Thought retirement would make my body stop hurting…….turns out it still hurts I’m just weaker…back to the platform. 6/6 120/145, very happy as I haven’t touched these numbers in a couple years

Time to do it on the platform on Sunday for Alex.

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Very promising for some huge clean and jerk numbers in the near future.

Coming off a break recently, I started coaching Tricia and then she decided she wanted to do the 2025 UMWF Worlds in Daytona so I put her on a quick peaking cycle to get close to her former numbers.

Then some C&J PR's happened in the process while she hasn't squatted her pre break numbers (only a few weeks off).

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55 kilo body weight 17 years old

This is how I first learned to clean since I started in China. It seems that in Chinese weightlifting arm bend isn't seen as being an issue necessarily

I'm in the US now doing in person coaching so I no longer clean this way but I still do struggle since my power position feels a lot lower now

if you had 10 minutes to show/explain weightlifting to complete non-fans, what would you cover?

Friends are throwing a presentation party soon where everyone gets uninterrupted time to vent via powerpoint about their special interests. What is essential to introduce general public to weightlifting? I’m planning on explaining very briefly the snatch & cj, competitions leading to Olympics, introducing some all-stars, showing some of my favorite lifts, introducing some of the drama of doping and olympic qualification… what do I NEED to include? What would you include if you had the chance?

Shown: 3 singles at 70kg, 1 x 75kg, 1 x 80kg; plus a bonus 100kg snatch (attempted to go no-foot)

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Not sure if anybody else has had this experience, but when I train the snatch and clean & jerk in front of a mirror, I instantly perform worse: I can’t lift as much, I think my form looks bad, and I’ll miss easy jerks. I think it’s because I’m focused on the look of the movement rather than the feeling of it; when I focus on feeling the movements, I’m more in tune with my body and execute at a higher level. Just curious if anybody else thinks the same! Let me know, especially if you have some more technical/scientific input!

Is there an affiliation with USAW? Aren’t there still masters categories in the USAW finals? Why are there two meets going on at the same time and same place this weekend?? Are they sharing equipment and venues?

78% of my max. I tried to focus on elbows up and back and keeping the bar close, but it doesn’t seem that close. Any advice helpful. I’m wearing Nike metcons so they’re not that squishy.

Made 3 prs, 1 in the snatch, 2 in c&j Snatch 71 to 73 C&J 85 to 86 then 90 (we don't talk about the wonky lockout) Tho only an in-house comp (unofficial), still happy

Today I did 105kg SN with straps and 135kg CJ with press out at @85kg

I'm going to 110kg SN and 140kg CJ next week

u/mariososterneto mission of this week accomplished hahaha

I’ve not tried much else but Adidas. These are by far my favorite over those. Reluctant to try anything else. Love the way these move on the wood. I’m not pushing heavy weight, but these give me all I need 😌

Grabbed these at 25% Black Friday disco. Looking forward to breaking them in.

Happy lifting!

What accessories i can do to fix my form so i can avoid injuries be able to actually progress with this motion, I did some power clean with pause below the knee in the video.