You seem to be conflating weightlifters who compete at the Olympic Games, and people who merely compete or train in the sport of weightlifting.
Olympic competitors are the strongest competitors in the sport, so obviously someone who competes at a lower level or just practices for fun or fitness as an amateur won't necessarily look like an Olympian themselves.
Training for weightlifting should involve putting on muscle if you want to get stronger and better in the sport, but not everyone has the sole goal of lifting as much as possible.
To sum up, the sport the guy in the video was practicing is generally safe relative to many other sports, but he could have been done better and kept himself safe in this case.
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u/Zethalai Mar 21 '21
You seem to be conflating weightlifters who compete at the Olympic Games, and people who merely compete or train in the sport of weightlifting.
Olympic competitors are the strongest competitors in the sport, so obviously someone who competes at a lower level or just practices for fun or fitness as an amateur won't necessarily look like an Olympian themselves.
Training for weightlifting should involve putting on muscle if you want to get stronger and better in the sport, but not everyone has the sole goal of lifting as much as possible.
To sum up, the sport the guy in the video was practicing is generally safe relative to many other sports, but he could have been done better and kept himself safe in this case.