Olympic weightlifting

Olympic Weight Lifting Olympic weight lifting has been considered as a sport wherein competitors are supposed to lift heavy weights bestrode on steel bars that are called barbells. The execution of such can only be possible with a great accumulation of power, tractability, absorption, skill, will power, discipline (very crucial), athleticness, fitness, technique, mental and physical strength. In an usual manner the athletes in Olympic weight lifting has been trained to enhance the operational strength within them. This has been done by fully utilizing the body’s major muscle groups. Olympic weightlifting contains only two events, the "snatch"— at this athletes lifts the barbell over their heads in one continuous movement from the floor. Another is "clean and jerk" in which competitors first "clean" the barbell to an average position from the floor. Three judges are there to supervise the lift. Whenever one compeitor successfully complete the lift and all the requirements related to the completion, the judges beams a white light. If one competitior receives two lights, his or her execution would be granted as a successful one. If one fails to attain a lift, red light is shown. There is a rule in the…

Strength and conditioning coaches (SCC) have strived to find exercises that transfer to aid the development of specific sports skills. These exercises come in many forms, from resistance to body weight or from more technical based Olympic style weightlifting exercises, such as the clean and jerk, with the aim being to benefit the athlete with transferable capabilities that improve the sport specific skill (Hori et al., 2008; Behm, 1985). For the coach to design an effective training plan, how an…

Faigenbaum et al., in “Youth Resistance Training,” provide data that dispels this notion: “The overall injury rate per 100 participant hours was 0.0120 and 0.0013 for resistance training and weightlifting, respectively” (62). These injury rates are markedly lower than team sports such as football, baseball, and softball, which are all sports most adolescents participate in regularly. One can attribute the low injury rates found in weightlifting to a general culture of knowledgeable coaches,…

the average person. The art of weightlifting has been used for as “long as humans have existed”[1] in one way or another, because it builds great strength and power in one’s body. Although the art of weightlifting might have been different in the past, Olympians and people alike, lift weights from time to time to maintain their body’s physical appearance and composition. However, with more and more people lifting weights today due to the immense athletic and physical competition, questions…

The years of believing in myself, focusing on my core, and thinking proactively had certainly paid off immensely. But as with any passion, the desire for continued improvement is everlasting and so my progress was never enough. I had begun to plateau once again in my progress, and knew I had to do something differently. One day, a careful analysis of my form led me to discover that while bench pressing, the small changes of my feet being placed further back, and my hands being placed an inch…

Creatine when I first began lifting I gained 7 pounds over 3 weeks. My arms, legs, chest, and shoulders grew around a inch or 2. I physically looked more muscular. There 's one negative that can happen when taking creatine. Creatine needs more water in the body, if not your body will become very dehydrated causing stress on your liver. Liver problems can be caused if you don’t drink enough water. My recommendation for a person taking creatine is to at least drink 1 to 1 and half gallons of…

In Douglas Quenqua’s article for The New York Times, “Muscular Body Image Lures Boys Into Gym, and Obsession”, Quenqua focuses on young boys and the risks they are willing to face in order to achieve a chiseled body. This isn’t the first time that Quenqua has written about body image. Douglas Quenqua also wrote the article “Tell Me, Even if it Hurts Me” for The New York Times. Quenqua writes about culture, science, media, lifestyle, and dogs. To begin with, Douglas Quenqua’s audience in…

major key in gaining size and strength. Panos had to describe the steps to doing an exercise the right way and I felt completely lost. Much like when Tan says, “Some say they understand none of it, as if she were speaking pure Chinese” (“Mother Tongue” p.651), talking about her mother’s accent, it felt like Panos was speaking another language to me. I was able to surround myself with this lifestyle because I made more friends while in the gym. Coincidently, I was able to get some of my past…

The new big thing these days is how to stay fit and how to get that “summer body” you’ve always wanted. Well here’s the thing, it’s not all cardio and yoga that you are looking at, the biggest thing is lifting weights. Women tend to stay away from the squat racks, and dumbbells for some reason, most saying it is because the males take up majority of that space and it just has us females drawn away from the idea. Here ill prove too you that it is worth it to maybe not heavy lift but at least do…

History of steroids in bodybuilding The use of steroids, and performance enhancing drugs in general, in worldwide sport is usually dated back to a certain John Bosley Ziegler, a physician for the United States weightlifting team. Meeting his Russian equivalent, they discussed diets and Ziegler was told that the Russian team were being given testosterone. Ziegler experimented himself, and although finding some success with anabolic steroids, he was unsuccessful in his attempts to discover a…