Having looked yesterday in Why the US Sucks at Olympic Lifting: OL’ing Part 1 at the origin and history of weightlifting along with the basics of competition and judging I want to spend today giving a brief overview of the technique of the lifts. Please note, this is going to be extremely general and I will be leaving out a lot of details, much to the chagrin of those who know the lifts.
Numerous books and hundreds if not thousands of pages of analysis have been dedicated to this topic, I’m spending a post on it. So don’t get all twisted if I leave out some miniscule detail such as the need to flex the wrists during the ‘third pull’ (NB: there is no fourth pull despite what some particularly misguided individuals seem to think). I’ve also provided links to the best sources of English language information on the lifts, technique, how to do and learn them, etc. … Keep Reading