Strong is sexy!

HelloDan
HelloDan Posts: 712 Member
in Fitness and Exercise
It's a commonly heard tagline here, so thought I'd post this.

http://youtu.be/lc5zgvD15-M

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  • _SABOTEUR_
    _SABOTEUR_ Posts: 6,833 Member
    Holy guacamole! Are those lunge cleans? What do you even call those (whatever they are I'm highly intimidated by them).
  • ZoeLifts
    ZoeLifts Posts: 10,347 Member
    Awesome!!
  • HelloDan
    HelloDan Posts: 712 Member
    The bit that looks like lunging is just a split jerk.

    Bar from floor straight overhead - snatch.

    Bar from floor to shoulders - clean.
    Bar from Shoulders to overhead - jerk.
  • LoraF83
    LoraF83 Posts: 15,694 Member
    All I have to say is - WOW! Those ladies are awesome.

    And strong is definitely sexy :love:
  • Iron_Lotus
    Iron_Lotus Posts: 2,295 Member
    So sexy! Love it.
  • Achrya
    Achrya Posts: 16,913 Member
    I want to be those women so bad it's bordering on obsession. I think all I talk about anymore is lifting and food, lol.
  • Joehenny
    Joehenny Posts: 1,222 Member
    Snap city
  • Erin_goBrahScience
    Erin_goBrahScience Posts: 1,215 Member
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  • NovemberJune
    NovemberJune Posts: 2,525 Member
    I felt it in my abs just watching :love:
  • ironanimal
    ironanimal Posts: 5,922 Member
    Those snatches are hot.
  • Iron_Lotus
    Iron_Lotus Posts: 2,295 Member
    Those snatches are hot.


    Ha!
  • EmilyOfTheSun
    EmilyOfTheSun Posts: 1,548 Member
    I'm jealous.
    I wish I had female friends to workout with at the gym.
  • Jchambers1130
    Jchambers1130 Posts: 173 Member
    Must be a preference thing, not a big fan of woman throwin things around.
  • Lifting_Knitter
    Lifting_Knitter Posts: 1,025 Member
    Must be a preference thing, not a big fan of woman throwin things around.

    Well, I am! Those ladies are amazing! :love:
  • HelloDan
    HelloDan Posts: 712 Member
    Those snatches are hot.

    I got a strike in the forums a while back, for actually talking about one of my workouts, don't push your luck!
  • capnrus789
    capnrus789 Posts: 2,736 Member
    That super short girl in the video is cute as hell. Huge smile after every lift!
  • ironanimal
    ironanimal Posts: 5,922 Member
    Those snatches are hot.

    I got a strike in the forums a while back, for actually talking about one of my workouts, don't push your luck!
    I have no idea what you're talking about.

    I just love how tight and composed their snatches are.
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  • Jchambers1130
    Jchambers1130 Posts: 173 Member
    I'm jealous.
    I wish I had female friends to workout with at the gym.

    Much more fun for me to watch than a bunch of guys doing the same things.

    Of course Chester.
  • HelloDan
    HelloDan Posts: 712 Member
    I'm jealous.
    I wish I had female friends to workout with at the gym.

    Their camaraderie and support for each other was a nice thing to watch. Much more fun for me to watch than a bunch of guys doing the same things.

    really?

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    EDIT: Vasily Alexeev is actually awesome, just not very easy on the eye!
  • lintino
    lintino Posts: 456 Member
    I loved this so much!! When I was in college women could not play in the U of M marching band because it was "too strenuous", and there were no women running in marathons. I always thought it was BS. How great to see how far we have come!!!!
  • lorcart
    lorcart Posts: 406 Member
    :love:
  • missshyeviolett
    missshyeviolett Posts: 310 Member
    This looks so scary to me! What happens if they get too much momentum and don't stop at the top??

    I have irrational fears about weight training. lol.
  • ironanimal
    ironanimal Posts: 5,922 Member
    This looks so scary to me! What happens if they get too much momentum and don't stop at the top??

    I have irrational fears about weight training. lol.
    Generally they're squatting down under it because they can't pull it any higher :p
  • missshyeviolett
    missshyeviolett Posts: 310 Member
    This looks so scary to me! What happens if they get too much momentum and don't stop at the top??

    I have irrational fears about weight training. lol.
    Generally they're squatting down under it because they can't pull it any higher :p

    Ah. So there will be no arms snapping at the shoulder accidents then? haha....
  • mustgetmuscles1
    mustgetmuscles1 Posts: 3,346 Member
    That is pretty frickin awesome.
  • ironanimal
    ironanimal Posts: 5,922 Member
    This looks so scary to me! What happens if they get too much momentum and don't stop at the top??

    I have irrational fears about weight training. lol.
    Generally they're squatting down under it because they can't pull it any higher :p

    Ah. So there will be no arms snapping at the shoulder accidents then? haha....
    I'm sure you can damage your rotator cuff if you tried, but generally Oly lifters would just drop it and bail out of the way if it all goes pear shaped :P

    Risk of injury isn't really a reason to not do something :D - if I lived by that, I'd never do anything at all, ever, seeing as I sprained my neck when I was little by turning my head too fast. I needed a foam support collar for 2 months!
  • HelloDan
    HelloDan Posts: 712 Member
    Biggest injury risk would be a dislocated elbow in the snatch, if you hyperextend it, or have a loose joint, or dropping the weight on yourself. Both are pretty rare for the average person, as long as you learn when and how to bail from a lift.

    There was actually a study* on this in 1994, and weightlifting was either the safest or very close to the safest sport in terms of injury rates, with 0.0013 injuries per 100 hours of duration.

    All that said, to reiterate Ironanimal, sometimes you have to take risk, we do it every day driving cars, crossing roads etc.. Otherwise we'd never leave the house.

    *Brian P. Hamill, (1994). Relative Safety of Weightlifting and Weight Training. Journal of Strength Conditioning Research, Vol. 8, No. 1, pages 53-57.

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