How did you get started?

koing

I got started by complete coincidence. I use to be very skinny and my school Rugby coaches told me to go put on some weight and hit the gym. I was 14 at the time and was 5'10 (still the same height). Looking back it was silly of me to not ask them what to do! I went to the gym once a week for a year, then upgraded to 2x a week for the next 6months.

I made friends with a guy who went to the free weights area downstairs in the matted gym. We trained together and one day I saw my coach coaching this thrower. I instantly was fascinated by what he was doing. He was throwing the weights around and it just looked immense. He was Snatching and Clean and Jerking. I knew it was much better then the random training I was doing and I was hooked. 2 weeks later I entered my first competition. I did 35kg and 45kg at 74kg bw at 15.5yrs of age. That was 15yrs ago!

Koing

anderdb76

I got started almost two years ago when I was introduced to the Olympic lifts by CrossFit. I don't do much CrossFit anymore but I've stuck with the lifts. I've upped my training time a lot over the past few months and went to a great lifting seminar over the weekend so I'm hoping to see my numbers start going up as my technique improves.

I watched your video in the other thread. Great technique!

koing

I got started almost two years ago when I was introduced to the Olympic lifts by CrossFit. I don't do much CrossFit anymore but I've stuck with the lifts. I've upped my training time a lot over the past few months and went to a great lifting seminar over the weekend so I'm hoping to see my numbers start going up as my technique improves.

I watched your video in the other thread. Great technique!

Cool man. Yeah I've found that some people cross over from crossfit as they liked the Oly stuff the best.

Thanks. I should have good technique after 15yrs of training! The first 4yrs I was coached pretty much 3x a week and my coach is a very good coach. I also coach a few guys and girls myself.

If you want me to take a look at your form etc, post a video.

Koing

codytriguy

anderdb76 wrote: »

I got started almost two years ago when I was introduced to the Olympic lifts by CrossFit. I don't do much CrossFit anymore but I've stuck with the lifts. I've upped my training time a lot over the past few months and went to a great lifting seminar over the weekend so I'm hoping to see my numbers start going up as my technique improves.

I watched your video in the other thread. Great technique!

haha. That's how most people find weightlifting? CF is bringing weightlifting back into popularity. I love the sport.

I used to be a triathlete. I got ran over by a vehicle in2011, suffered a TBI. Since then I've gained 140 pounds. I missed competing so I joined a CF box. I found that my favorite part of CF was weightlifting. I started training at a weightlifting specific gym after that. I got onto MFP because I'd like to be more competitive, which means I need to get into a lower weight class. So, I'd like to drop 70 pounds by Dec 31st 2016. That's 1.4 pounds a week. I think thats a low enough drop each week to not negatively effect my training.