So I was reading a bunch of articles by Jim Schmitz on Olympic Weightlifting, here are some interesting excerpts:
*When I start a beginner, I don't have him hook grip or use straps for his lifts and pulls for one to two months. There are a couple reasons for this: 1) I want to develop his grip, and 2) his grip will give out before his low back.
*(picking lift weights for meets)Misses may build character, but they don't build champions. A little success is better than a big failure. Little bits add up to a whole lot. So train on success, compete on success, and you will be as successful as you can be
*Take care of and strengthen your hands; don’t neglect them.
*I ask people, do you know how you can tell if you are really a dedicated and addicted weightlifter? If you carry your briefcase or gym bag with a hook grip, and if you hook-grip your steering wheel when driving, then I'd say you're "hooked" on weightlifting!
All articles can be found at: http://www.ironmind.com/ironmind/opencms/Lifts/index.html
Jim Schmitz
U.S. Olympic Weightlifting Team Coach 1980, 1988 & 1992
Monday, November 28, 2011
Monday, November 21, 2011
2011 Trinity Open
We had a great meet this past weekend. Trinity was a great venue.Joe R.
Snatch 102kg PR
C&J 140kg
Total 242kg PR
Eric
Snatch 83kg meet PR
C&J 105kg PR
Total 188kg PR
Thanks again to Coach Gary V and Team Connecticut Weightlifting
Monday, November 14, 2011
Behdad Salimi: 214-kg World Record Snatch
by Randall J. Strossen, Ph.D. ©2011 IronMind
Paris–With a cash bonus offered by Hossein Rezazadeh if he could break
Rezazadeh’s world record in the snatch, Behdad Salimi (Iran) had added incentive
as he ripped into the 214-kg challenge; and in less than one second, he had it
overhead as he was well on his way to winning the superheavyweight title at the
World Weightlifting Championships.Behdad Salimi had recently snatched 217 kg in a small contest, so everyone knew the horsepower and the technique were there to break Hossein Rezazadeh’s longstanding world record in the snatch. Salimi showed that his
unofficial performances were no fluke as he sank the putt on this 214-kg snatch
at the World Weightlifting Championshps, good for a new world record. Along with expectations of big things from Salimi, weightlifting cognoscenti were awaiting the the man mountain Chingiz Mogushkov (Russia), who weighed in at 184.44 kg, and while coming in as the Russian national champion, he was little known around the world.
Mogushkov had a rough time in the snatch, missing 192 kg twice before making it, and he only fared somewhat better in the clean and jerk: he missed 233 kg, made it, and then ended his evening with a successful 240-kg effort.Salimi has been built up as the heavy favorite in the +105 kg category as the London Olympics draw near, but his clean and jerk have lagged behind his snatch, the jerk in particular, so how he did once the bar hit the region of 250 kg was going to be telling.Opening with a conservative 241kg, he made a good lift and when he called for 250 kg on his second attempt, it was time to see whether or not he could polish off the lift. He did, and in a bid to break the world record in the total, he called for 260 kg on his third attempt, but only pulled it.As expected, Salimi’s teammate Sajjad
Anoushiravani was good for the podium across the board: bronze medal in the
snatch with 198 kg (following Ukrainian Ihor Shymechko, who made 200 kg), silver
in the jerk with 241 (where he edged Korea’s Jeon Sang-Guen on body weight) and
silver in the total. Jeon Sang-Guen won the bronze medal in the total.
Saturday, November 12, 2011
105-kg Winner Khadzhimurat Akkaev: Big Year
by Randall J. Strossen, Ph.D. | ©2011 IronMind
Paris—Khadzhimurat Akkaev (Russia) is having a big year: first he won the
European Weightlifting Championships, then he made a MILO cover, and tonight he added a victory at the World Weightlifting Championships to his haul.Tell it goodbye: KhadzhimuratAkkaev makes this 232-kg clean and jerk to leapfrog to the gold medal in the jerk and total on the final attempt of the 105-kg category at the World Weightlifting Championships.
It’s been a sea of red lights so far at the World Weightlifting Championships, but the tide turned tonight as three lifters in the 105-kg A session went six-for-six, including the teammates
Khadzhimurat and Dmitry Klokov, who swept the gold and silver medals respectively.Gia Machavariani (Georgia) was the other lifter in this elite group, and his consistency was rewarded with the bronze medal in the snatch for his 187-kg lift. Klokov ended with 196 kg and Akkaev finished with 198 kg. Oleksiy Torokhtiy (Ukraine) made 229 kg on his third attempt
clean and jerk, for the bronze medal in both the jerk and the total, while the two Russians sharpened their knives for their duel: Klokov had opened with a conservative 220 kg and Akkaev answered with 222. Klokov followed with 225 and Akkaev replied with 228, and then both men were down to their final attempts. Akkaev called for 235 kg to wait out Klokov, who made a strong lift with 232 kg, which he celebrated in a very restrained style by his
standards. Akkaev changed his call, moving down to 232 kg, going for the win while showing he could match Klokov in the clean and jerk, but without taking an unnecessary risk. Typical of his business-like style on the platform, Akkaev came out, shooed away the loaders, who were cleaning the bar, and attacked the weight in a lift that was never in doubt.
Hang on for London—this class is going to be fireworks.
Khadzhimurat and Dmitry Klokov, who swept the gold and silver medals respectively.Gia Machavariani (Georgia) was the other lifter in this elite group, and his consistency was rewarded with the bronze medal in the snatch for his 187-kg lift. Klokov ended with 196 kg and Akkaev finished with 198 kg. Oleksiy Torokhtiy (Ukraine) made 229 kg on his third attempt
clean and jerk, for the bronze medal in both the jerk and the total, while the two Russians sharpened their knives for their duel: Klokov had opened with a conservative 220 kg and Akkaev answered with 222. Klokov followed with 225 and Akkaev replied with 228, and then both men were down to their final attempts. Akkaev called for 235 kg to wait out Klokov, who made a strong lift with 232 kg, which he celebrated in a very restrained style by his
standards. Akkaev changed his call, moving down to 232 kg, going for the win while showing he could match Klokov in the clean and jerk, but without taking an unnecessary risk. Typical of his business-like style on the platform, Akkaev came out, shooed away the loaders, who were cleaning the bar, and attacked the weight in a lift that was never in doubt.
Hang on for London—this class is going to be fireworks.
Gym Music
So we've switched to Dance/Electronic Music exclusively at the FOB and its had a serious effect, PR's for days...........This is why (please watch videos and listen to music in back ground, it makes men into beasts)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AeVdTm1Aksc (this one is the best)
Thursday, November 10, 2011
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