#oly lifts

[jessssmarie]

Workout

3 cleans + 3 jerks 55lb, 65lb, 70lb, 75lb, 70lb + jerk practice at 70lb, focusing on not leaning forward during the dip and really pushing under the bar 5 segmented clean pulls, same weights as above 3 strict press in the split jerk position 35, 45, 50, 45 I'm finally getting comfortable pushing myself and I'm SO excited to text my maxes to see where I stand. My coach took a video of me last night and I impressed myself with my form. Normally I just feel like I'm flinging the bar up and whatever happens happens so it's nice to see myself doing the movements correctly.

[soundscentsea]

Going to start using this to strictly analyze my oly lifts. I know exactly where I'm messing up so I'm gonna fix that bullshit. Thanks to @jordangchin for the recording and @robchui for the lovely commentary you can't hear :c #supportfromfriendsonfleek

[stephaniesquats]

Mar 15 2015

front squat (sets of 5)  45 / 95 (to warm up for...)

power clean (sets of 5) 45 / 45 / 45 / 45 <-- I’m practising with just the bar until I can do them properly consistently 

overhead squat (sets of 5)  45 / 65 / 75 / 65

overhead press + overhead squat (5 of each for each set) 55 / 55 / 55 / 55

pull down 100 / 100

MY SHOULDERS HATE ME, but damn, feel like a boss

[my-veins-pumped-battery-acid]

PRs today!

Snatch was 140lbs. Today 145lbs!

not a huge leap. but ive been struggling with them recently. i hit 140, then after i wasnt even able to get close to 130. it was really frustrating. i have particular problems with squat snatches. my legs tend to go really wide and prevents me from squatting low enough. something my coach and i have been working on. my snatches in general are pretty ugly. but i do manage to get the weight up. he's got me snatching on top of narrow plywood planks to help with that.

Clean and Jerk was 185. Today 200lbs!

[journalmenu]

Improvement takes listening *and* applying!

[voluptuousmolly]

Omg. I just got lectured by a non lifter ait how lifting heavy on oly lifts and power lifts is dangerous. Stfu.

[thechurchofswole]

The power clean from the mid-thigh works the legs through a shorter range of motion. This translates into less development of the hamstrings, glutes and quads. One reason weightlifters usually have better total leg development than powerlifters is that they work the legs through a greater range of motion. Further, with the hyper-wide squat stances often used in powerlifting competitions, the quads are not as important to performance of the lift as they were in the past, and this is reflected in powerlifters’ leg development.

Charles Poliquin

[thechurchofswole]

wonderful execution of a power clean