Any Olympic lifters?

[go4gold]

he is about 5' 9". he is a three time olympic champion. he can now snatch over 400. i have video of a 132 pounder snatching 336lbs and cleaning and jerking 418lbs. but he is only 4'11", those lifts are pound for pound the biggest lifts done in competition. but that video is from 88 olympics, lots of drugs back then, they lifted more back then then do now. but things are so techiniqal now, those lifts are going back up. watch this next olympics, weightlifting will be a big seen at these next olympics.

 

[monkeyballs]

Was that the guy they called "pocket hercules"?

Go4gold, do you compete in IOC tested events?

 

[Twitched]

Was that the guy they called "pocket hercules"?

His uniform says greece so I think its that pyyros guy..

pocket hercules is the turkish guy..

 

[go4gold]

The 132 pounder's name is niem suleymanoglu of turkey( aka The pocket hercules) also a three time olympic champion. the 183 pounder name is pyrros dimas. He is an awsome lifter I also would love to have his build. I have lifted in national competition where they do test, i was never tested but had to sign a paper work allowing them to test me if the wanted( but i also had nothing to worry about cause wasn't on anything., but i also didn't do that great. some amazing kids out there, and when i say kids, i mean like 15 to 18 years old, makes me wonder what they take. I have seen 15 year old kids throw 350 over there head like nothing weighing only 165. there is a kid in poland who at 18 years old and 205 cleaned 517lbs, but missed the jerk. sorry if i keep talking but i can go on about olympic lifting. love it.

 

[Twitched]

keep going on, I am highly interested.. loving your posts so far :->.

 

[go4gold]

anything you want to know about olympic weightlifting , just ask me, know alot about it. an olympic weightlifter is among the most powerful athletes in the world. the top have higher vertical jumps the olympic high jumpers and some can sprint 20 meters faster then olypmic sprinter. such an explosive move, to weight most people can't deadlift that fast and then catch above there head is quite a skill.

 

[Nico Cujo]

I'm an olympic lifter. I compete in the masters division. Golfer18, I lift for that coach although I don't live there. I competed in the Master Nationals last month. I've been doing the OL for 30 years. Been around the game a long time.

 

[Twitched]

Is 21 too late to start and still be competitive?

 

[str8manwithadickinhisass]

I've powerlifted for a while but I have to say I have a bit of respect for O lifters. Are there any web sites that discuss technique? I think my body may be too battered already to try olympic lifting. It happens when you get close to 30

 

[Twitched]

I found this warmup routine to practice

Mike Burgener's Warmup Drill
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*I may have posted this here before, but I thought it might be worth repeating. Is anyone else doing something similar?

This is the warmup sequence Mike teaches to all of his lifters. It reinforces good technique, gets the blood flowing and the joints loosened up. It also serves as an effective and safe drill to help learn the snatch; it can be done several times per day if needed.

Use a 6' PVC pipe ($1.37 at the local hardware store). Use a snatch grip. All steps are done for three reps.

1. Shrug.
Straight arms, hook grip, wrists cocked in, elbows rotated out, squat stance. Try to hit your ears with your shoulders.
2. Shrug + pull.
Like step 1, then pull to chest height. Don't bend arms until shoulders are fully shrugged. Keep the bar in very close to the body. This is a fast move, with no pause between the shrug and the pull.
3. Muscle snatch.
Like step 2, then finish pulling the bar to the overhead position. The bar should end up in line with the back of the ears, with the wrists cocked back.
4. Behind the neck press.
Still using a snatch grip, press from the shoulders where the bar normally sits in a back squat. This is not going to wreck your shoulders; it's only a 4-ounce PVC pipe.
5. Behind the neck push press.
Like step 4, but with a little knee kick. Do NOT go up on toes, kick through the heels.
6. Pressing snatch balance.
Squat stance. Press the bar up as you simultaneously go down into a bottom position overhead squat. With practice, the bar doesn't really move. This is not a quick move.
7. Heaving snatch balance.
Squat stance. Like step 6, but with a little knee kick. This is a quicker move than step 6.
8. Drop snatch.
Move the feet a little closer, into the pulling stance. Use little knee kick like step 7 but drop down into the bottom of the overhead squat position as fast as humanly possible while popping the feet into the squat stance. Minimize air time. Faster. Faster still.

You can also add a step 9 if you wish, snatches from the hang position. The whole sequence flow from one step to the next and should take no more than a minute or two.