olympic lifting benefits?

[rippedtrojan]

i just found out today that there is a contact for an olympic lifting club at my school. i am thinking of seeing if the club is active and maybe participating in it.

what sort of benefits would one see by changing training to primarily OL? is it possible to still get bigger while OL?

 

[endpoint]

you will become more explosive and powerful.
you will become more athletic
you will get more girls.....girls love a big snatch

 

[Thaibox]

you will get more girls.....girls love a big snatch

Speed
Power
Strength
functional muscle

The ability to throw the local pretty boy bodybuilder across the gym....priceless

 

[Cobin]

What olympic lifts would you suggest to start with for the untrained newbie in olympic lifting?

 

[coolcolj]

hang power snatch is the easiest one to do

pull a bar from knee height all the way to full lockout using a wide grip. You'll have to use your legs, hips and lower back to do so. You can't cheat like in a power clean and use your upper body


Benefits? Big traps, explosive posterior chain, strong forearms, better jumping and sprinting acceleration. Improved testosterone release from what I have read. Anything you do after OL feels much lighter

 

[bignate73]

hang power snatch is easy?????


is it basically hip drive and shrugging to get it up there? it seems so awkward for me. i picked up the clean way easier because i can bend my arms. plus i dont have tons of flexibility above my head. i guess a "pro" for learning that particular exercise.

did some power cleans and some hang cleans today. regular shrugs vs. power shrugs (my usual) but some nice push presses which were grueling. ugh!!! my shoulders are aching as we speak.

only problem i encountered was on my first set of cleans, my second pull was HARD and when i racked the bar....wham! on my collarbone. thats gonna leave a mark. heheheh.

but i love these exercises.

 

[coolcolj]

Well racking a power clean without spraining your wrist, bruising your chin/chest takes some skill you know

Its much easier to power a weight up overhead. And because its very difficult to exert much force with your arms and shoulder in the snatch, you learn the proper way to get the weight up by using lower back, hips, traps and legs. Althouth I admit having hit my head with the bar when I first power snatched a heavy weight
With the Clean, people tend to reverse curl the weight up, especially guys who are very strong

You do have to bend over more when Snatching. And literally heave the weight up. Its so fast well under 1 sec, that I don't have conscious control over how it gets up there. I pretty much shut my eyes and explode When you get it right the bar feels so light, its really awesome when you just time everything perfectly and then the next thing you know your arms are locked out above and your knees bent to absorb the impact. It is somewhat hard on the cuffs if your lacking in flexibility there

Otherwise try shoulder width grip snatch. They sorta feel like a cross between a clean and push press. You can't use much weight due to the distance you have to propel the bar, but its much easier to do than either the power clean or power snatch
You can just explode the bar up 3/4 and then press it up the rest of the way, you can feel it in your whole body from calves to neck, even your pecs, since your working both pull and push muscles.
I can't think of a more total body move than the clean grip power snatch/overhead press hybrid.
Great move for BBall players

Yeah OL are so much fun, good for releasing lots of aggro

You can get traps lie this - mine are getting there slowly but surely

 

[DBCooper]

Hate to put OL down but you'll need knee replacement if you 'make it' in the sport. American OL is dead, the last gold was Paul Anderson and he had hip replacement. Stick with BB or powerlifting. That's not saying you won't benefit, your explosion and speed will be great but that's all.

 

[endpoint]

DBCooper are you joking?
what is your involvement in the sport?
why will you need new knees and hips?
didnt paul powerlift at the end of his OL career (correct me if im wrong)
have you heard of shane hamman? (in regards to the USA lifting)

who cares if a country is shit at OL...there is more to the sport than that. Both CoolcolJ and myself live in australia.....we both have different outlooks on the lifts, but i tell you, i wouldnt mind going and representing my country and comming last at an olympics, masters or where ever....as long as i did the best i could do

both BB and powerlifting are just as bad for you.( you have never seen an injured powerlifter or BB?)

are you saying there are no personal benifits (like satisfaction of progression, the joy of competing) you can have fun with the sport without having to "make it" and who gives a shit if you dont "make it"

 

[bishonen]

Hate to put OL down but you'll need knee replacement if you 'make it' in the sport. American OL is dead, the last gold was Paul Anderson and he had hip replacement. Stick with BB or powerlifting. That's not saying you won't benefit, your explosion and speed will be great but that's all.

My grandmother has had both hips replaced, and I don't think she's ever done anything more than look at a gym in her life.

You'll need something to back yourself up if you want anyone to take you seriously.