend this or not?

[ftwrestler]

All the Lithuanians look like angry, super jacked James Bond villains.

fairly comparable to the FB post i did on this

[dbk1]

I want to ask for some opinions on the frequency of snatching with straps vs without straps. I know that Olympic weightlifters snatch a lot with straps but I don't want to do it too much as it can create a false sense of security. Because of that I have for the past 3 months or so done all my snatching (2x a week) with just my grip and I must say that my grip strength has greatly improved over this period. I am however considering switching to doing one of these snatch sessions with straps to help me move some slightly higher weights. Would you guys recommend this or not?

go one for one. While the thing about false security is correct ( I snatched with just straps for 2 straight months) you lift more weight with them. Mix it up so you get the benefits of both

[dbk1]

tan: not even once

[ftwrestler]

migraines gone. it was one of two things

Prometheus rising or genomyx salvia extract

[jb4476]

Alright Oly bros, I have a pretty decent story. So yesterday I arrived in Vancouver and so I'm chilling for a few days with relatives in Burnaby, BC before I head to Whistler. There's a Gold's gym in Burnaby about a mile from where I am. Been there before so I know they have a nice platform and some bumpers. Today I was going to BTN Push press, back squat, snatch and C+J.

So first I did my BTN push pressing and set an utterly obscene PR. I expected my BTN push press to rapidly overtake my front push press by a lot, because it should always be easier to move more weight from the behind the neck. I didn't anticipate it moving so quickly however. At first I thought that the weights were just incorrectly labelled or something, but I didn't pull out any other surprises in my other lifts, and I used the same plates and bar.



I probably could have got the sixth if I had really fought, but at that point I was too surprised/self congratulatory to really grind it out. The reds are 45s obviously. These are lb bumper plates. That was my only PR of the day, but hell yeah I'll take it.

OK, moving on with the story. While I was there, I met Amit Sapir, I didn't know who he was at the time. He came in just as I was starting to snatch, was squatting in the rack behind the platform. Amit Sapir is this guy:



I didn't find out who he was until I asked him if he had ever competed in Oly lifting, because I saw he had a tattoo on his shoulder of the Olympic rings inscribed above a barbell, you can see it in the picture. He said yes, it turns out he was 2x Israeli national champion in Olympic lifting, he is currently the most successful Israeli bodybuilder and an IFBB pro. He said he was a 69 kg lifter, which I was having trouble envisioning given his current size. It was definitely humbling to watch him back squat (high bar parallel) 635x2, 585x5, 495x7 and 405x10. He seemed like a really chill guy, I asked him if he had any suggestions to prevent losing the clean in front, which I was having trouble with, he said to try to make the pull more vertical, and that it looked like I was striking the bar with my hips, resulting in the bar coming out in front.

[schabowy90]

Sunds about like ill do in my life. OLY lift as long as possible and when I have a family and I'm old as Shiz start bodybuilding since its less time consuming.

Awesome story tho....wtf at advice tho..? Lol

[dbk1]

Alright Oly bros, I have a pretty decent story. So yesterday I arrived in Vancouver and so I'm chilling for a few days with relatives in Burnaby, BC before I head to Whistler. There's a Gold's gym in Burnaby about a mile from where I am. Been there before so I know they have a nice platform and some bumpers. Today I was going to BTN Push press, back squat, snatch and C+J.

So first I did my BTN push pressing and set an utterly obscene PR. I expected my BTN push press to rapidly overtake my front push press by a lot, because it should always be easier to move more weight from the behind the neck. I didn't anticipate it moving so quickly however. At first I thought that the weights were just incorrectly labelled or something, but I didn't pull out any other surprises in my other lifts, and I used the same plates and bar.



I probably could have got the sixth if I had really fought, but at that point I was too surprised/self congratulatory to really grind it out. The reds are 45s obviously. These are lb bumper plates. That was my only PR of the day, but hell yeah I'll take it.

