Thread 76672138

A thread for the discussion of the sport of weightlifting and all things related. Keep the insults and shitposting to a minimum.

>If you are new to weightlifting please read these first and check the other sources they link to before asking questions:
https://chinfl.blogspot.com/2013/07/how-into-weightlifting.html
http://www.reddit.com/r/weightlifting/wiki/faq

>The information that you are looking for is probably in the above links.
That includes routines, shoes, information on the lifts, etc. Check out the pastebins for literature or the reddit faq for general information.

Included in this youtube playlist are videos related to weightlifting which you may find useful or insightful:
https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCl3WCm2GfvLxvH877oJ1xEA/playlists
https://www.youtube.com/@gsincraian
https://www.youtube.com/@torokhtiy/featured
https://www.youtube.com/@CatalystAthletics
Commisar's notes on the Meme Method
>http://pastebin.com/u0jiY8sM
Removed some dead links and added new ones, feel free to suggest others that are good.

I miss them.

you can just say /wg/ or /wlg/ if you're feeling cute

>>76672149
I did and people whined in the first thread, I might just swap it back and forth for shits and giggles.

>>76672158
The people who were whining are probably mentally deficient. You can just ignore them.

>>76672143
>goat
>wins only when his opponents are banned
>fraud
glad chink wl is dead

>>76672257
Wonder who the new power is going to wind up being.

>>76672475
USA, the fix is already in. You read it here first

>>76672492
We have exactly 3 lifters in medal contention. There's no level of rigging that can get anymore medals than that. 2 of which are women which doesn't really count. Hampton might actually get it done though which would be incredible.

>>76672246
you know, you could just say weightlifting

How do you move up a weight class? As in, at what pace do you get your kgs in. Am 180cm/81kg, shooting for 88kg in about 1-2 years, trying not to get fat along the way (bodyfat% is about 18% according to navy method, would try to not go above 20%). Just gain weight linearly, or cut at some point?

>>76672564
At 180cm you should be like 94-110
You will need to do a lot of volume on strength work with a good diet to fill out well

>>76672639
>At 180cm you should be like 94-110
I know, my coach just told me to shoot for 88 for this year. I allready do a lot of strength volume. I was asking about dieting, in terms of how much above maintenance and how long to eat at a surplus since i never did it.

TOMORROW WE SQUAT

>>76672158
Its owg

Going for 200kg power jerk tomorrrow.
https://www.youtube.com/shorts/SuU67_6WkCI

MET is better.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jdN1Sg4j-Sk
Someday.

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>>76672143
Missing the one guy so good they made a sequel

>>76672838
nobody cares, its fun lifting big shit. Kettlebells are a meme

>>76674759
how does one acquire such hip mobility

>>76676014
Lifting shoes + lifetime of WL + stretching + asian

>>76672138 (OP)
Anyone's got more hair growth on the spots that contact the bar the most? shins and clavicles especially

/plg/ is dead so I am going to /plg/ post here.
Rotated to highbar, hit mere 190kg (atg? idk), but way comfier than lowbar and it's nice to fail at the lockout vs at the bottom. Did ghr, reverse hyper, core.

Next lower is dynamic day lower + quads, gonna do highbar low box squat with bands and snatch grip high pulls + quads.

>>76672138 (OP)
Question, how do these women lift these arguably heavy weight while looking that small
how does that even work

>>76677653
How new are you?

didnt make much of an attempt at all at 200 yesterday. Going to try on friday

https://www.youtube.com/shorts/ILcwaGVXxNo

https://www.youtube.com/shorts/vxMpIJMV-0s

>>76677653

Technique & Strength

>>76677644
>/plg/ is dead
for years. most recently it was a smg. and that's a good thing

If you are interested in an instagram groupchat add me on instagram at mking.wl

>>76677653
Strength is overwhelmingly neurological and is only really related to muscle mass on the individual level. One person can have twice the lbm of another and be substantially weaker but both will get stronger by gaining it.

>I usually do some chinups at the end of a workout, already warmed up
>today do them at the beginning to stretch my back and warmup my lats
>get elbow pain
Mark, I apologize.

