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

[ftwrestler]

Move it away from shins. It should be right over base of toes. Touching shins is too close. May feel a little awkward at first, you'll get used to it and get much better sweep.

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***drags the bar against his shins crew***

[dbk1]

if anyone wanted one of those altenus singlets hookgrip was selling, pm me and we can talk heheheeehheh

[strengthsthetic]

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***drags the bar against his shins crew***

adding friction for no reason? why not just not touching shins to keep it close without having to overcome more force

[Greco-Roman]

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***drags the bar against his shins crew***

y u do this

[Robination]

On a different note... I f****** suck at this s***. For the past few weeks it has felt like my Snatches are actually getting worse.

my form looks 10x worse than a few months ago

this is what I get for trying out every new technique everyone claims is the "right way"

[mchase126]

adding friction for no reason? why not just not touching shins to keep it close without having to overcome more force

It seems to me like you'd have to purposefully press the bar against your shins to get any noticeable amount of force from friction there, rather than just pulling the bar up. At that point, you'd be tearing your shins up pretty good and would have a bigger problem.

I would imagine he is just maintaining contact with the shins on the way up. I could be wrong though...

[ftwrestler]

y u do this

kinky like that

adding friction for no reason? why not just not touching shins to keep it close without having to overcome more force

because then i would miss the lift

[huntito]

holy chit Jagboy that singlet you posted a few days ago just shot up to $127... lmao I bet the guy who didn't BIN it is kicking himself in the ass

[JiP]

Sup OLers, how do you guys go about moving up a weightclass? Wanna gain weight slow but feel like lots more dedicated upper body work will be needed to put on size.. not sure whether to add in a bench orientated day with extra work or just do dips/chins a few times a week

[huntito]

Sup OLers, how do you guys go about moving up a weightclass? Wanna gain weight slow but feel like lots more dedicated upper body work will be needed to put on size.. not sure whether to add in a bench orientated day with extra work or just do dips/chins a few times a week

wouldn't doing more hypertrophy work and eating buckets of food do the trick?

[ftwrestler]

Sup OLers, how do you guys go about moving up a weightclass? Wanna gain weight slow but feel like lots more dedicated upper body work will be needed to put on size.. not sure whether to add in a bench orientated day with extra work or just do dips/chins a few times a week

the last one + chipotle

[strengthsthetic]

chinese push presses

[forcefedfreak]

chinese push presses

I push pressed 120 yesterday.

[ftwrestler]

I push pressed 120 yesterday.

funny because i dreamed i push press 120 yesterday

[Smolovicus]

Starting some oly lifting again after quite a long hiatus. Kept it light (though probably not light enough). Did this after some benching and deadlift triples + about 8 sets of the same complex using weight between 45lbs - 85lbs. Didn't have my oly shoes today so things felt a bit awkward.

2nd set at 115lbs (3 pulls + 3 power snatches + 1 overhead squat)


Obv have a lot of issues; slight arm bend, pretty slow pull under, etc.

mirin joocy 17 inch baddybalder arms?

[mchase126]

@Greco

Thanks again for the tip, more than I can even say: I've started re-working my technique and bar path and my pulls are looking much smoother from the side view. I'm being patient and did exclusively technical work this morning and its paying off.

When I have enough posts I'll get some video up.

[ftwrestler]

well i pwr cleaned an easy 110kg

got 115 off the floor and to my chest and then the skin on my right hand tore like a sheet of paper and i dropped it. that **** ****ing hurts. groce pics later

[Greco-Roman]

@Greco

Thanks again for the tip, more than I can even say: I've started re-working my technique and bar path and my pulls are looking much smoother from the side view. I'm being patient and did exclusively technical work this morning and its paying off.

When I have enough posts I'll get some video up.

No problem! Glad it's helping. That tend to makes a big difference for beginners.

