Olympic Weightlifting.

[robin7]

Anyone do it?

Tried searching and couldn't find any threads on Weightlifting so thought I'd start one for people to discuss etc. (I found one on Weightlifting in the Olympic games etc, but didn't find one on guys/gals that actually do it on here)


On a personal note, as as jack of all trades with no goals other than get better at everything, I've been thinking about learning some weightlifting.

Anyone got any good links/videos? I've been watching the california strength videos and doing some clean/jerks/snatches etc with just the bar and some light weights (5/10kg each side). I'm getting 'better' slowly but no clue what I'm doing wrong haha.

I should add before anyone tells me to go to a Weightlifting Gym/get a coach, I live in a country with no Weightlifting gyms, and the nearest one is a 5/6 hour drive. So learning on my own is my only choice. Plus it's just a bit of fun

 

[robin7]

Awesome post! That's exactly the kinda thing I was looking for. I'll see if I can take some video's to put up to get critiqued on. I can't Sots press. I can overhead squat and keep myself upright (When I started a few weeks ago I would have to bend forward and have my shoulders rotated to get low), but if I try to sots press I always come up onto my toes even in OLY shoes. Is this hip flexibility or something different? If I sit on a box in the low squat position, I can press off it easily. And if I slowly start to rise off it and take the weight onto my feet I'm still ok. It's only if I try and just press from that low position straight off that it's impossible.

Sorry for all the questions haha. Will work on Over head squats and sots press for now then before I add in the snatch balance.

Thanks a lot!

 

[robin7]

So decided to bump this. Two years ago my gym was going to get bumpers and a platform (no other gym in my country has them) and I was going to start oly lifting. That didn't happen and I stopped training for 2 years. This week my gym started works and are finally getting bumpers! So I've decided this will be enough motivation to get my arse back in the gym and lift.

Currently doing this:


Deadlift :8 Sets of Singles (four sets normal grip, four sets snatch grip)
Front Squat: 5 Sets of 5
Press : 5 Sets of 3
Pull ups: 5x5 (too easy so will do something else)
Some curls for the girls.

The plan is to add in overhead squats starting tomorrow. And to stick with this until they open my gym in a months time and I can start doing a very simple oly lifting programme. Once I do I'll get some video's up and a training log and hopefully mrthingy is still around and can help me

Two years later is better than never right? haha