Recent content by harhar

pretty pecs are always nice

I wish. It was C & J. I did a few singles. I've gotten a lot weaker. My legs just get too tired when it gets to the second pull.

Nice. You make me jealous with the OL setup :). I am slowly recovering from the back injury now (did single w/ 93 yesterday). Reverse hypers rock. -John

Wow. You had that jerk. I can't believe you missed it. You'll get at least 125 in comp for sure. On a side note, hani asked (told, actually) me to compete in the upcoming tourny. Not 100% sure if I can make it though :D.

Did you have any shoulder problems on your first week of training? By the second day my shoulders felt completely worn. It was a very deep soreness (probably the rotator cuffs) I never felt before. I was having a hard time jerking weights that I could press :(. Since the competition's coming...

WHAT?!?! Ok, so you know my name? :)

Oh come on, curls are not that bad. Many pros do curls too :D. Btw, where in Toronto do you train at? Im planning to start going to a place called GTA school starting next week.

It looks much worse that it is. Snatches are very light for the legs once the lifter gets under it so some wiggle wont do damage.

I have a problem with the catch too. I was told to pull closer to the body, grazing the thighs in the second pull and meet the bar fast at the top. I always forget to pull close enough and got some nasty bruises to show for it.

LOL. Yay for OL.

Its easier to cheat in the back squat as you can lean forward a bit recruiting more of your lower back. You try that with front squats and the bar comes crashing down.

Generally, you should be lowering the weight in a controlled fashion unless its too heavy to do so (for the bar's sake, unless you are using Eleiko). But really, the fun is whipping it up. Are you a U of T student? I heard U of T has a OL team.... or a club? I wish my univ had an OL club. But...

Nice. Im also doing something similar to what you're doing but I work up to a few heavy singles and back off with a few sets of lighter doubles. But my clean catch form is horrible. I cant quite get it down and my collarbone get bruised most of the time. So clean and jerk is quite far behind...

Why do you have olympic shoes if you dont OL? Seems like a waste.

Weightlifter and olympic lifter are the same thing. If you dont compete in olympic lifting, you are not a weightlifter.