[huntito]

well i pwr cleaned an easy 110kg

got 115 off the floor and to my chest and then the skin on my right hand tore like a sheet of paper and i dropped it. that **** ****ing hurts. groce pics later

feels

my pinky calluses are tearing almost daily, even with bandage+tape covering them

[Greco-Roman]

feels

my pinky calluses are tearing almost daily, even with bandage+tape covering them

moisturizing/pumice stoning?

[huntito]

moisturizing/pumice stoning?

Burts Bees Hand Salve in the morning and before bed
AVON silicon glove in the afternoon and at school/work
Pummice after workouts and/or whenever I need it
Callus shaver if theyre really bad

on the day-lee

My hands need to get broken in though. Remember I just started doing o-lifts again last week after a 7 month break. Also my barbell is brand new. idk if pendlay made the knurling more aggressive on the new bars or if i just have pussy hands, but it's nice and sharp

[Greco-Roman]

Burts Bees Hand Salve in the morning and before bed
AVON silicon glove in the afternoon and at school/work
Pummice after workouts and/or whenever I need it
Callus shaver if theyre really bad

on the day-lee

My hands need to get broken in though. Remember I just started doing o-lifts again last week after a 7 month break. Also my barbell is brand new. idk if pendlay made the knurling more aggressive on the new bars or if i just have pussy hands, but it's nice and sharp

Quite the care. I have a pendlay bearing, but I got in Nov 2012, right before the new breed. Mine's not too sharp, but I've used Elieko's, and those will rip you right up.

[ftwrestler]

***does nothing for his hands crew***

lol

[ftwrestler]

Starting some oly lifting again after quite a long hiatus. Kept it light (though probably not light enough). Did this after some benching and deadlift triples + about 8 sets of the same complex using weight between 45lbs - 85lbs. Didn't have my oly shoes today so things felt a bit awkward.

2nd set at 115lbs (3 pulls + 3 power snatches + 1 overhead squat)
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Obv have a lot of issues; slight arm bend, pretty slow pull under, etc.

mirin joocy 17 inch baddybalder arms?

way to high of a start lower your ass
get some oly shoes
who was calves?

[Smolovicus]

way to high of a start lower your ass
get some oly shoes
who was calves?

president of the no calves crew checking in

my pa is 6'5 260lbs and still has baby calves. it is my curse.

Here's another from last year. Hips still weren't low enough in this one, but better. I'd been working on hit'n'catching / sweeping a bit more at this time; ended up slamming and bruising the top of my pubic bone at 185 (which was 5lbs from body weight then, too, I think) after this. brb potato quality


I seem to have a thing for jumping back in both the clean and snatch, unless I go the catapult route. I take that as meaning I pull "up" (straight) too much as opposed to throwing myself closer to the bar. would that be close to the mark?

[schabowy90]

***does nothing for his hands crew***

lol

*bites calluses off crew*

Hoping to squat 200kg next week
Maybe 194 or something doe

[nikolic993]

*bites calluses off crew*

Hoping to squat 200kg next week
Maybe 194 or something doe

Do you keep a log somewhere?

[ftwrestler]

popped blood vessels and a decent amount of missing skin on my right hand, still gonna try and snatch and clean today.

[Greco-Roman]

popped blood vessels and a decent amount of missing skin on my right hand, still gonna try and snatch and clean today.

pop some PRs for revenge

[jagboy]

*bites calluses off crew*

Hoping to squat 200kg next week
Maybe 194 or something doe

I'm also aiming for 193.X next week. We have very similar numbers on back squat atm, i think.

I am programmed for 105% for a single, and higher percentages if it feels good. But I probably won't opt into any higher singles. I don't really like maxing, cause i never get in a good mind set, unless i know exactly what I want to hit.

After my next cycle my 5% increase would be at 200 kg back squat, which should be in about 2 months.

But I'm intrigued by the smolov program things, so i may give it a try. Not sure yet.


dat feel when starting to get thick solid and tight glutes