>>76677653
Look how big her fucking legs are

I'm having trouble adding both Snatch and Cleans into my program. How do you guys space them out? They seem to have too much overlap to do them on the same day.

>>76678674
that photo's shopped. Giulia's legs aren't that big

>>76678722
I see. I checked her out and she still has some pretty beeg legs for her body fat percentage. And she maxed out at only 85KG with "perfect" form. So I disagree with the take that muscle mass is a meme. I don't care how much you neuromax, muscle mass will always be a real factor and why we have weight classes.

Yes, strength is neurological, and yes, in a single individual, given a certain neurological adaptation, it then becomes a function of the cross-section of a muscle. It's usually put like this because those are the factors that can be manipulated though training and nutrition.
But when confronting individuals, predetermination and genetics definitely play a role, and more factors get into play. Which means we're not only talking about a different predisposition to neurological adaptation and general hypertrophy, but also things like different ratios of the muscle fibers and their arrangement and attachment points.

TOMORROW WE FRONT SQUAT

>>76678680
>How do you guys space them out?
Some days I do snatches and then clean and jerks. Other days, I only do snatches but not clean and jerks. Occasionally, I do clean and jerks but not snatches.

>>76678743
Nobody said it was a meme, the point is that while adding muscle mass will make you stronger, pound for pound it is not the same between people
Furthermore if you don't have good genetics for strength it doesn't matter how much muscle mass you put on, you will never c&j world class weights

>>76679643
I'm not even sure if we know what good genetics would look like for olympic lifting. I don't think enough people in the world are truly serious about it to find the true genetic outliers.

>>76679692
It has been an olympic sport for like a century dude we have a very, very good idea of what good genetics for weightlifting look like

>>76679742
being an olympic sport doesn't mean its popular enough to be able to find true genetic outliers. A lot of olympic shit is a niche community smaller than you think. Olympic lifting is only seriously done on any kind of scale by the Chinese who are the least genetically diverse race on the planet.

>>76677653
>Question, how do these women lift these arguably heavy weight while looking that small
>how does that even work
It's not that much weight if the technique is right. No one ever posts the 85kg women because they're like school buses.

>>76679692
>I'm not even sure if we know what good genetics would look like for olympic lifting.
Short femurs compared to average for your height is mandatory. Every oly lift involves squatting. (That's why it's a shit sport imo.)

>>76679771
>American can't wrap his head around the fact that countries besides the US and China exist.

>>76679831
Well isnt it all momentum or is it enough to just jump under the weight and you need torque to move it? Its not hard to squat 495 so id assume a speed build is better so it moves further.

>>76679921
>Well isnt it all momentum or is it enough to just jump under the weight and you need torque to move it?
Jerking is jumping under the weight and that's part of it. They have to throw it up first and that's 95% ass and thighs.
>Its not hard to squat 495
ok

>>76679921
>Its not hard to squat 495
Okay, post 495lb clean.

>>76679936
>>76679931
I mean i can easily jump with 2pl8s squat and i havent trained it in a year more than 1x/mo. Could probably easily do 4pl8s, dl has been 405x3+ for over a year. Im trying to get my arms almost as big as my legs, i can clean 185 rn but i dont jump under it or bounce off thighs, i just try and jump the weight for vertical(30in or so).

>>76679951
Went from
>5pl8 squat is not that hard
to
>4pl8 squat is probably easy
to
>I can deadlift 4pl8
followed by excuses and then
>I can clean 1.5pl8
followed by more excuses.
Don't post ITT again.

>>76679771
The soviets did extensive sport science research in weightlifting (among other sports)
Also, the idea that weightlifting is somehow unique and not one of many power sports is also retarded. We have a very good idea what makes a good weightlifter genetically because we have a good idea what makes a good power sports athlete
You genuinely do not seem to understand much about weightlifting or sports in general if you think this is some kind of mystery

>>76680010
not gonna happen bro

i've been practicing the oly lifts basically the whole year and can only clean 2 plates and snatch 1 plate (shoulder injury affects that one though) despite being able to squat 4plates. and it's been stuck this way for a while is that normal

>>76672138 (OP)
Love me Giulia, simple as.

