/owg/ - Olympic Weightlifting General A thread for the discussion of the sport of weightlifting and all things related. Keep the insults and shitposting to a minimum.
>helpful blog on some technique quirks: yashathoughts.com
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I am a power(meme)lifter and have a few questions on wl realted stuff.
How should i start learning the clean? I seen that alan thrall recomends starting with a hip clean? is this good advice?
How do weightlifters improve their press? My press is dog shit compared to my other lifts, so what do?
Lastly how do i get the speed and power that oly lifters have, i know the top pros have been chosen and trained for ther whole lives, but even the recreational oly guys seam pretty explosive, is that somthing the lifts cause?
Angel Torres
When will the press come back? What is you take on the best technique to build a solid press ?
Julian Clark
It will never come back. That's about the only thing you can get oly lifters of all stripes to agree on.
Angel Perez
Smh, this is why owg is dead. Here have a cool classic ohp vid
>how should I start learning to clean Coach is best, failing that video every lift, get an idea of what a good clean looks like, find a tutorial video, address each issue that you have in turn >is starting with a hip clean fine Probably >how to press more More volume, periodization cycling intensity, work on hypertrophy, improve form through the method mentioned earlier >how to fast Learn how the third pull works, then practice
Sebastian Ramirez
>press >cool no
Nicholas Nguyen
>How do weightlifters improve their press? I will tell you a secret, that I found in pre-1972 russian books. Do two press-variations every session (if you train three times per week). Do second press after some lower body work so your hands kinda fresh. So it can look like
Monday Some lower body lift or snatch/C&J variation Overhead press Some lower body lift or snatch/C&J variation Behind the neck OHP
Wednesday Some lower body lift or snatch/C&J variation Push press Some lower body lift or snatch/C&J variation Inclined bench press
Friday Some lower body lift or snatch/C&J variation Overhead press Some lower body lift or snatch/C&J variation Closed grip bench press
Also you can do some push ups or light dumbbell/kettlebell presses every morning.
Srs? A bodyweight press is the world renown way to show that you’re strong as fuck.
Dominic Russell
>being this weak
Alexander Brown
>6 presses per week sounds like a nice dose of tendinitis. >ask thoughts on article where guy does 6 presses per week lol
Brody Phillips
thanks man Would this press work interfere with my bench work? And by press-variations, do you mean the overhead press as apposed to any pressing movement (bench,dips,eta)
Kevin Lee
Aleksey Torokhity has some good informative videos on how to clean, snatch, etc.
I train presses 5x5 twice a week. Pressing isn't how you lift the bar desu it's all legs really.
Olympic lifts will make you explosive for sure. Just train them regularly.
t. really fat guy that can only snatch 80kg and clean and jerk 105kg
Jayden Jackson
Intermediate program for 3-5 days a week?
Hudson Ward
>been sick for a week >haven't trained since I don't wanna cough all over the place
I wanna die.
Sebastian Scott
looks like a good way to herniate a disk
Tyler Morales
Bumpin
Adrian Hill
There aren't enough oly lifters here for this general to stay alive
Jonathan Sullivan
Any tips on high pulls?
I don't normally do oly lifts, but I was looking for a good compound movement besides shrugs that hits traps that I could mix into my routine. Currently just doing it 5x3 once per week. Working weight is only around 135, but I'm still trying to iron out the motion.
Christopher Davis
Make sure you hit full triple extension in one fluid motion, that's all I can really say
Jose Turner
> Rebeka Koha (58) trip on panzer
Adam Brooks
>cosmetic chin lengthening surgery
Austin Gutierrez
should be red-lighted
Tyler Russell
It might be easier to see whether or not she actually touched the platform from the side
Angel Thompson
She did, but it was still considered a good lift because the judges didn't catch it in realtime.
Benjamin Sullivan
The judges didn't catch a lot of things at the olympics
webm related
Jose Long
FUCK NOT THIS ONE THIS IS GOAT
THIS ONE
Jaxon Taylor
>Coach is best fucken gay shit like this is the reason why owg is dead
it's a simple movement. bar goes up, you go down.
