any olympic weightlifters here?

On April 14 2009 14:28 Jibba wrote:
This is completely unrelated but it's worth posting anyways
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6DP34Gd5dIY&feature=player_embedded

On April 14 2009 14:34 Ilikestarcraft wrote:

looks so wrong;;

On April 14 2009 12:44 AoN.DimSum wrote:
I know this isn't the right place to ask, but i just wanted to see if there are any oly lifters here. I sorta just started a couple months ago but people are telling me to get lifting shoes. I was looking them up and i found some. I looked through some other forums and i found some do-win shoes that are under 100 usd. I just wanted to see what shoes you would recommend and what shoes you didn't like.

weight 150 lbs (69kgs)
current highs
squat 143 kilos 2 reps
deadlift 120 kgs 5 reps
clean 100kg 1 rep
power jerk (never tried split or squat jerk yet ) 80kg 1 rep
snatch 60kg 4 reps

On April 14 2009 15:10 eshlow wrote:


You do your own programming? Wait.. do you even have a coach?

I know of a couple sites that post workouts in cycles. Performance menu is one... check out equipment forums there might be some topics of what types of shoes to get.

http://www.performancemenu.com/index.php

Deadlift shouldn't really be lower than your squat there.....

Lifting shoes do really make a difference though.

On April 14 2009 23:33 AoN.DimSum wrote:




Thanks for link. It links to the do-win shoes on the site too :D My deadlift sucks since my lower back is weak and it usually hurts in between lifts. I think i need to loosen it up more when i lift. Plus my grip is weak too. I only do oly lift gym once a week and i dont really have a workout for it :O. Theres a coach there too. I workout somewhere else the other 2 days i lift.

On April 15 2009 01:49 eshlow wrote:


Well, that's probably not good.

If you got an injury you should address it. Hopefully it's nothing structural,... if it's muscular consider getting a massage/foam roll.

The only lower back pain I've seen from people is when their technique is a bit off though so you might wanna get some feedback from video or have your coach look at your lifts.