Hey there. I was wondering what everyone does for nutrition for their training and comp days. Obviously nutrition can be quite individual but as a general rule of thumb, do you stick to a higher fat and protein %? And what does everyone make of the refined carbs? Do you try and cut these out as much as possible and stick…
I would love to see where I am at compared to everyone else so lets see it! Gender: Age: Weight: Years training: Max Clean & Jerk: Max Snatch:
There's so few places to do train in weightlifting in the USA. That got me curious, where do you guys train? Is it a weightlifting specific gym, a CrossFit box, or a normal gym that your lucky enough for them to have drop plates, a platform, and a bar that spins?
Olympic weightlifting has been around for over a hundred years. Unfortunately, in the U.S. it hasn't caught on as a sport like it has elswhere in the world. This is a real shame because believe it or not, we have a much lower injury rate than football or soccer, we focus on nutrition because we compete in weight classes…
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…
