Forum: Olympic Lifting

i m comfused it is better to have squat as first excersise,before the oly lifts? or do the lifts and left squat for the end? taking for granted that you lift more kg's on squat than the oly lifts

what type of wrist wraps do the chinese use and also knee wraps

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This vid was made a year ago. But just to let you know, CT Fletcher is a m&**$@#%^&*ng weight (space, pause) lifter!! YOU GOT THAT??!!! JK7v4e1yZSw Which one of you meatheads pissed on his Wheaties when you said he is NOT a weightlifter (one word, as in our sport of weightlifting)? Enjoy...

Heyo, I'm just learning Snatch technique and what not but the issue is that the olympic bar is too heavy for me to snatch and get it any further than chest/collarbone height. The practice bars they have are too light and I have no issue getting underneath those. I'm taking a powerlifting/oly...

Hello I am 185 cm tall. People say my legs are longer than my trunk. I feel my femurs are long. I can post numbers/measurements and or pictures if this is necessary. For me my squat stance improved when I narrowed my stance. And also when I rotated my toes less outwards. Not straight forward...

I'm new to the competition. Been doing OW srsly for 1 year. I compete in the 77kg category. I did 197 kg total in my competition today. It sucked. I needed 216 kg total to gain access to state level competition. Not even close... In 10 weeks, I will need a 222kg total. I can't see how I can...

I train for Olympic weightlifting, though not at a competitive level of any sort. Currently the way my workout is set up is that I always start off with an Olympic lift(s) and then move on to strength exercises later on. Hence I'm always somewhat fatigued when it gets to squats as they're the...

I'm fuking mad right now bc my knee has really been bothering me and so is my lower back now. Look at this vid, just doing power snatches for triples. My set up posture looks disgusting but I get into good position before the lift. Opinions please. Thanks mAjvBAbCM68

Hard to find a decent gym where I live that isn't packed. Plus I can hardly snatch where I'm at now as the grip is worn off on all of the barbells (and I'm not going to a gay crossfit gym :)). Getting fed up with the situation and am considering putting a gym in my garage. I'd build a platform,...

Hey guys only been oly lifting for a year and been battling knee issues but I started the catalyst athletics 8 week general program. Finishing week two and my snatch has gone from 155 (when I was 15lbs heaver) to 170 but my c&j has gone from 235 (when I was 15lbs heavier) to missing 225 today. Is...

Hey everyone, When I do the little jump during a clean my feet go out farther than shoulder width apart. I find that instead of squatting under the bar to catch it I do a semi squat and spread my legs. Any advice on how I should go about fixing this? Thanks, Seb

I've been training in gym shorts for the past few months and noticed that some are starting to rip at the thighs from all the cleans I'm doing. I've been doing a lot of triples, and noticed that i hear a tearing noise sometimes when I catch the bar at the thighs on the way down. Also, when I squat...

Hi guys! I have been training on and off for some time, but I am on my longest lifting stint now, been steady at it for 4 months, mostly doing powerlifting style training. I want to get into olympic lifting, but there is nowhere to do it in my town. There is a club for it, but they don't have...

I have sbd knee sleeves that I like very much and use them for my oly lifts. I have a meet coming up and need a singlet I went on their website and noticed this singlet. http://www.andersonpowerlifting.com/product-p/sbd-comp-singlet.htm would it be suitable for weightlifting? I know in the...

Basically I'm looking for any advice on my Power Snatch and Power Clean and Jerk, and how I can improve them. I would say I have some reasonable experience with powerlifting style training and the "big 3," but I'm pretty new to oly lifting, I've only done sub-par power cleans for about 6 months....

So I just learned hang cleans a little bit ago, and I worked my way up so now I can do a full on muscle clean from the floor. These are my new favorite lift! Swinging all that weight up just feels so awesome. It's such an athletic lift. Soon I'll be doing them heavy with the squat. And then I'll...

Most suggested routines I see have the clean and snatch programmed in. If I wanted to take the snatch out would u increase clean volume? If so how?

When doing the clean where do you, personally, place your hands in relation to the silver ring on the barbell？ I used to place my pinky finger just inside the ring but a few days ago I started placing my middle finger on the ring itself. I know it's a personal preference thing but I was just...

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For the longest time I thought clean deadlift was the same thing as traditional deadlift but I've recently seen numerous videos of athletes clean deadlifting with a much lower starting hip position than what I thought was used in a traditional deadlift (they are using the same starting hip position...

zWDj8KYAHig i think the jerk part could use a little help

Greetings. I have been Bodybuilding for around a decade, but what I have always truly wanted to become is a weightlifter. But how does one even break into this sport? It doesn't seem to be very popular at all in the US, and it is frustrating trying to get your foot in the door.

Sup Oly Lifter brahs. I usually stick to the Misc but recently (like past 2 months or so) I've been getting into Olympic Weightlifting. Got a few hundred for my birthday back in June so I invested in a pair of Romaleo's, and that's when I decided to officially transition from Weight Training to...

Hey all, first time really attempting cleans, looked up some videos on proper form and technique but not sure how well I did. Any tips would be greatly appreciated :) ybu7BZ_I3QQ