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

[forcefedfreak]

Alex "140/170" Lee is NOT moving to train with Jon North... so it is the other Alex Lee who is much much shiitier.

lol **** JN

[dbk1]

My 94 lifter from today.

checked out his lifts from his most recent comp. how old is he? looks like he has a very bright future ahead of him

[forcefedfreak]

checked out his lifts from his most recent comp. how old is he? looks like he has a very bright future ahead of him

He's 21. Definitely has a lot of potential, but unfortunately he isn't putting his all into training/competing, imo. He doesn't work, he's taking two online classes right now, yet he's always cutting his workouts short, or missing training sessions for bull**** reasons. He's also very heady. I was really surprised how focused he was in competition, cuz in training, once he misses a lift he's usually ****ed. Like if he has a bad snatch session, his C&J will automatically be ****. Gets way too emotional when he trains.

[olyw8lifter]

Alex "140/170" Lee is NOT moving to train with Jon North... so it is the other Alex Lee who is much much shiitier.

I had a pretty good feeling this was the case. I've been training with him at East Valley Crossfit for the last year or so.

[huntito]

labor was a breeze. no screams. an easy 1hr labor and she was done. just pushing and no pain

8lbs 4oz

healthy, active, calm, and hungry

He's gonna be a 77 or an 85 just watch lmao

congrats dude, when are you gonna buy him his first broomstick barbell?

[ftwrestler]

He's gonna be a 77 or an 85 just watch lmao

congrats dude, when are you gonna buy him his first broomstick barbell?

who said i didnt already?

[jb4476]

My 94 lifter from today.

****. That kid is my weight class, younger and out-FSing me by >100 lb. What is his programming like?

[forcefedfreak]

****. That kid is my weight class, younger and out-FSing me by >100 lb. What is his programming like?

Soviet style...high volume, medium intensity. Some variation of snatches, C&Js and squats 5x a week. Day 6 predominantly body building/general strength training, unless we're tapering for a competition.

[jb4476]

Soviet style...high volume, medium intensity. Some variation of snatches, C&Js and squats 5x a week. Day 6 predominantly body building/general strength training, unless we're tapering for a competition.

How long did it take him to get to a 200 k FS? I'm trying to stick to more reps in the BS because I keep straining my back when I go for lower rep PRs. It never aggregates to a serious injury but I really wish it wouldn't happen. I haven't maxed out in the FS in a while but I did 320 several months ago. Since then my paused FS is starting to catch up to my previous FS 1RM. I've done 305 with a 3 second pause. The PP is with 312 for a 3 second pause but I missed halfway up (I hate everything). It's still a cool picture.

[forcefedfreak]

Basically the timeline is like this...he started training with me for a couple of months, tore his meniscus in a hiking accident and had surgery. I helped him through rehabbing it, and he moved to Utah. Trained at Praxis for a few months. Came back with a 95 snatch, 125 C&J and 165 front squat. That was in January. He kind of did some bs training for about a month, and then started training with me in Feb. Now those numbers are 112, 135 and 200 respectively.

[SG55]

Went back earlier into this thread to about late may/early june of last year back when I started weightlifting. Came across a page where everyone was going on about the Lu Yong 2008 youtube video and talking about how they watched it before training and how they reacted to his 3rd clean and jerk and ****. It's funny because that was like my go to video when I was starting for technique, inspiration, and motivation lol. I still watch it to this day.

[schabowy90]

Got takanos book yesterday. Kelly Starrett's coming tomorrow. Swag

Went back earlier into this thread to about late may/early june of last year back when I started weightlifting. Came across a page where everyone was going on about the Lu Yong 2008 youtube video and talking about how they watched it before training and how they reacted to his 3rd clean and jerk and ****. It's funny because that was like my go to video when I was starting for technique, inspiration, and motivation lol. I still watch it to this day.

Still remember.

[DaTruth1]

How is it that I've been weightlifting for a year and I still haven't figured out how to squat??



Seriously, ass just shoots out backwards on every rep. Weak glutes? fml.

[huntito]

Went back earlier into this thread to about late may/early june of last year back when I started weightlifting. Came across a page where everyone was going on about the Lu Yong 2008 youtube video and talking about how they watched it before training and how they reacted to his 3rd clean and jerk and ****. It's funny because that was like my go to video when I was starting for technique, inspiration, and motivation lol. I still watch it to this day.

sa sa sa!

[jb4476]

sa sa sa!

How you doing bro? Haven't seen you a while.

[ftwrestler]

How is it that I've been weightlifting for a year and I still haven't figured out how to squat??

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Seriously, ass just shoots out backwards on every rep. Weak glutes? fml.

that is how i squat.....

[forcefedfreak]

Got takanos book yesterday. Kelly Starrett's coming tomorrow. Swag.

Takano's book is pretty good, but he recommend certain amount of reps per month/year based on the Russian classification system, then at the end of the book he has a sample 20 week program that he put his lifters on, which totaled out to be way more reps than they were supposed to do, and he says they all got good results from it. He also doesn't really give a whole lot of rhyme or reason for the distribution of reps per week/day.

I also have Starret's book coming today.

[wisdommaster1]

Got takanos book yesterday. Kelly Starrett's coming tomorrow. Swag

I also have Starret's book coming today.

Starret's book is pretty awesome, although I'm far from being a supple leopard... one day

[forcefedfreak]

Starret's book is pretty awesome, although I'm far from being a supple leopard... one day

I'm fortunate that I've always been really flexible, and that I adapt to new positions fairly easily. Everyone seems to be raving about Starret's book. The guy must be raking it in.

[strengthsthetic]

I'm fortunate that I've always been really flexible, and that I adapt to new positions fairly easily. Everyone seems to be raving about Starret's book. The guy must be raking it in.

I'm thinking there's some kind of correlation with having short femurs and being naturally flexible haha..

[forcefedfreak]

I'm thinking there's some kind of correlation with having short femurs and being naturally flexible haha..

Definitely helps.

[Robination]

Had my AdiPowers shipped to my home in Toronto...

check shipping status, "will arrive by end of the day"

awww yeahhh perfect timing for my arrival

[ftwrestler]

if my reps per month matched the reps i get per week on this board i would have 8 gold medals

[DaTruth1]

You must spread some Reputation around before giving it to ftwrestler again.

[wisdommaster1]

currently debating on whether or not to pull the trigger on some Rehband knee sleeves...

[SG55]

Training today is gonna suck... Ripped open my thumb snatching two days ago, and it still hurts to use my thumb in anything. Now I have to go outside and deadlift and snatch and clean. Thinking about finding a substitute exercise for the snatches and cleans... any ideas?

[izzygrant]

congrats on the baby ft! glad everything went well.

I'm thinking there's some kind of correlation with having short femurs and being naturally flexible haha..

it's not necessary though.

currently debating on whether or not to pull the trigger on some Rehband knee sleeves...

go smaller than you think you need if you do. they stretch.

[ftwrestler]

You must spread some Reputation around before giving it to ftwrestler again.

lol

same to you

[strengthsthetic]

congrats on the baby ft! glad everything went well.



it's not necessary though.



go smaller than you think you need if you do. they stretch.

Or if you're a girl

[DaTruth1]

tbh I think that ppl with short femurs don't need as much flexibility to hit the same positions. I am probably not flexible at all, just chinese anatomy.