>>76672138 (OP)
>mogs all of Italy

>>76672138 (OP)
mogged

>>76679828
>No one ever posts the 85kg women because they're like school buses.
What you said is true and I agree, and it doesn't happen with men. We truly are subconsciously sexists, aren't we?

>>76680066
Yeah that's bad. I only squat 2pl8 and clean 80kg and snatch 60kg. Your technique must be pretty shoddy. Is there anything you can think of going wrong during your lifts? Are you able to catch them below parallel?
>>76680198
We'll have an asian qt edition next time, seems like female lifters in the OP are the secret sauce to getting people to post here.

>>76680471
I'd mog my cock straight into her asshole and cum inside her sphincter, if you catch my drift

>>76680066
Your technique is bad but your mobility is probably worse
180kg back squat is enough for 110/140 if you have decent technique, being all the way down at 60/100 tells me you are probably just not capable of proper positions

>>76679287
CHOKED MYSELF

>>76680198
Sexier too

>>76680066
HMU on instagram mking.wl if you want coaching to fix that

light training yesterday and today rest tomorrow. Friday heavy power jerks again hopefully 200kg

TOMORROW WE SNATCH

Consider The Press.

>>76682804
weightlifting could have been a better sport if we ended up with snatch and the press

Hi I'm new. How do I stop the bar from crashing on my collarbone with heavier weights? I can power clean 115 no problem prolly 10 times in a row, then j get to 145 and maybe once... Anything after that and I usually have the bar crash on my lower neck and end up in pain for an hour and stop doing power cleans.

I can front squat 225 and ohp 150 so I think it's a technique issue.

>>76683158
Without video there's nothing we can really do. You might be swinging it out a bit or just not keeping the bar close enough. In general, the closer it is and the more vertical it is the better. You'll never hit perfect but try to keep it as close as you can. Are you power cleaning or full cleaning it?

>>76683180
>I can power clean
>end up in pain for an hour and stop doing power cleans.
Gee, I dunno.

>>76683183
Kek, sorry Im gooning in another tab half the time. But as for your problem, the first bit of advice I'll give is to cut down the reps. There's zero point to ever doing any more than 3 reps in a set of cleans. I don't even think it's worth while to do more than 1. Secondly, this https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B3GAgdujIzg&t=47s might help but bar crash can be caused by a bunch of things. Can't do much without being there and seeing it in person. Ideally find a coach, otherwise record yourself and try to see whats going wrong and read up on the why and how to fix it.

>>76683197
Thanks for the vid. Sadly I am a brokie and can't afford a coach or even a more serious gym. All the gyms around me catered towards Oly lifts seem to be $200 a month

>>76683210
Yeah, that's ass. I got lucky as fuck and mine is 40$. People wonder why the sport is dead in the US when gyms are charging out the ass to lift shit. Best suggestion is to pirate some books on it and possibly get some distance coaching eventually.

>>76683227
>40$

IWF World Championships started today in Norway. Anybody watching?

>>76684276
https://www.usaweightlifting.org/news/2025/september/30/united-states-ready-for-senior-world-championships
The US team, but don't look for D. Irizarry, her appendix blew up.

Protip: circuit everything with abs and low back, those muscles recover very fast and you not only get stronger abs/low back, you also get more test/gh release if instead of resting between sets you hit those.

Shoulders too but that's a bit more tricky to integrate.

>but muh injury
nah

>>76683210
Get a remote coach... someone in the thread is one

>>76684570
This is sub 100 snatch talk

>>76684570
Shan’t be doing that

>>76683158
>I can front squat 225 and ohp 150
No you cannot.
>b-but I means pounds
We use Kilograms.

I should roid, I DESERVE to roid.

>>76672838
Too bad the schizo spammer has a new pocket j*nny who deletes met threads. Welp it was good while it lasted. Back to shit fit with uncontrolled fucking spammers and punishment for making fitness threads

>>76684570
this is how you max out on cns fatigue and end up crashing out on a liveleak (rest in peace) video btw

>>76686325
hgg is better

>>76680471
God. I want to lick her DL chin calluses until they soften and and break off.

