Olympic Weightlifting Thread - Page 15

On June 04 2012 07:04 decafchicken wrote:
One of my problems i feel is my upper back kinda collapses when i catch a heavy clean at the bottom, whats the best way to fix this anyone?

On June 04 2012 21:00 Crawler wrote:
Switching to olympic lifting tomorrow. I have spent around 6-8hours in last few days to learn theory behind snatch and c/j. Thanks for these great links and tips.

On June 05 2012 10:43 decafchicken wrote:


Yay :D If you're half as neurotic about it as i am you'll spend another year or two trying to learn/understand the mindfuck that is olympic weightlifting and the various theories and love every second of it!

On June 05 2012 12:26 MeShiet wrote:

I remember so vividly the time i fell on my ass snatching for the first time. Turns out part of learning Olympic lifting was learning how to dump the weight safely =p

On June 05 2012 20:00 Crawler wrote:


That's what I am worried about the most :D Anyway just checking last videos before going to gym. Tried some air lifting in my room already and I think I am ready for empty barbell.

EDIT: Back from gym... So tl;dr version is that it was a disaster. When I first got the chip to enter gym then it was completly empty so I was pretty happy at that point. After getting changed I noticed 6 people entering gym and obviously they all had to stay on the first floor where 6 barbells are and nothing else. Then after 3-4 minutes 10+ people joined so it was twice as crowded as on the worst day I have ever seen... It was working hard on balance with empty barbell and like after every set someone either asked if it's free now or just tried to steal it while I was drinking water.... In the end I gave up, did some overhead presses, 2 sets of back squats and 2 sets of front squats, 3 sets of pull ups and went home. Hoping that thursday will go better. I'll go 2 hours eariler than I did today.

EDIT2: About the snatches... I can get barbell above head easily but it's 20kg so who in the world can't but what I am having a problem with is that I lose balance and always have to step few steps back and secondly for some reason it seems impossible to do overhead squat with 20kg barbell eventho with ~200g stick it was easy. Felt like I don't have flexibility.

On June 06 2012 10:27 matiK23 wrote:
Pro tip: Never squat with boxers. Squat with boxer briefs for elasticity for your big ass to grass.

Was doing squats in front girls, felt badass until heard a big rip going down. Thought it was my sweat pants. Covering my butt with my hands, I rushed to the mirrors to see what I ripped and noticed nothing. My boxers.

I fucking rounded my back a bit going up because I was worried about my pants and now my lumbar area hurts a little. That fucked up my whole workout.

On June 06 2012 08:11 MeShiet wrote:
Don't let that get you down Crawler. Just keep trying and it'll get better with time. Don't hesitate to take videos for us to see because this sport is hard to learn on your own. What are you doing for flexibility work?

On June 06 2012 10:28 decafchicken wrote:
LOL don't worry about it all bud. I was squatting and deadlifting over 2x bw when i started olympic lifting and i tried to do a 20kg overhead squat and fell on my ass. You're going to be exposing your body to radically new movements that will require things you've never had to do before. Keep at it, work on your flexibility and balance and you'll feel a LOT more comfortable in a week or two. Also, lifting shoes help a fuck ton if you don't have some already.

On May 31 2012 11:20 AoN.DimSum wrote:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=15aL_DQW9Mo
next best american?

On June 08 2012 04:07 Drowsy wrote:



He's a baller. I met him in february and trained at that very facility (Anvil Athletics). He's definitely the next American hope, but he's stayed under the radar somewhat. Oleg Chen just won russian nationals with a 175kg cj, and Alex Lee has cjed 175 weighing 72ish and narrowly missed 180.