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.

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

On April 15 2009 04:19 AoN.DimSum 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.

On April 15 2009 08:56 eshlow wrote:


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.

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


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.