Olympic Weightlifting Thread - Page 42

On June 01 2013 00:47 decafchicken wrote:
Try the adipowers, i love em. Better yet find some adistars ~~

On May 31 2013 13:21 MeShiet wrote:
http://www.roguecanada.ca/nike-romaleos-2-red-weightlifting-shoes.php

All they're missing is the words "China" and the gold stars at the back. Anyone see these yet? Also, how long have you had your pair of Romaleos for dimsum? My second pair is already falling apart where the bottom hard rubber sole is glued onto the rest of the shoe at the front. It's been about 10 months since my first pair fell apart the same way. I have no idea what I'm doing that's causing this to happen.

On June 01 2013 10:02 BenKen wrote:
Hi everyone, I need some advice on Oly lift programming and figured this was the place to go. I'm mostly interested in powerlifting, but in my current programming I have the option of an "assistance day". I figure I can just do Oly stuff on that day, since it's fun and I like learning new things. Thing is, I am beyond bad at oly lifting and have no idea what to program for one day of training for Oly. Like, the other day I "Power Clean-ed" 205lbs, but it was pretty damn ugly and in no way got me closer to doing an acceptable clean and jerk.

Here's my question: If you were going to program one day for someone to work on Oly lifts, and they are an intermediate-ish level powerlifter that will be doing a powerlifting routine for the rest of the week, what would you tell him to do on that one day? Oly lift skill level = Bronze league. I'm not worried about making fast progress because I only lift for fun. I like being in the gym and will gladly use a broomstick or the ladies bar and 10lb bumpers if I have to, i have no shame when it comes to training.


Here's my current routine (based on Texas Method):
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And since whenever someone asks about programming someone else always asks for stats (weight in lbs):
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Thanks in advance for any help, and sorry if this question was asked earlier in the thread. I read through the first post and will probably refer back to that a lot, but didn't read through the rest of the thread.

On June 01 2013 11:55 Donkeys wrote:
@benken glenn pendlay wrote a blog about how to switch from general strength training to olympic lifting and i think it was something like 2 days technique on the lifts and 2-3 days maintaining strength. Im not sure and cant link on phone but google search glenn pendlay's wordpress and he explains it in detail there.

Practice on the Olympic lifts means just that, there is no magical rep scheme.

On June 02 2013 00:30 Vitruvian wrote:


I'm no authority on the subject, and I also sort of just make up my program as I go, so take my input for what it's worth. I'm currently doing pretty much what you're asking for, i.e. in any given week, 2-3 days powerlifting stuff, +1 day Olympic lifting "for fun." The Olympic day started off as strictly technique for the first couple months: front squats, overhead squats, push press, practicing through the California Strength movement progressions (look up California Strength How To on Youtube if you haven't already.) One important point to consider on practicing technique is to strike a happy medium between learning the movements with just the bar, and progressing to heavier weights as soon as you can: that is, as long as your form doesn't suffer too much. The rationale here is that although learning the movement with minimal weight (just the bar) is an absolutely crucial step, the mechanics of the lift are SO different, and honestly feel so much less awkward, once you start putting weight on the bar that takes some significant effort. Gotta stress again though, that adding the weight is only going to do you any good if your form stays correct. So, to summarize my journey into Olympic lifting:
1.) Spent some time just learning the movements and getting the form down: useful assistance exercises here were front squat, overhead squat, push press, clean pulls, snatch pulls, etc.
2.) Progressed to heavier weights on the full C&J/snatch as soon as I felt sufficiently confident with the movements
3.) Transitioned into my current Oly day, which consists of working up to max singles in both snatch and C&J.

Hope this helps!

On June 01 2013 15:09 MeShiet wrote:
Blah, I don't think it's fair to blame the shoes when it seems like I'm the only one experiencing problems with them. Rogue's pretty puzzled by it as well but they're still going to talk to Nike for me.

and on the topic of squat jerk, what is your opinion on emphasis of speed under the bar dimsum? My coach is having my do them just 2 times a week with light weights for fun and I've been experimenting with how fast I get under the bar into the bottom position. So far it seems like the faster I get under, the less tiring it is overall but on the other-hand it's harder to execute the proper control needed to jerk it just right.

On May 29 2013 14:21 Cambium wrote:
No much TBH:
high pull
power clean
hang clean from above knee

These I do as part of my regular workout:
FS
heavy 1-rep FS with pause at bottom
SLDL
press

I guess I'm still not 100% committed to olys, but I do them as part of my 'augmented' SS (i.e. doing them first with more emphasis).

If you've got a good schedule, please share it, I'm all ears!