My Jaw Hit the Floor

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  • fit4lifeUcan2
    fit4lifeUcan2 Posts: 1,458 Member
    Now you know how it became a three-legged dog!

    OMG I was actually thinking that when I saw the video lol
  • Fozzi43
    Fozzi43 Posts: 2,984 Member
    I can't see it :sad:
  • andeey
    andeey Posts: 709 Member
    That needs to be on Tosh.0 and he needs to invite them all back for a web redemption!
  • meerkat70
    meerkat70 Posts: 4,605 Member
    regardless of issues of form, kids under a certain age are medically advised not to lift to failure. That doesn't mean they shouldn't lift. It does mean they shouldn't be lifting *heavy*. They should only be lifting weights that they can do 10-15 reps with. Don't like this fact, argue it with a paediatric orthopaedic specialist.
  • meerkat70
    meerkat70 Posts: 4,605 Member
    You guys are pathetic, myfitnesspal is a site built around people trying to improve themselves and you make fun of other people in a video where they're clearly beginners and learning the ropes.

    every one has to start somewhere, remember that. you guys should no better than others how it feels to be judged.

    EDIT: also the majority of those girls are hot. Jelly much?

    Seriously?? If they are beginners then why do they all have like 8 plates on the bar? Trying to lift ridiculous amounts of weight that you are clearly not strong enough for is... just plain stupid...

    They're bumper plates. They were probably lifting 90lbs which isn't too heavy for a clean

    It *is* too heavy for a pubescent child.
  • PayneAS
    PayneAS Posts: 669 Member
    That needs to be on Tosh.0 and he needs to invite them all back for a web redemption!

    OMG Yes.
  • JustJennie1
    JustJennie1 Posts: 3,749 Member
    What exactly are they doing wrong?

    If you do not know the sport or how it is done how would you know if it is being done wrong?

    There is poor, improper form and then there is moving the body differently to achieve a result. Most people are in the former, even when they think they are doing it right.

    Everyone seemed to be having fun.

    Wait, really? The fact that most of them are arching their backs and look as though they're going to snap in half doesn't give you a clue that they could possibly be "doing it wrong?" The fact that they can barely lift the weight up to their chest, let alone jerk it over their head doesn't make you think "hmm. Perhaps they might be doing it wrong?" :noway:
    They're bumper plates. They were probably lifting 90lbs which isn't too heavy for a clean

    Oh! Ok. Well now that makes ALL the difference! :noway: I'm fit. I lift heavy but there is no way in hell that I'd be able to do a 90lb clean (right now any way). Now my husband pushes me when we workout together but there's no way that he would slap 90lbs on an Olympic bar and say "Ok! Do a Clean and Jerk!"

    Those "coaches" should be fired. I can only imagine the injuries that could have been sustained by doing those improperly. It is very obvious that the weight is too heavy for them. I would not want to be the owner of that gym. The liability that they have on their hands is huge!
  • grace42d
    grace42d Posts: 156 Member
    Here is an example of what can happen even when you are doing it right. Not for the squeamish.

    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DJXESL5VK48
  • majik0516
    majik0516 Posts: 52 Member
    Bump to watch at home.
  • Loulady
    Loulady Posts: 511 Member
    All the knees knocking in is making me cringe. Ugh ugh ugh.


    I have to admit though - I am jealous of those rubber weights! I can't throw my bar around like that on my concrete floor.
  • ixap
    ixap Posts: 675 Member
    Here is an example of what can happen even when you are doing it right. Not for the squeamish.

    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DJXESL5VK48

    or this seriously painful snatch miss at the Olympics this summer
    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qY0pqlvjGFQ

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