The Sport of Weightlifting
What Weightlifting is:
What Weightlifting is:
1. The Snatch
2(a). The Clean and...
2(b). Jerk
VIDEOS
Snatch
Clean and Jerk
Kendrick Farris (USA) with a squat jerk
Dimitri Klokov (RUS) with a split jerk
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What Weightlifting Isn't:
Powerlifting
(inappropriately named, there is little power involved)
Bodybuilding
(that looks natural... yes, the 3rd pic is/was a woman)
Crossfit
(crossfit attempts to perform olympic lifts but more often than not they bastardize it)
What is done at your local gym
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Who should do Weightlifting?
Kids
(with very light weights, maybe even just a wooden dowel to learn the path of the bar)
Ladies
(weightlifting does NOT make you big and bulky!)
People who are a little bit more mature and refined than the rest of us
(older)
Athletes
(any and all sports! high school, college, professional)
bobsledder
track sprinter
those who are just bored with their workout and are looking for a new challenge
(above could be a video of you!)
2(a). The Clean and...
2(b). Jerk
VIDEOS
Snatch
Clean and Jerk
___________________________________________________________________
What Weightlifting Isn't:
Powerlifting
(inappropriately named, there is little power involved)
Bodybuilding
(that looks natural... yes, the 3rd pic is/was a woman)
Crossfit
(crossfit attempts to perform olympic lifts but more often than not they bastardize it)
What is done at your local gym
___________________________________________________________________
Who should do Weightlifting?
Kids
(with very light weights, maybe even just a wooden dowel to learn the path of the bar)
Ladies
(weightlifting does NOT make you big and bulky!)
People who are a little bit more mature and refined than the rest of us
(older)
Athletes
(any and all sports! high school, college, professional)
those who are just bored with their workout and are looking for a new challenge
(above could be a video of you!)
Weightlifting is a sport involving two lifts: the snatch as well as the clean and jerk. Each lifter gets 3 attempts at each lift. The heaviest completed attempt from each lift are combined to produce your total. Lifters are grouped in weight classes determined by body weight and sex. The lifter with the highest total in their weight class wins. Weightlifting, unlike Powerlifting or Crossfit, is a sport because you can compete in the Olympics.
Weightlifting is a unique blend of strength, power, speed, flexibility, and coordination. It demands you to be fearless. It will make you quit. It is aggressive and violent while at the same time filled with beauty and poise. Like a formal dance it is technical, the rhythm and timing between partners (you and the bar) must be flawless. To obtain that seamlessness between yourself and the bar you need patience, determination, and repetition. So what are you waiting for? Start learning!
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