Hi, I'm naturally very athletic so I want to train and become involved in Olympic weightlifting. Are you familiar with this Olympic sport?
I am!  My boyfriend was training as an Olympic weightlifter!  The most important lifts to practice are the "clean and jerk" and the "snatch." Those are the only two lifts in the Olympics.
That's great to know and very impressive. A lot of the component lifts involved are used by other athletes to train their strength as well.
I think the hardest part is making such dynamic and explosive lifts look graceful! That takes a certain skill!
I agree, mastering that turns it into an art. Olympic weightlifting is also controlled by the International Weightlifting Federation.
I don't know about you, but I'm disappointed that the Olympics discontinued the "clean and press" lift. I guess it was hard for them to judge proper form.
Yes I feel the same. I think that change was first implemented in 1972.
the combined total of the highest two successful lifts determines the overall result within a bodyweight category. Bodyweight categories are different for male and female competitors. A lifter who fails to complete at least one successful snatch and one successful clean and jerk also fails to "total", and therefore receives an "incomplete" entry for the competition. The clean and press was once a competition lift, but was discontinued due to difficulties in judging proper form.
In comparison with other strength sports, which test limit strength (with or
Olympic weightlifting
Olympic-style weightlifting, or Olympic weightlifting, often simply referred to as weightlifting, is an athletic discipline in the modern Olympic program in which the athlete attempts a maximum-weight single lift of a barbell loaded with weight plates.
The two competition lifts in order are the snatch and the clean and jerk. The snatch is a wide-grip, one-move lift. The clean and jerk is a close-grip, two-move lift. Each weightlifter receives three attempts in each, and