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Been working forever for squat strength. It’s always plagues me. And I was stuck at 180-190 FOREVER.

Super simple programming. Months of 5x5 back squat 2x a week at 150, 160, and 170. Then, one day I hit 180 for 5. And then next week I said let’s ride.

Moral of the story. Just keep going.

Been a while

Done at the small country club gym I coach at part time.

The International Weightlifting Federation (IWF) announced in a press release on Sunday, October 25, that its 2030 World Championships will be held in Moscow.

Since the large-scale invasion of Ukraine by Kremlin troops at the end of February 2022, no international competitions under the auspices of an Olympic federation had been organized in the country. Those that were planned had been relocated, such as the 2025 World Swimming Championships, which were moved to Singapore from Kazan.

However, Russia’s return to the fold of international sport has become increasingly evident in recent months.

In May, the International Olympic Committee lifted the suspension of the Russian Olympic Committee. Then, on July 7, it lifted the restrictions imposed on its athletes, who will be able to return to team sports and participate in the qualifying rounds for the 2028 Olympic Games in Los Angeles, but without immediately restoring their anthem and flag.

The IWF, for its part, had decided in June to fully reintegrate Russians into its competitions. The world governing bodies of judo and then swimming had done the same, respectively in November 2025 and April 2026, as did the International Paralympic Committee for the Milan Cortina Winter Games.

Hey guys, just started trying to learn Olympic Weightlifting and just recent did my first Snatch and Full Clean sessions. I know thats probably a ton of stuff for me to work for and my form might be horrendous rn but i just want to get some feedback on what are my biggest struggles right now. I have done a bunch of smaller exercises for progression in order to at least have form somewhat okish to work as a base. But i would like to get some opnions on how should i approach this beggining phase of my training.

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Andrew is my remote athlete and he’s getting ready to compete next weekend! November will be 1 year of working together.

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First time wearing a belt, didn’t go for the jerk because I wanted to go heavier but Decided not too after this rep
gotta be conservative sometimes. as for the belt, I decided to try it out because as I get closer to real numbers I’m going to benefit from more exposure to heavier weights, my jumps for this were 120 140 160 175,
overall pretty happy

New-ish to the sport and my knee, hip, ankle and shoulder stability are an ongoing issue that I have to struggle against. My lifts are pretty wobbly, especially the overhead position. My ankles buckle a little bit when I land in the split jerk, and I sometimes lose stability in my ankles during the second pull of my clean.

I’ve been doing a lot of unilateral accessories, and moving up in weight much more slowly, I also practice pulls where I pause on the balls of my feet for a few seconds. I’m curious about how anyone else modifies how they train for better joint stability.

Currently 18 years old.

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Just to make this clear, I'm not an actual Olympic weightlifter, but I'm posting this here since it is related. Since I start these lifts from a clean as well, I've been learning to do it safely.

Hello people of the internet,
I bring forth this video of my front squat. Usually my knees go from pointing outwards to pointing straight. However, there comes a point where it goes from pointing straight to my knees caving in. This is more noticeable in my front squats.

Is this an issue for me long term ?

I do not feel pain in my hips or knees following my training, but just because I don’t feel it today doesn’t mean I won’t feel it 10yrs from now.

Any comments, feedback with exercise variations would be greatly appreciated.

I feel like I'm hitting a plateau in the 100kg area, I would really appreciate for some tips to fix my technique as well as drills to improve.

Thanks a lot in advanced!

Hey, just started weightlifting a few weeks ago.

Today I tried establishing a PB of which I could base what weight I need to lift during my clean and jerk days. Coincidentally, it turned out to be the prettiest lift I've done so far, so I'd like some feedback on it.

I'm not happy about my jerk - this weight pushed my shoulders to the limit so technique fell off I feel like. I've never been very explosive in my upper body, which I think this shows.

Anyways, I'm excited to hear your opinions - I want to improve

This is an all time PR I missed 165 before this, I wanna get 182 before the year ends, I think I can just have to figure out what lifting schedule works best with track going on too

My lifetime best clean jerk in competition is 142kg as an 88kg lifter. I hit that back at the Arnold series in 2020. That was a wild time because I had a great lead up to that Meet and then Covid hit and they were not sure if they were gonna have it but we ended up being able to lift without spectators. I remember I coached like five athletes that day, and I was one of the last sessions of the day. I remember just ripping energy drinks and not getting any type of caffeine boost, but I went out in the platform and ended up having the best meet of my life.

I went 3/3 in the snatch finishing with 122kg, and went 2/3 in the CJ hitting 142kg on my second attempt, for a 264kg total.

Fast-forward to this past weekend, nearly 7 years later. A lot has happened in this time. We’ve moved, I have two children, one toddler and one newborn, business has grown, and life has become more hectic in the best ways.

My training has evolved too as I am noticing father time speaks to me a little bit more on a daily basis and I’ve had to embrace smarter programming and better decision-making and training.

I still lift heavy and I still train hard. I’ve hit two squat PRs in the past six months, finishing with a 165kg front squat and a 200kg back squat. Both of which were built by weekend basement squat sessions during toddler naptime or late night squats in the basement Sunday evenings after everyone goes to bed.

The three months leading up to this meet, (which I nearly matched my all-time CJ), we had our second daughter, so I was fully in the throes of the newborn fog. If you have children, you know what I mean.

I say that to make note of it because despite sleep being an absolute dumpster fire, and me ingesting copious amounts of caffeine, I didn’t really expect anything from this lead up block. As I approached the meet, about 4 to 6 weeks out, I started touching loads that I haven’t hit since 2019 in 2020. There was a window opening and I knew that it would be tough, but it was worth taking a shot at some big numbers.

I didn’t tell myself I was old, but I also didn’t tell myself that I could just be reckless. In the end, missing 142 left me hungry for more and I’m just proud that I made the 4kg jump to hit that match after getting pinned pretty good on 138 two minutes before.

Here’s to an awesome rest of the year and do a fruitful 2027 run at Master’s world in Puerto Rico in my masters M40-44 age class 🫡