Olympic Weightlifting - Learn how to apply it to your goals! Whether it be lift the most weight in a competition or become more explosive in your sport.
From a young age, I was passionate about weightlifting, and many believed I had the potential to become a great champion. However, the war in my city, Mosul, brought immense challenges and disrupted my training, causing me to lose confidence. Now, at 20, I'm ready to return to the sport I love. Although the only weightlifting gym in my city caters to children, I'm determined to train on my own using RU-vid for guidance and a nearby gym with the necessary equipment. I’m excited to start this new chapter, rebuild my skills, and work towards my dreams again. Thank you to everyone who has supported me and helped restore my hope.
Please help! Actually when I am doing cleans, my feet opens faster before i can drop under the bar. My 2nd pull is high but I miss the right time. I tried all the drills but it's not really helping me.
I’m 67. Fit, but never worked with a barbell until fear of muscle loss as I age sent me looking for a personal trainer. Learned to squat, press, and deadlift. Then he showed me to clean….how are you going to get a loaded bar off the floor, he asked. So I learned. Started watching lifting videos and now I’m hooked. Learning snatch drills, working on my hook grip. Coach says I’m strong and mobile and if I want to lift I can. How can I not?
This very helpful and I am trying to correct this mistake , I can deadlift , back & front squat heavy I have lots of strength but when I do snatches and cleans I can’t because I lose the momentum due to early arm bend and I am not doing it intentionally. We don’t do Olympic weightlifting everyday at CrossFit but this one thing I really want to fix because I know I can lift heavy it’s just the technique that I need to practice over and over again and it ain’t so easy . Your information is helpful I will use this practice to try to get better , hopefully 🤞 😊.
I'm starting over with 5x5 linear progression, but modifying it for weightlifting emphasis. Workout A: High bar backsquat, strict press, clean deadlift. Workout B: Front Squat, Dips or pushups, power clean 5x3
Very well said...here I am at 70yrs, An old athlete, a one time weight trainer, bodybuilder, and a life of hard manual work, now interested in competing at Masters level..and the questions you answered were the one in my head..Could I do it, should I do it, all that training in the garage, and the money on gear, and air fares and hotels to go to Masters to do just six lifts..your reply has kept me in it. I know the totals I knew to reach, but can I do it, perhaps...
Everyones foot will "look" different. For athletes that are flat footed the arch may not rise as high, however, the muscles that we're looking to activate will be active. I have had athletes who said they were "flat footed" and as their feet strengthened they had a more notable arch, and I have had athletes who were "flat footed" and as their feet strengthen the arch was less yet the muscle activation was good. Do the exercises as prescribed and if you're having trouble a coach/PT is a great resource to hhelp you implement it for your specific situation!
I struggle in general with mobility, so it already feels uncomfortable when getting in the set position. I do quite like the line idea, going to give that a try as i currently have a minor jump forward. I dont trust myself getting under the bar so im lifting the initial shrug to almost shoulder height, when i should already be starting to get under. will use a few of these tips, thanks for the informative video.
As an experienced weightlifter (58 YO) form Italy, regarding point (3) in the video: it isn't common to be "too tight" in the thoracic section of the spine: quite the opposite. See, the model athlete is actually doing *well* , even when she's supposed to be in a _wrong starting position_ . I get it: you want to avoid overarching at the LUMBAR portion (this would mean you're not tight at all in your abdominals) but the vast majority of newbies really cannot be "too tight" up at the scapular level I've always had more success in cueing "think: << whaddeheck do you want from me ?>>" to instill the "big chest at thoracic level" position that's NECESSARY in order to pull efficiently during the second pull. The difficulty most newbies face is maintaining the "whatddeheck.." throughout the first pull, to get into a decent stance at the start of the second pull (right above the knees). I find this automatically corrects the tendency to fall back into the heels (often associated with letting go of the T-spine) too soon. Then (only then) a _bit_ towards the heels isn't bad, it potentiates the second pull, I find. Good video, though ! keep up the good advice ! 🙂
I’ve just started weightlifting, teaching myself. I’m having sore shoulders from the snatch. Is this normal for new lifters or am I likely doing something wrong? Any advice is really appreciated.
Sore shoulders can mean a lot of things, and that makes it difficult to tell you if it is normal soreness or if you're doing something wrong. If the soreness is sharp this isn't good and I recommend getting the support of a coach, PT or chrio to help you through the process. If the soreness is dull and if both shoulders are equally sore than this could point to normal adaptation of the muscles... a normal part of the process. Check out our overhead mobility video - ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-FmCPYLpMuGk.html and try some of the exercises in there to see if they help, listen to your body and adjust your volume coming into the olympic lifts at a pace that allows your body to adapt. Hope this helps!
@@ProjectLiftUSA thank you very much for your reply. I will have a look at the video you’ve linked now. I’m thinking I likely do need to find coaching. The soreness is in both sides equally hurts most if my arms go out to the side not so much up and down. Thanks again appreciate you taking your time to reply
@@DennyElvey If you want to learn these movements, get strong in them and move well all with a body that feels great, we can help you. The next step would be to setup a call to discuss where you're at, your goals, and see if it'd be a good fit - www.project-lift.org/discovery-call
Thank you so much! I need help. I started coaching at our local CF gym and their style of lifting completely lacks finishing the second pull and they actually train the athletes to stop upward momentum of the bar about mid to upper thigh, pull the hips back (to create space) and smash/bag hips into the bar to “help” it get into the receiving position. They train kids and adults this way. I’ve had to coach seasoned athletes that do this and its been a real challenge to reverse this bad habit. Can you direct me to some video or article content perhaps that may address the"bang/smash” error so that I can share and continue to help the athletes out of this bad habit? Thank you!
Kelli - Thank you for reaching out. Here is a video we did regarding the bang/smash which usually results in a bruise - ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-p6HXUfOfM0c.html Hope it helps!
