>helpful blog on some technique quirks: yashathoughts.com
>The information that you are looking for is probably in the above links. That includes routines, shoes, information on the lifts, etc. Check out the pastebins for literature or the reddit faq for general information.
Wow. Brave move trying to get /owg/ back. But this thread will forever get less than 100 posts.
Also. Holy crap that's the first black person I saw doing weightlifting.
Henry Adams
There was that black Frenchman in the 69kg category in Rio, got like 8th place or some shit. I think CJ has already out-totaled that guy at the age of 16, though.
Ryder Phillips
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Xavier Jones
the toes of my behind foot twist outward when I jerk how do I fix this? also, I can't jerk with my right foot forward at all should I practise it?
Nathan Johnson
I don't think that's an issue as long as you are comfortable with your jerk form. I could be wrong
Hunter Miller
I think they should be positioned something like this
Practice things like press in split or push press in split etc. as a technique primer before you do your jerks to reinforce the proper footing.
Benjamin Barnes
"Back tight" during the lift means squeeze your scapulae together the entire time?
Ryder Russell
Uh not necessarily, there are varying opinions on shoulder rotation and whatnot in the lifts, just depends on who you ask. Did your coach tell you this?
Oliver Allen
I don't have a coach, so I'm basically stuck with reading all these varying opinions and trying to discern what's best, unfortunately.
Kayden Hall
Generally I like to externally rotate my shoulders in the snatch and clean because it helps me keep the bar closer. Other than that I'm not a huge fan of thinking of cues in the pull.
David Lewis
thanks should I alternate the legs too?
James Walker
are you asking whether you should develop ambidexterity in your in your jerks?
Austin Lewis
Going to a comp this weekend and pretty excited. Going to open with 100kg for clean and jerk and maybe 75kg for snatch. Wish me luck goys.
Gavin Young
It wouldn't hurt. You could potentially develop imbalances jerking with only one leg forward, but it probably won't matter if you're accumulating enough volume with squats. You could do single leg work to counteract any imbalances, but meh.
Brody Nelson
Good luck bro. What bodyweight are you competing at?
Liam Myers
this post is so bad that you actually killed this thread
Xavier Wright
I'm a 105+ 118kg a few weeks ago but now I'm at 114. Want to go down to 94kg this year. Only been lifting with my coach for about 6 months. He thinks it's good experience for me even if my lifts suck for my bodyweight.
Daniel Jackson
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Christian Peterson
Yeah, I really need to get around to competing. I weigh around 83kgs and have only hit a 104kg clean and jerk and a 65kg snatch, I feel like I'd embarrass myself at a comp, but I should just do it for the experience.
Jeremiah Butler
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Ryan Murphy
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Julian Hernandez
Hello /owg/. Can you please look at my routine?
I'm biding my time until I can finally join a proper gym, where I can drop weights without killing the curlbros around the squat rack. Sometimes it's really that crowded. No cleans for now, might take six months ;_; My aim until better times is to build a strength base for Oly stuff, and to become stronger than my brother in SQ, DL and OHP. Routine is pretty much Candito LP, but for OHP instead of BP.
Current stats (kg): SQ 110x5/120x3 DL 135x4/140x1 OHP 50 3x5 BP 60 3x5
LUxLUxx
L SQ 4x6 DL 2x6 Farmer's Walk Abs/Beach Work
U OHP 3x6 Lat Pulldown 3x6 BP 2x8 Klokov Press 3x8-12
U Working on handstand pushups 3x6 Lat pulldown 3x6 Klokov Press 3x8 OHP-Lockout Training 2x8-12
Robert Lee
If you're looking to get better at weightlifting without being able to do the actual lifts, you should be squatting more than twice a week, and you should definitely include front squats, not just back squats. I wouldn't do an upper-lower split personally, I'd work full body 3-5 days a week, depending on how much time you have. There are still exercises that you can do and still lower the bar, like muscle snatches, that will teach you some degree of proper weightlifting technique, namely a proper first pull and keeping the bar close. You could also potentially do cleans and lower the weights.
Isaac Miller
Also make sure you're doing clean deadlifts or pulls and not conventional powerlifting style deadlifts.
Lucas Rivera
120 kg clean & 80 snatchat 84 kg bw and 185 cm tall here. I'm planning on getting my first pair of weightlifting shoes soon. So far I have lifted in a pair of Stan Smiths since the very beginning, but now I feel like it is time to move on. The shoes I consider are the adipowers and leistung 2s, and as I've understood the main difference is in heel height. Would the higher heel in the leistungs benefit me more? If you cant tell, how do I decide whats best for me before buying them? I probably wouldn't have to state this but getting both is not an option.
Jonathan Lopez
Thank you for your advice. I'll definitely reconsider and look some more into oly programming.
Nathan Rodriguez
How important is foot health in regards to ankle dorsififlexion? I have weak feet arches (but my feet are not 100% flat) and when I stretch my ankles, I can feel my calves and achilles tendon being stiff af. I work on my body mobility eveyday and my hip flexibility has improved so much more than my ankle flexibility. Would curing weak feet arches help with my ankle mobility? 5 months in and still cant do full, deep snatches because of mobility problems
Here is a helpful list of all ideal lifting ratios. Oly lifting ratios are towards the bottom of the article
Carson Price
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Julian Hill
wew, no, not at all. Back should be arched, lats should be flexed. Don't even know how you would keep your scaps together in a heavy ass pull.
Lincoln Myers
Shoulders should be rolled forward (INTERNAL rotation) at the start and throughout the pull. 'Elbows out)'. Think 'gorilla arms'.
Thomas Scott
I have flat feet. Is no problem.
Chase Rivera
This is to say, the problem is probably not your ankle flexibility, but your hips, and possibly even your core strength. That doesn't mean stop working on dorsiflexion, but consider the whole chain and look for other sticking points.
Jackson Gray
woah what the fuck
Ryder Murphy
Actually more like convex feet.
Samuel Rodriguez
You're right on the money!! My hip mobility is better but can use more work and my core strength is pathetic
Jacob Mitchell
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Eli Perez
Definitely do it if you can. My coach is a 69 and he snatches 100kg and clean and jerks 125ish. I had to lift in the same session as him and I didn't feel embarrassed at all. A bunch of guys clean and jerking 140+ were all telling me I did really well and being super friendly even though all I did was hit a 98kg c&j.
Michael Baker
My cleans have stalled the fuck out at 220lbs and it feels like I generate almost no upwards force on my second pull. How do I train to fix this?
Seriously my one saving grace on cleans is that I can go ass to grass quick. I wish I could just retard strength 225lbs standing like I see some guys do.
Gavin Gonzalez
On first upper day do Kolokov press before overhead press.
On second upper day where you do ohp lockout training work a higher weight with fewer reps and more sets. Bands or pins, you're overloading the triceps. Heavy weight is the go to.
As someone else said, lots of squatting.
Ethan Williams
How much can you Kolokov press, and how much do you weigh?
Would you consider yourself an advanced lifted?
Carter Ross
Also why do lockout training for OHP when you can just do push press, which is much more applicable to weightlifting?
Nolan Jackson
Non Arch your back very, very tight, keep your lats in to keep the bar close to your body If you press your scapula together you're going to have a hard time extending and pulling under