Four Reasons To Olympic Lift

[coolcolj]

You have to see the lifts in motion.

I suggest you goto to my vertical leap thread and download the 2 vids there.

 

[frorider6]

This thread motivates me to incorporate some OLs into my next training routine. I'll have to check my gym out first though to make sure they have decent enough facilities for these lifts.

I'm interested in the Clean & Jerk and the Push Press, but how would you incorporate these into a standard bodybuilding routine? Back day? I'm not a powerlifter, nor do I want to be one, but I do see the benefit of these type movements; to help develop core strength and conditioning (as well as build mass).

 

[b fold the truth]

This thread motivates me to incorporate some OLs into my next training routine. I'll have to check my gym out first though to make sure they have decent enough facilities for these lifts.

I'm interested in the Clean & Jerk and the Push Press, but how would you incorporate these into a standard bodybuilding routine? Back day? I'm not a powerlifter, nor do I want to be one, but I do see the benefit of these type movements; to help develop core strength and conditioning (as well as build mass).

I look at a lot of these exercises as "fun" and for a variation only. I do not have a desire to build a routine out of them...so I try to find a way to include them into my routine for "fun" from time to time.

Back day...maybe dome some heavy cleans.

Shoulder day...maybe do some heavy clean and presses/jerks

It can't hurt...just start out slow.

Surely if I can do a set of flyes from time to time...anyone can do a set of clean and jerks.

B True

 

[Prometheus]

great OL sites:

http://www.fdzine.com/olympiclifter/


http://www.iwf.net/index.htm

 

[bm2k]

I would beg to differ. from site like this one , and people like b fold posting up their workouts, pictures, and clips of their workouts, anything is possible. I have just started doing cleans, myself, and I find those to be very taxing. you just got to have the drive to try out new things. who cares if you look like an ass trying to overhead squat, or do a hang clean? its all about learning and reaching the point where you know you are doing something that is going to benefit you, rather than just questioning it forever and deciding not to do it because, for squat's sake, it is BAD for you knees.

if it wasn't for this site, I wouldn't have learned how to lift properly.

I agree. That's an excellent site you linked to.

I've never been taught how to do hang cleans, power cleans, and push presses (the three OLs I've tried and use). I learnt from online videos and reading about the lifts. I've never injured myself or had any problems. To be safe, I started out using the bar and perfected the technique. After I was confident with my technique, I gradually started loading weights, but not too quickly at all - again, just to be sure.

OLs are some of the most enjoyable exercises to do, and also some of the most punishing and difficult. Their athletic applications are amazing, and if you're at all involved in sports, neglecting them is arguably highly detrimental to your performance.

 

[b fold the truth]

I've been watching an OL video...got me fired up...

B True

 

[edgecrusher]

You have to see the lifts in motion.

I suggest you goto to my vertical leap thread and download the 2 vids there.

Someone else has to be able to watch you and correct your form as well. I thought I had good form in the Olympic lifts, till I met Chad Ikei. After he ripped apart my form, and made me feel like a total fool, I then began to learn the proper way to perform the lifts. The differences are subtle, but the amount of weight I use now is quite different.

 

[coolcolj]

Yeah, but after a while you start to know what is right and wrong

granted I had my lifts filmed and then critqued by other people on the net - Coaching by proxy

Mine is getting better - they are pretty much like athletic moves, so you have to drill over and over again. I film most of my attemots and review my form between sets, and adjust from there since I know what good form looks like. It helps if you train alone

I find mentally shoving the ground away while shrugging as hard as you can while fully extending the hips and arching back does the trick

 

[edgecrusher]

Yeah, but after a while you start to know what is right and wrong

granted I had my lifts filmed and then critqued by other people on the net - Coaching by proxy

Mine is getting better - they are pretty much like athletic moves, so you have to drill over and over again. I film most of my attemots and review my form between sets, and adjust from there since I know what good form looks like. It helps if you train alone

I find mentally shoving the ground away while shrugging as hard as you can while fully extending the hips and arching back does the trick

I would not rely on just letting my body learn the patterns. Serious injury could result from trying to do that. I've found, that at times I feel as though I am doing the movement correctly, but in actuality the movement is nothing close to what it should be. And i have a good backround in the olympic lifts. Some of my lifting parteners, have absolutely reched form if they take to long a breakfrom these exercises.

For athletes, I generally recomend working with a coach at least once a month. I've found that this time bracket can really help to benefit the average individual.

 

[skaman607]

How would I go about incorporating this into WSB as accessory work? ME exercise? DE exercise?