any olympic weightlifters here? - Page 2

AoN.DimSum

United States2983 Posts

April 14 2009 20:20 GMT

#21

i am pretty small, almost 5'5 lOl

btw nobody knows about shoes?

found these http://www.vsathletics.com/product.php?xProd=1301&xSec=1&jssCart=8fcd5bea8cc7523cd80a1805fec9c48f

might go for some do-win though

eshlow

United States5210 Posts

April 14 2009 23:55 GMT

#22

On April 15 2009 02:13 travis wrote:
deadlift shouldn't be lower than your squat? are you sure about that?

well I guess that probably depends on how long you have been training but I can't imagine total lifting potential to be higher for dl than squat

At elite levels the squat world record is higher than DL... some of it is due to gear though.

For everyone under about 700-800 lbs lifts your DL should be higher than your squat.

eshlow

United States5210 Posts

April 14 2009 23:56 GMT

#23

On April 15 2009 04:19 AoN.DimSum wrote:

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i raise my hips faster than my back rising sometimes which is why i think it causes backpain. The coach or anyone else thinks my form is fine. He just gives me small tips about form.

Yeah, that will do it.

Drop the weight some and stress proper technique.

If no one is willing to correct you vid yourself. You can post up vids on PMenu in the weightlifting/powerlifting section and people there will give you critiques if you desire. There's a lot of forums like this on the web.

TrainReq

Canada113 Posts

April 15 2009 00:05 GMT

#24

Your deadlift is smaller than your squat? wut.

I deadlift 350, squat 280(not maxed on either). How is it that you deadlift less?

AoN.DimSum

United States2983 Posts

April 15 2009 02:00 GMT

#25

On April 15 2009 08:56 eshlow wrote:

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On April 15 2009 04:19 AoN.DimSum wrote:

On April 15 2009 01:49 eshlow wrote:

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

On April 14 2009 15:10 eshlow wrote:

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

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.

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.

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.

i raise my hips faster than my back rising sometimes which is why i think it causes backpain. The coach or anyone else thinks my form is fine. He just gives me small tips about form.

actually i only get back pain when i squat at oly gym, so im not sure why lol. I dont get pain on the other days.

eshlow

United States5210 Posts

April 15 2009 02:59 GMT

#26

On April 15 2009 11:00 AoN.DimSum wrote:

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On April 15 2009 08:56 eshlow wrote:

On April 15 2009 04:19 AoN.DimSum wrote:

On April 15 2009 01:49 eshlow wrote:

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

On April 14 2009 15:10 eshlow wrote:

i raise my hips faster than my back rising sometimes which is why i think it causes backpain. The coach or anyone else thinks my form is fine. He just gives me small tips about form.

actually i only get back pain when i squat at oly gym, so im not sure why lol. I dont get pain on the other days.

What type of squat are you doing? high bar? low bar? probably not sumo.

Make sure your shoulder blades are pinched together.. this helps keep your back tight so you can maintain your lordic arch at the bottom.

Make sure you are not butt winking at the bottom either... tight hamstrings can cause that heh..