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In China they use to scout kids around the age of 8-10. In Eastern Europe the same.

Although you can start as late as 13 or something in case you have an athletic background (Lü for example).

donny shankle says it takes about 12 years to reach your max potential

Do you want to be one of those lifters who trained for 10 years from being a child and still couldnt become a world class weightlifter? For every success, there's probably hundreds of failures.

and what's the max age you see at competitions? around 30?

seems like the oldest olympic lifters top out at around 30ish yeah

so theoretically you could start at the age of 18 and still become a decent lifter?

no clue, dont forget these niggas train full time and have everything paid for, imagine trying to do 8 hours a day job and then coming home and oly lift for 4 hours, just no, if your'e talking amatuer then probably

figueroa won the 62kg as a 33-year old. lu is 31.
while training from a young age allows an individual to have a better chance of reaching maximum potential, the toll of training makes the body age more quickly. as a result, many retire before reaching 28 which is considered to be the physical peak.

>figueroa won the 62kg as a 33-year old
he only won because chen got injured and the korean guy got busted

his total was a few kg higher than the 56kg winner

couldn't watch it so didn't know a Romanian did it also