Olympic Weightlifting General /OWG/

>>42423059
does anybody live in sydney?inner west to be specific?

where are some good oly gyms? i cant exactly learn to snatch at an anytime fitness

What makes Chinese weightlifters look so smooth?
>https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A2rRePSaARE

Jerk technique video from China:
>https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HQQUEIr5m7A

Clarence Kennedy Canada tour:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=elUviNmNvgo

Useful website for weightlifting shoes, belts, equipment, reviews, photographs
>http://hookgrip.com/

Official Russian weightlifting store (sells ADISTARS) :
>http://tatl-shop.ru/

>>42423089
Not from Sydney, from Melbourne, but have a look here:

http://www.awf.com.au/find-a-club

anyone tried the catalyst front squat emphasis program?
when doing heavy c&j i often get pinned in the hole. wondering if a better front squat would fix that and also make my jerk better.

my c&j PR is at ~68% of my back squat PR, so i guess im not that efficient either

>>42423297
>wondering if a better front squat would fix that and also make my jerk better
Front squats will definitely help, but back squats are just as useful - a lot of lifters barely do front squats because back squats do the job just as well (and are a bit safer).

Same goes with the jerk. Just keep grinding through squat PR's and your lifts will naturally increase, but also try and put a lot of practice into the lifts as well around 70/80% of PR for 2 or 3 reps for technique whilst still using enough weight to makes gains.

>>42423059
honestly this is the average sort of girl i wish i had been having one night stands with in college

nothing really noteworthy about her but it would be a good night of feeling like you're normal. i'd almost rather bang her than someone objectively prettier because at that point you're like "ok you're banging me but you're out of my league, what's your angle"

with this girl you're like "ok shes just horny like me, we're both average. cool"

anyway whats this thread about?

I have a question about pendlay program

It says clean pull + hang clean 5x2
Does it mean that a single set is 2x clean pull, then 2x hang clean, or is it 1x HP 1XHC 1XHP 1HC or is it simply 1xHP 1HC

Also, do I have to go heavy on the HP ? like 105% ? Probably not since I have to do a hang clean after ?

Thanks

>>42423753
HP + HC, rest, HP + HC
If you can HC 105% of your clean and jerk, then your maxes are fucky. I wouldn't go any higher than about 90% for that if you're trying to build power/strength, and I'd stay below 80% if it were about technique and speed.

>>42423810
Ok thank, when you say rest, you mean I do 1HP 1HC, reset bar from the floor, 1HP 1HC and my set is complete ?

>>42423129
are his knees ok now? I've had pat ten for 2 years now and have had a tenotomy this year, his recovery gives me hope

>>42423910
His knees did fully recover but are now again slightly injured - he suspects that he'll need surgery in the future again

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>tfw I can power snatch 70kgs but can't snatch 72kgs

should I just kill myself?

>>42424656

of course not.

Hate yourself, it's a good motivation, but keep praticizing and remember: it's not a strenght sport, you got to put tecnique in it. You jump and transfer the power to the shoulders, like you want to do a flip back jump. It is not power lifting.

>>42423435
thanks man :)

when my squat - classic lifts ratio is a little off, and i should have stronger snatch and c&j, how should i train? just technique? whats the best way to train technique?

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>>42424656
>>42424656
Wouldn't an kill just yet, maybe do some light stretches in the hole.

Do you do sots presses?

>>42425141
Always keen squats going, even if the ratio is off.

So yes, you'll want to film yourself and analyse where the lift could be improved - perhaps you are slow to get under the bar, the bar drifts away from you after the second pull, the bar drifts around your knees in the first pull, your extending to early, or perhaps you are thinking too much to 'hit' the bar forward instead of up. There are a lot of potential errors. The best thing to do is post a form check so we can take a look at it, or if you are not wanting to do that study the hookgrip videos and compare as much as you can and watch informational technique videos.

Whilst some technique seems very complex, its actually taught very straight forward, for example,, I know someone who went to the Chinese seminars hosted by Ma strength and they basically teach the technique on both lifts like this:

1. Strong back to begin, Strong legs
2. Pull bar straight, strong legs
3. Extend and get under bar

How the fuck do I transition under the bar? I can get the bar up to power clean/power snatch fine, but I can't for the life of me get under the bar.