OK, moving on with the story. While I was there, I met Amit Sapir, I didn't know who he was at the time. He came in just as I was starting to snatch, was squatting in the rack behind the platform. Amit Sapir is this guy:



I didn't find out who he was until I asked him if he had ever competed in Oly lifting, because I saw he had a tattoo on his shoulder of the Olympic rings inscribed above a barbell, you can see it in the picture. He said yes, it turns out he was 2x Israeli national champion in Olympic lifting, he is currently the most successful Israeli bodybuilder and an IFBB pro. He said he was a 69 kg lifter, which I was having trouble envisioning given his current size. It was definitely humbling to watch him back squat (high bar parallel) 635x2, 585x5, 495x7 and 405x10. He seemed like a really chill guy, I asked him if he had any suggestions to prevent losing the clean in front, which I was having trouble with, he said to try to make the pull more vertical, and that it looked like I was striking the bar with my hips, resulting in the bar coming out in front.

[jb4476]

[strengthsthetic]

jb almost push pressing the same as jon north lol. pretty sure his max was like 130 btn and 110 x 5 is challenging for Jon North.. he's got dat speed though..

[jubjub007]

ok so going to the school gym tomorrow that has bummper plates and platforms, my first experience with them as i usually do less weight and use the lame regular plates(just getting into oly lifts, mainly clean and jerk atm). any advice for me? lol thanks

also, just tried getting romaleos but they are out of stock now :[ should i wait for them to restock or just go with the adipower? i have slightly wider feet i guess, more flat footed really, making them a bit wider

[huntito]

ok so going to the school gym tomorrow that has bummper plates and platforms, my first experience with them as i usually do less weight and use the lame regular plates(just getting into oly lifts, mainly clean and jerk atm). any advice for me? lol thanks

also, just tried getting romaleos but they are out of stock now :[ should i wait for them to restock or just go with the adipower? i have slightly wider feet i guess, more flat footed really, making them a bit wider

watch as many oly videos as you can, try to emulate what you see, take vids, post to oly forum so we can lol at you... i mean critique you

If you've got size 10.5 feet I'll sell my Romaleos II to you lol srs

[Reidy]

Anybody else have a hell of a time finding jeans that fit?

I'm 6'3 with a 35" waist so length has always been an issue (apparently only 5'6 fatties have 35 inch waists), but now that my legs are getting bigger, I can barely squeeze a normal pair of gyms over my quads.

Any suggestions on lifter-friendly brands/styles?

[ftwrestler]

135kgx2 on front squat today

and that is with basically a 3 week layoff and a sprained ankle

feels good man

edit: also lol at wearing jeans ever

[forcefedfreak]

Sunds about like ill do in my life. OLY lift as long as possible and when I have a family and I'm old as Shiz start bodybuilding since its less time consuming.

Awesome story tho....wtf at advice tho..? Lol

Despite what Don McCauley claims international lifters do, when you talk to international lifters they all say to pull the bar as straight as possible and to extend upward.

[Reidy]

135kgx2 on front squat today

and that is with basically a 3 week layoff and a sprained ankle

feels good man

edit: also lol at wearing jeans ever

You don't wear jeans?

[feces99]

anyone else feel like theyre on autopilot lately?

winter messes with my mind so bad

[scarboro]

Despite what Don McCauley claims international lifters do, when you talk to international lifters they all say to pull the bar as straight as possible and to extend upward.

The albanian coaching cues were, "tear the barbell in pieces (off the floor)" "throw it high in the sky" "chest open" "strong pull my son". However they were probably closer to don's "catapult" technique than most other lifters.

[LudiWithKnives]

Anybody else have a hell of a time finding jeans that fit?

I'm 6'3 with a 35" waist so length has always been an issue (apparently only 5'6 fatties have 35 inch waists), but now that my legs are getting bigger, I can barely squeeze a normal pair of gyms over my quads.

Any suggestions on lifter-friendly brands/styles?

come to the raw denim thread or fashion thread. most raws are 35"+ inseam so height will not e a problem. the waist to quad ratio is the hard part.