Weightlifting Problems

Paratrooper.  Marxist-feminist. M.A. in Global Development. National Level Olympic Weightlifter. Us weightlifters have problems too. These are the things that keep us up at night.

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Somehow power snatched 105kg from the blocks. Still having troubles with snatching 100kg from the ground

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Somehow able to power snatch 105kg from blocks. Still have issues snatching this from the floor. Need to work on my third pull/pull under.

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Not sure where I got all you new followers during my least active time on tumblr.

I need to step up my game more

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I am become doge. The wow of worlds.

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Finally, a snatch PR from the ground of 100kg. Yes I know it's an illegal lift. But a PR is a PR.

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Mother of God...136kg/300lb clean from the blocks for a double bodyweight clean PR

This is a 10kg clean PR. At Nationals less than a month ago I cleaned 126kg.

So happy.

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Jesus Christ, Carlos Condit just painting that Octagon with Thiago Alves’ blood.

Absolutely brutal elbow.

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Empty gym today, so filmed another training session! Today is working on the top part of my pull and working the shoulders. Clean grip snatch, power clean and jerk, snatch grip behind the neck press, Romanian deadlift, and other shoulder accessory work.

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OMG, PR SNATCH 100KG!!!!!

Finally in the triple digits now!!!

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Did the Who is the Sickest Squatter Challenge yesterday, 68 reps!

Inspired by this video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g0R68g184ag

Take your bodyweight on the bar (I took 70kg) and squat for 5 minutes as many reps as possible. 

Considering the weightlifter in the video was a professional and got to 73, I’m pretty happy with my results.

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Mink oil, $15; leather repair and resole, $75; making sure my coach's legendary shoes last another 10 years, priceless.

These have been to the Pan Am Games, Junior World Championships, and Commonwealth games, never mind the countless number of Nationals.

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Finally experienced this mythical leg day people keep talking about

Coach made me squat the following scheme: 20kg x 15 30kg x 14 40kg x 13 Etc... I failed at 130kg x 5 And carried on with 140kg x 2 and 150kg x 1 There is no god.

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Alright guys, gonna be narcissistic and post a shameless selfie. Looking surprisingly shredded as I was trying to make weight for nationals last week.

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All you Olympic Weightlifters out there knows how awesome this feels.

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Well that's sweet, snatch PR 98kg 2 days AFTER nationals. Oh cruel fate. Also back squat PR 182.5kg.

Oh well :\

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My performance at Nationals definitely made up for the shit show that was Westerns.

Also, having competed against an Olympian, Francis Luna-Grenier, and ranking 8 below him is also an exciting and humbling experience.

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Had a good time at Canadian Championships today… Man have I got some work to do. Saw some awesome lifts and fan-girled pretty hard.

Also got to meet liftingproblems ! Really cool guy and officially a top 10 lifter in his class in Canada!

Also met 646weightlifting, super nice guy who’s always hooking me up! I appreciate it!

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Bruh you should move to Edmonton