>>76686625
it's a good thread once every 6 months. whenever somebody makes it more frequently it dies within 10 empty posts. too narrow to be successful like MET is

>>76686375
The human body was not made to do more than 1 rep a minute, FACT. Also, with muscle variations has anyone tried to progressively overload those on their own? Wonder how heavy you can get on those.

>>76677653
by being somewhat lean for their weight class and not taking enormous amounts of androgenic steroids
also they have a lot of muscle where it counts

>>76680471
>Choker
Muh dick

>>76686721
run is better

After 8 months of casually lifting I am glad to report in that I have finally done my first dedicated leg day
>5 sets 12x130-150 leg press
>4 sets hip abductor machine 12x80-90
>4 sets calf raises machine 12x90
>2 sets pull up bar leg raises x 8 (not really legs but w/e)
I am almost able to do one plate deep squats on the planet fitness smith machine

>>76680471
wtf is up with her teeth

>>76687753
your body is useless, enjoy your morbid injury on the smith machine soon btw

>>76687735
probably true, but you need both

>>76687883
fig is better

just done power cleans and jerks from blocks (above the knees) : 4 sets doubles @ 83.5 kg, felt pretty easy. Back squat still sucks though : struggled with 95kg for 3 triples

No 200kg power jerk today. Gotta write the next block, really thought i had that shit in the bag.

>>76687753
Too much volume, halve the sets on the accessories. 50% then your working weight, you’re welcome and doing anything past three sets is for dumb dumbs
>>76688089
Go for it again, channel your inner bulgARYAN.

>>76688038
then there's me cleaning 65kg and squatting 150kg

>>76688230
b*lgarapes will never be hungARYANS.

>>76689265
At this point your technique is either total trash or you’re being a pussy. You gotta learn to just fucking blast that shit like its life or death. I squat 110kg for reps and power clean 90kg, you can absolutely do better. Just work up to your max every training day and just keep trying to go heavier. Once you really start going for it you’ll surprise yourself.

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>>76688038
>>76689265
Just this week one of the guys on the team of my gymn managed to hit a 105 hang power snatch, and miss a 115 clean and jerk in the same session. Anything is possible.

Why dont weightlifters work chest

>>76690211
A lot of gyms dont have a cable machine or a bench with safeties/power rack. Also laziness.

>>76689420
I was kinda baiting with that post. I am indeed a voluntary pussy. Technique is sound and I want it to be perfect, I'm just learning but using PVC or a barbell only would be detrimental considering my level of strength. I can definitely clean more but I don't want to rush things.

dyel general

>>76687753
holy shit I'm feeling it now
my calves are on fire and my ass hurts

>>76690984
Fair enough, but I personally think the technique autism inherent to weightlifting is a bit of a meme. I do BJJ and people get hyper autistic about technique when really it just gets better over time anyway and in competition its almost never good looking technique. I personally think just getting the numbers up and worrying about technique issues as they crop up is a better strategy. If the lift is pushing your limits its probably not going to look good, and if you’re not trying to push your limits then what are you doing? Obviously lower loads should look nicer but oly lifts are safer than other lifts to go for heavy 1rm and failed reps. I feel way more comfortable seriously testing the limit with my jerk than I ever would with bench or a 1rm squat since the consequences of failure are a bit easier to avoid.

>>76689265
Lol I train with a girl who squats 120 and cleans 100, figure your shit out man

>>76690984
Technique autism is stupid for weightlifting especially when you aren't even very strong at all in the first place
Just put weight on the bar and lift

Tried squat jerking, shan’t be doing that nonsense ever again

Bump

>>76691147
Today was fucking terrible
my legs hurt all day and laying down only made it worse

>>76677246
>shins
Very hairy before I started WLing and there is no noticeable difference now
>clavicles
Yes they were hairless before and they only grow hair where they touch the bar

>>76693378
why are you posting my italian oly waifu martina (i found 3 other italian waifus but theyre all juniors :^) )

