Hello, gonna be at Irving / DFW area for a while. Appreciate recs on WL gyms to train at.

Has anyone ever started weightlifting without a history of heavy squatting and achieved a 200k CJ in their life?

For context, here I am, M24 110kg BW, started this sport at 23 and quickly got hooked and obsessed with far out and ambitious total goals. I have no prior athletic experience, but for some reason this sport has me hooked. I’m 7 months in and have put 35kg on my back squat (125-160), 20kg on my snatch (84-104) and 24kg on my CJ (102-126) and it’s looking like i’m gonna do the same amount of progress over the next 7 months.

This is great and all, but i often find myself overthinking the fact that I’m getting into this, technically too “late” to be elite. I often find myself picturing a day that I can hit a 200kg clean and jerk and 160 snatch, but quickly get flooded with self doubt because of my age and people who will get into their sport at 16 and hit there all time highs by the time they’re in their mid 20’s.

My question is, are there any famous lifters who started later than average?

Sorry for this dumb question, but when doing the press for weightlifting, do you start in a full jerk rack (bar supported by shoulders, scapulae protracted), or do you hold the bar floating so you can stack your elbows and wrists? I can imagine that for someone with very good mobility, these two positions might converge, but when I see lifters online, the form seems to vary depending on the individual. Thanks!

Edit: The "jerk rack" I'm talking about is this form, and the "floating bar" form I'm talking about is this form.

Been working no foot snatches this block. One of my favorite variations to fix A LOT of issues:

- incomplete vertical ext
- slow movement under bar (reflexing hips)
- excessive horizontal contact w hips
- disconnected turnover and receiving
- all this also shows itself with jumping forwards or backwards in snatch

I also am strong believer that most technical variations should can be done with 75 to 85% of your loads. I find this has the value when it is trained heavier in relation to a snatch. Something like 80 to 85%.

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Artem Okulov still lifting 150/190 at 32.

5x3 80%

‼️175kg‼️ not 185kg idk how to edit the title
Completely Self Coached, I figured this would be a little motivation for people out there who are self coached as well, my form has come a LONG way.

How much would these Ivanko cast iron plates be worth? 20kg x6. Over 20 years old but no rust, in very good condition

I have an opportunity to buy 2x 20kg and 2x 15kg Eleiko bumper plates. Should I be worried about the condition? I asked if there was any major damage and the seller said only minor surface tear on the rubber (first pic) but no impact on performance or usage.
Thoughts here please?

I can literally go up 5kg just by using that bar (yes I am adjusting for the less 5kg when counting the weight on the bar)

It just feels much easier to hold and the thiness of the bar makes it easier to get past my knees (or at least it feels that way)

I'm not doing comps so..

Probably the heaviest ive ever squatted with near perfect form. I did a stank face when I rewatched the video.

Does me squat look good I feel the knees caving on the upward portion

No shade to warm body cold mind, used some of their stuff before, just using this type of straps as an example. I’m looking for a new pair of straps and I was wondering if lasso style straps the design shown here are any good for weightlifting. I use my straps for all the normal stuff like volume work and pulls shrugs etc. but I do also use straps when I snatch cause I enjoy using straps on snatches. Are lasso straps recommended to use? I’m not aware of any safety concerns with them over the traditional weightlifting figure 8 kinds. More specifically asking in regards to the safety of these on snatches.

Training experience is around 6-8 months for the olympic lifts (been strength training for around a year). I'm self taught but have gotten a little bit of technique advice from someone who trains them and lots of YouTube videos.

Title basically says it all. I just hit a 106.59kg clean (from low blocks/crash pads) at 67.5kg lbs bodyweight but my best ever front squat is only 111.5kg and have only gotten 136.5kg on deep back squat once before. Is this abnormal? I'm assuming it means I need to do a lot more squatting?

Been working on high pulls without weight to make good form habits, started snatching here and there. Not confident on my snatch grip high pulls. Whatever can be offered is appreciated. Thanks!

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The scoring is as follows:

Snatch, CJ, Total
Gold - 10 pts
Silver - 8
Bronze - 5
Bomb out - 30 pts
Not taking attempts - 3 points per attempt
6 for 6 - 10 pts
World record - 10 pts

That karma isn’t going to farm itself

Been working forever for squat strength. It’s always plagues me. And I was stuck at 180-190 FOREVER.

Super simple programming. Months of 5x5 back squat 2x a week at 150, 160, and 170. Then, one day I hit 180 for 5. And then next week I said let’s ride.

Moral of the story. Just keep going.

Been a while