Forum: Olympic Lifting

I'm still trying to get the technique for my cleans/power cleans down so any help would be great! These were meant to be power cleans but the weight was pretty heavy for me so they sort of turned into full cleans on some of the reps. By the looks of the video, it looks like I need to drop under...

Be under or over the bar? I found myself cleaning and catching with the thumb under, as in position to do an a press or a jerk with a suicide grip, and when catching and dropping into a front squat it feels much more natural to catch with the thumb under the bar and not over. Is it different...

Posted on /r/weightlifting, but I figured it was worth another post here. Video: n6YEzKZBu6I Hey all - I posted a couple of weeks ago and am really thankful for all of the help, and was hoping for a bit more feedback. These were from last Thursday. Snatch: 80/85/90/93/x95/95. I wore straps on...

Week 3 squat check after 2 year layoff Some warmups and then failure at 255# http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q2QJXnSr_f8 Second try: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1w1M4JM7qr8 Feedback?

I have never lifted weights before and wanted to know if olympic lifting would be the place to start. I do MMA so I am pretty good shape I have just never lifted weights before and want to get into it.

Hi guys, I was wondering where everyone posts olympic weightlifting logs? Do you post them in the powerlifting journal section?

And I end up looking like this: Elbows aren't rotated far enough under the bar, wrist says "oww!", and I drop the bar for safety. Suggestions?

I lift for general fitness so every now and then I like to experiment with new types of workouts, so now I'm giving oly lifting a go. Right now my routine looks like this: A: Snatch Snatch pull Front squat B: Push press Jerk

A book about the Olympic, World and Euro weightlifting champ Galabin Boevski was published in Bulgaria. The name of the edition is “The white prisoner – The secret story of Galabin Boevski”. The English version of the book is currently preparing. Here is the official info from wikipedia: ...

I am interested in starting to do the olympic lifts. I heard that they can increase explosiveness and vertical jump, and i want to dunk. im almost 17 and 180 lbs. Any advice because Ive lifted for 7 months, but have done no OL, only the regular lifts like squat and deadlift. ALso, I think it would...

First video is about 6 weeks ago when I first started teaching myself oly lifts. 174lbs Clean UvBkRkIrbLo This is my PR from this morning. NsgXTj9C9JY

Going to start Oly lifting sometime this week, finally found what appears to be an okay gym in seoul, coaching and gym fee will be about $200 a month, so not too bad I don't think. -Lots of gyms in korea are like $125 a month- Anyways, I am not going to give up bodybuilding, and I am wondering if...

youtube(dot)com/watch?v=CVoywxTN26Y&feature=youtu.be This was 5x5, this is as high as I go on reps with power clean. But please give pointers on what I need to fix and thank you in advance.

www.********.com/video.php?v=769374956489128 Pls help me fix the mistakes that I did here My friend told me that I am curling the bar that its making me catch too far back. like in the bottom I am sitting way back on my heels. how can i fix this ? feel free to critique my jerk too. I've...

I am heading to the mall, where could I find .75 mm weightlifting shoes? are there any specific stores? I want them mainly for squatting since I do my dead lifts just using my socks. Also, how do I identify them? Thank you

Can anyone suggest me a static and or dynamic stretching routine? I know I should focus on hip, ankle, and my calves but I'm having trouble coming up with a stretch routine so I can be flexible enough to High Bar appropriately like Clarence Kennedy or Idalberto Arranda. I have no access to a foam...

Hi, I have a real problem with my ankle mobility especially in the dorsiflexion and it keep me from doing a proper squat or snatch. Because of this I have to bend over excessively in order to keep balance and not fall back. Do you guys know any good ankle mobility program or routine that I...

Hello, This isn't my first occurrence of knee pain. I'm a veteran of 3 knee surveys, after the previous injuries I felt a "pop" in each of them and pretty well knew something wasn't right. Yesterday after a successful squat session and C&J section where everything went great. No pain,...

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...

I have plates that aren't good for an olympic bar, and I can get a regular bar for much cheaper. I know that the rotating sleeves save your joints, but what are the exercises that can be done safely without them, and which are those that absolutly require them? I can choose between 180cm...

Looking at so many videos where people catch their snatch extremely deep, it seems to me like they rely on their end range of motion stopping the weight - as if they let their body absorb the incoming weight and not the muscles themselves stopping/pausing/working-against the slightly...

Hello, I've recently introduced my little brother to olympic lifts, and it's been very good for him. He has a major problem, though: he suffers from an auto-immune disease (I forget the name) that prevents him from forming calluses. Or, rather, he forms them, but then they just sort of fall...

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...

in the same way quarter squats are? always feels pain after doing power variations

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...