>>76690211
what for

That poor colombian guy, his elbow exploded

>>76676014
Surviving chinese steel factory press accidents you see on liveleak

How the FUCK do I stop doing the little bunny hop forward in snatch and clean

23m / 5'7 / 126 pounds
I finally graduated to weighted pull ups today (and got mentally raped by them)
I can do 12 pull ups from deadhang, with a 25 pound backpack I could only do 3 and failed halfway up the fourth :(

>>76695900
You need to not extend too early and stop bumping it with your hips

>>76696124
Which giulia are you picking bros? Imperio is the girl you bring home to mom but mis is the chick you rail in a bar bathroom

>>76680471
This really puts it into perspective how brown italians are

>>76697588
still white

>>76697212
it's ludovica for me

>>76698712
post her faggot

Does anyone have that picture of Lasha praying (?) and there's a bunch of icons in front of him on the table

>>76699111
fuck that churka mudslim faggot

>>76699177
>orthodox
>muslim

>>76699285
they're moslems that practice takiya in the caucasus mountains
same with russian mongrel ruslims
are you new faggit?

>>76699395
Theyre orthodox m8

>>76700142
if theyre brown and some form of turkic armenoid, they're mudslim
im not ur m8 shitskin

it's either a finger grip on the clean turnover or choking myself
WHAT CHOOSE

>>76700985
finger grip retard

>>76697212
Miserendino. Love slags, simple as.
If Chiacchio is the next generation for Italybros god help us, just brutal.

finally had a jerk-into-chin experience today
I expected worse

World record GET.

>>76704157
Mattie and Kaitlyn (I think it's Kate) could never

Another world record GET.

>>76703113
problem?

>>76704157
>2pl8s
how is that hard?

>>76701916
God bless you

>>76704157
>29kg lead, North Korea
:(
>26kg lead, USA
:O

what gives?

>>76697212
Imperio all the way. There is only one Giulia

>>76705902
>what gives?
Because I'm not your personal cheerleader and reporter, Kim. Do it yourself instead of whining like a useless redditor.

>>76680471
It's crazy she look slike a regular woman

>>76706369
She is one of the most unpleasant people I have ever interacted with in my life
>t. trained with her for a while

>>76700890

x2

>>76679831
Short femurs + optimal hip socket insertions that make hitting atg quite easy. Then on top of that high test and affinity for strength sports. Ability to tolerate bigger volume workouts and how your tendons, ligaments etc recover aldo matters a lot. Just short femurs isn't enough.

>>76672138 (OP)
Faggot.

Bump.
Today is maxing out on front squat day.

Give me a weightlifter diet

>>76707987
I can believe that. She just looks like a total cunt.

>>76710059
She's easily the hardest working athlete I've ever trained with and was very inspiring in that regard when I was starting out but she just nukes the vibe in the gym when she's having an off day, hates when other people aren't taking things as seriously as she does and genuinely doesn't understand why everyone isn't as devoted as she is
Also she seems to think that talent isn't real and it's all hard work which is hilarious like yeah girl theres no genetic component to you doing 110/140 as a middleweight woman

>>76710779
>She's easily the hardest working athlete
powershitters aren't athletes

>>76710779
I commented on her post on instagram where she wrote an essay about how she had a bad training session and I got a call from safesport threatening to suspend me for bullying her. All i said was that it wasnt healthy to make a huge post coming up with every excuse you can think of for your bad session

The natty goat.

>>76680066
I don't know, I used to do oly lifts when I was younger
I was an outlier, my max back squat was 140kg snatch 92.5 c+j 105kg

>>76696124
>boobs go boingboing
damn

>>76710855
Yeah she's certifiably nuts
She drops usada tips on other lifters too

The worst part about doing these lifts again after a long enough break are the trapezius doms. God damn

>>76711682
her funniest recent crashout was complaining about how much healthcare costs (she dropped her insurance coverage to save a few bucks and bought a house in the same period), I'm sure most women are this crazy but don't have fans to vent to.

>>76711315
very kino when he loaded way too much weight for his 3rd c&j attempt, very sheepish expression

I've been doing lotsa 1 to 3 rep sets for the past 6 months and just switching back to building more muscle by doing 5x5 frontsquats with DYEL weights has my quads still sore after 4 days

>>76712120
Healthcare seems to cost less without insurance these days. When you add up how much you pay in premiums and deductibles for a given year, it maths out better to just not have it. It's different of course if you have a condition that requires frequent visits but for normal healthy folk it's a scam.

