Anyone ever actually compete on this board or no? Ive done clean @jerk in competition but never the snatch so if you have competed please share with me things I should know ..........
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Thread: Who here has competed ........
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07-12-2007, 08:16 PM #1
Who here has competed ........
Powerlifting
ATG S - 370 - 335 x 4
Bench- 280 - 255 x 3
Deadlift-460 - 402 x 6
Total - 1110
Olympic lifting
front squat - 257
Clean - 242
squat + Behind the neck jerk - 222
C + J - 210
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07-12-2007, 11:19 PM #2
You'll have a lot of adrenaline and everything will feel lighter. I made PRs in both snatch and clean and jerk my first comp. Of course, I'd only been training six weeks, so I was making PRs on a regular basis anyway, but there was definitely a difference. Take all the time you need to get focused. Don't rush yourself. Anything in particular you are wondering about?
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07-13-2007, 04:58 AM #3
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07-13-2007, 06:47 AM #4
I have in ages past. My advice is first go and watch a meet. It is an entirely new world. Talk to the lifters, get to know the judges. Most are very approachable. You might even be able to ask some of the more experienced lifters and coaches for advice.
The thing to remember about your first meet is it will quite possibly be the greatest learning experience of your lifting career. Do not go into it expecting to stun the world with your performance, nor worried that you will be embarassed. Practically everyone there will remember their first meet, and most of us had some sort of difficutly, but someone helped us out.
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07-13-2007, 10:57 AM #5
I've done two. Like everyone said, just ask and people will help you. Make sure your opening lifts are conservative.
When it is your turn to lift, you have one minute. You can start your lift at any point in that time, you don't have to get a signal from the judge or anything. When you complete the lift, YOU MUST HOLD IT UNTIL YOU GET A SIGNAL TO LET THE BAR DOWN. Don't forget that. When you bring the bar down, keep your hands on it until it hits the platform. Technically you only have to hold it until the bar passes your waist, but the more you control it, the more the judges will like you. After that you need to tell the meet director what you want your next lift to be. If you do not, they will add 1kg and call you again. Even if that happens you can still tell them you want to increase the weight. When they call you again, you just repeat the procedure."However, the strength of the hamstring muscles is crucial to fully exploit the strength potential of the quads and ultimately the vertical force that the athlete is able to impart to the barbell." - Andrew Charniga, Jr.
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07-14-2007, 06:23 AM #6
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