Noah Gray
find a lifter with a frame similar to yours. watch videos on them the lifts. dont watch for their max attempts because at that point all form and technical refinement has gone out the door. some all things gym training hall footage, watch lifts of theirs at around 85ish percent and aim to copy what you see.
Aaron Stewart
who here's got a comp planned? i'm competing at the end of the year at my second registered comp
Lincoln Roberts
nice, what are your lifts?
i want to compete soon but I can only snatch bodyweight and c&j about 1.25x bw
also i have no coach
is it normal to compete without a coach?
Bentley Phillips
Doesn't mean a coach isn't the best way to learn, you could learn to cut down a tree from an online guide too
Ian Hall
I'm looking to get into weightlifting but I'm 6'3. Is that too tall to compete at a competitive level?
Jose Taylor
100kg snatch and 125kg clean and jerk at 76kg bw. the guy who owns the gym i train at is a weightlifting coach in his own right but he doesn't actually coach me outside being friends. but he did help me at my last comp so he's going to "coaching" me at this next one.
if it's your first comp just go with the intention of having a go, dont stress about not having a coach but i will recommend you have all your attempts prepared before hand so you can tell whoever's organising what your next lift will be.
Logan Brooks
it'll be an awkward couple of months to adjust to the whole overhead squat position if you're that tall but if youre already used to deep squats at your frame you can definitely compete
Adam Davis
It's such a bitch if you don't have the flexibility and mobility
Really focus on improving that while learning the basics
Ian Powell
Depends on your bodyweight. Lasha, the best SHW in the world, is like 6'7".
Brody King
I swear I remember that looking easier when I first saw it the clean still looks pretty easy at least
Hudson Turner
Bump
Sebastian Ross
>Georgia
Lincoln Lopez
Fuck thats strong bro. I've got a comp at the end of the year too. Can currently lift 90/110kg at 87kg bw. By backsquat sucks though, so considering running smolov jr to bump it up a bit. What do you think?
Nathaniel Wright
if you're ready to disregard snatching or cleaning heavy for those weeks go for it. one of my friends ran it and pushed his back squat up from 170 to 210 in just one cycle.
my squat routine is just squatting heavy doubles and triples on the front squat 6 times per week plus maxing it out every friday and 85% back squat triples the other days. currently sitting at 150 front squat and 175 back squat.
Jacob Wilson
My backsquat is 140kg and frontsquat 120. Should i base the smolov jr off these numbers, or go with maybe 90%? Thanks for the help
John Hill
What must my minimum total be as a 85kg be before i can buy a caffiene & kilos shirt? why does he let the bar down gently instead of just dropping it?
Brandon Jenkins
i would go off your 100% max. going off a submax for smolov isnt worth it because you're not going for a rep max you're just aiming for that one juicy heavy single after it all. check out the russian squat program if you want something else for maxing out on squats, its 6 weeks long but just as good
Colton Mitchell
you need to total over 300 of the c & k staff will come to your house and american history x stomp you out for wearing their merch
Wyatt Campbell
Virgin >Cleans are simple And what exactly is difficult then in your opinion?
Julian Barnes
Well, i honestly couldnt care less about my heavy backsquat single. I just want to increase my snatch and clean&jerk. Im convinced that upping my squat would help, seeing as how its so low. But i'll go for 100% then. Thanks bro
Carson Jackson
thx thats a big number i will try my best
John Richardson
you shouldnt do smolov
smolov is for pushing really high numbers for advanced/elite lifters. you arent even at an intermediate squat level, not to mention both the classics translate more into the FS. you only program BS for raw power, about 3/10 of your squat sessions.
i guarantee your classics form isnt so good that you cant make gains on it just training high pulls and snatch grip deadlift and shit
you will still make gains at your level just by doing regular programming in each. its a marathon, not a sprint.
to put it in perspective, i ran smolov, increased by squat by a decent amount, but my classics didnt go up at all
i spent a little over a month running FS twice a week, and cleans and accessories while videotaping every rep 3 times a week and i saw my numbers go up by almost 70lbs
Michael Gonzalez
you dont extend fully and because of that you jump forward slightly