>>76711315
>World record
>Less than what Yury Zakharevich did in 1988 at the same bodyweight
>Less than what Andei Aramnau did in 2008 at a lighter bodyweight
These weight class changes are so gay.

Where is Ludovica Delia and the other two Italian lifters? Where are the Chinese? I turned on the world championships and no one's there.

>>76709904
Moderate protein, high carb lower fat.
Or eat enough protein, a little bit of fat but mostly carbs too fuel the weightlifting.

>>76712977
it goes to lightweight to heavyweight lifters bud. you're already late to the game cuh

>>76712977
The Italians are pretty meh these days, I'd assume they're buried in the B, C, or even D sessions. The Chinese didn't send their top tier athletes to Worlds because they prioritize some national competition that's happening in the same time period as Worlds like the Venezuelans afaik.

>>76713174
I checked the results and the Chinese had like one lifter. The Italian chicks were not there either.

>>76713254
Ok I get there's some reasons no one's there, but it still stands no one's there.

>>76711040
>natty

>>76677653
In sports with weight classes, you want as little mass with as much strength as possible. Which usually means CNS training with little hypertrophy.
Of course, big legs are still a mechanical advantage in Oly lifting, so huge legs are actively trained for.

>>76712977
Not sure about Delia but the two Giulias have both been dealing with injuries they needed surgery for. Hips for one and shoulder for the other iirc.
Like that other anon said though, either way they're too mediocre to hang.

Why are power cleans fucking my shit up??

>>76712120
Very funny how the usaw CEO was like "you lost your stipend because you didn't perform up to the objective standard we set for everyone and btw we've spent over half a million on you over the last ten years so maybe be grateful for once in your life"
Also funny to see how she was talking about "being persistent" in pursuing her current man when she was married to her first husband at the time and cheating on him with her
Fun fact she divorced Sean via email

bump

what kinda jerks you guys like, I'm dimas maxxxing and doing powers for aura farming

non-SHW shouldn't look like this

>>76712823
Zakharevich 210@110 (Weller 205 etc.)
Taimazov 200@108
Aramnau 200@105
Yang 200@109

196 """"""WR""""""

>>76716370
this is what peak performance looks like

>>76713254
its the National Games, its the highest prestige competition in China after Asian Games and the Olympics

>>76716156
I can't jerk for shit, everything is a push press for me

>>76683158
yeah if you're going to start weightlifting the first thing you're going to have to do is think and speak in KG

so what's the starting strength equivalent for weightlifting?

>>76717612
AM : snatch max, FS max ; PM : CJ max, FS max
6 days a week

>>76717723
sounds perfectly sustainable and a good routine for beginners
thank you

>>76717612
Unironically a modified starting strength, most beginner weightlifting programs suck. The caveat is that you really need a coach for the classic lifts, other than that literally just do starting strength with highbar squats and clean deadlifts. I should mention that linear progression doesn't apply to the snatch and C+J like squats, you need to take those slow with progression to keep your technique solid and avoid going to snap city. But really you should get a coach and a big back squat.

>>76718451
>The caveat is that you really need a coach for the classic lifts
I was actually a member of a weightlifting club for about 6 months many years ago and I remember the technique
I didn't really follow the program though because I thought I knew better and was always doing more and adding stuff
I ran smolov at the same as the program and was taking clen and lots of ephedrine
I overtrained and became weak for months and months
it was amazing seeing my strength tank despite hard constant training
but I do think the programming is weightlifting gyms is geared for advanced trainees

>>76672138 (OP)
fuck

>>76718451
>you really need a coach for the classic lifts
No you don't.

>>76696124
ok do we get a name or what the fuck is going on here?

>>76719404
It certainly helps.
>>76719404
Giulia Miserendino

>>76719404
The overwhelming majority of people who self-coach have dogshit technique and are way worse because of it
They ingrain bad habits that they don't even know are bad habits and ultimately hamstring their progress
There are always exceptions but your average athlete is far better off with a coach than solo

did (you) get into weightlifting because you were already ultra mobile? when I first tried I could get into a deep snatch position pretty easily, I know some people can't even squat down atg without holding a bb overhead
I think people with tight shoulders and hips and stiff hamstrings don't even bother because it means months of mobility just to get into the basic positions
is this just a sport of extra mobile people?

>"Hypermobility is significantly more prevalent in people with autism than in the general population, with studies showing an association between the two conditions. Both involve shared symptoms like proprioceptive impairment and sensory sensitivities and may share a genetic component, though the exact nature of the link is still being researched. This connection highlights the need for increased awareness to improve care for autistic individuals, who may experience increased chronic pain and dysautonomia.

>>76720824
No, quite the contrary. I couldn't even bodyweight squat properly. But I like to challenge myself and always go for the most difficult path in life, I wanted to snatch and clean and jerk and not simply SBD or worse, do bodybuilding on machines.

>>76720824
my mobility sucks dick, I just didn't want to be a fat powerlifter

>>76720713
Okay, I guess I agree. But if I'm going to be pedantic, I'll say that the *need* for a coach is not quite there, since most of those "self-coached" are unmotivated, dumb, and refuse to locate the easy-to-find resources where they could learn decent technique cues.

>>76720824
I think I'm naturally a little above-average in mobility, but one of the significant reasons I started weightlifting was to improve my mobility.

>>76722985
It can happen, but it mostly won’t. Having a third person perspective to a person lifting makes mistakes much more obvious. You can self teach but you really should stop into a club from time to time for help.

>>76722985
Even with all those resources you're still relying on yourself to interpret them when you have little to not experience in the sport
The other major advantage of a coach/club is just training alongside other athletes who are better than you. Just watching good athletes go through their routines is hugely beneficial to learning the lifts and they can be a great resource for questions & feedback as well, not to mention how motivating it can be in a team environment.
If you want to train on your own after a few years of that sure but new lifters are putting themselves at a huge disadvantage by trying to self teach/coach.

How does one increase the mobility for olympic weightlifting in the shoulders and wrist? And how long would it take?

>>76704157
Heh. She said "Fuck yeah"

i slammed my head into the bar doing no foot snatches

To the squat autists: can a close grip be too close? I don't have any knurling left, and the closer my hands are the better the squat feels.

>>76725228
If your shoulders are narrow enough to make it work sure

anyone done long term carnivore / keto and gained weight while lifting?
I don't want to count calories or track macros or any of that bullshit and carnivore makes it easy for me to cook and not overeat on slop while still getting more than enough protein in. I've been lifting for 9 months and I'm aiming to gain 10-15 pounds over the next year or so.
>t. 5'7 / 125 pounds (just finished cutting from 140)

Bump

>>76725935
Just eat like a normal human being.

>>76725858
I wouldn't say I'm narrow, I'm a big guy (for you) after all at 100+kg. I guess I have the shoulder mobility for it. I've never had problems keeping my lower back extended, it's the upper back that rounds if I don't squeeze myself under the bar. It also makes bracing far easier.

>>76725935
I don't know anyone in WL who is successful and doesn't consume a shitload of carbs. The national/world team people I've trained with are literally eating candy between sets

>>76727121
I'm around 115 and I could not physically grip inside the knurling on a back squat, if my hands were squeezed into the sides of my shoulders I would still be on the knurling

>>76727573
Well I guess I didn't explain myself properly when I said I don't have any knurling left: if I move slightly more inside I won't have knurling for my index/middle finger, not that I'm completely inside.

>>76727588
Yeah that's fine

What kind of progression do you guys use on accessories?

>>76728392
depends what and why you're doing it. Squats? 3x5, up the weight every now and again.

I cannot squat for shit. My max bench is 175 on the smith machine but my max squat is 115. I do fine on the leg press machines and can go up to 170 + BW, but I can't squat for shit.
What the fuck is wrong with me?

>>76729501
>What the fuck is wrong with me?
Smith machine

>>76714033
lmao women are fucking batshit insane in 2205