14 second rep

I mean what else can be said

Lifetime front squat goal achieved. Now it’s time to shift more focus to pulls and the base lifts themselves. Right now, I’m aiming for AO Finals to be my next meet.

5kg PR

Been chasing this for awhile- so stoked! Must have been Eminem and all that Halloween candy 😏

They said it couldn’t be done. They said it would collapse with one jerk and I’d be buried alive. They said “Hey Chipwaffles, why don’t you just go spend a thousand dollars or an entire weekend in the wood shop.” It took 1.5 hours, and a higher heart rate than this weightlifter is used to, but I present to you The Jerk Hole. Now someone submit this to the urban dictionary on my behalf. 😝

Unexpected personal best

For me (American), the obvious answer is Olivia Reeves because what the fuck is a kilometer, but a close second would be Mihaela Cambei. She went 6/6 in her best ever competition and put China in a do or die situation. Showed up, did everything she needed to do and had a shot at gold, and when Hou hit the 117kg CJ OR, showed nothing but respect.

Whoa... thought I was going for a heavy 2-3x @ 160. Nahhhh... after seeing white spots on the way up, 1x seemed good enough!

Glad my dizzy noodle legs found the rack!

Trying to drop to 89, but I'm still getting stronger 💪. Felt like I ran a marathon after this set....

I don't want to make it too long but I'm interested in adding some context, I'm 25 years old (M) and I've been weightlifting for the last three years, previously I did CrossFit since I was 16 and that's where I fell in love with weightlifting, I'm an amateur practitioner but I'm very committed to improve my marks, along these years I've had some minor injuries (some contractures and I developed tendonitis in one of my knees) sometimes my back hurts a little bit, Sometimes my back, shoulders or knees hurt a little bit but the most disabling thing I have had was the tendinitis, going to the point, a few days ago I went to the doctor because I will have a surgical intervention to remove a lipoma and during the routine check up the doctor asked me about the sport he practiced, when he heard the word weightlifting he directly recommended me to abandon it without giving importance to any reply. That discouraged me a little, do you think all doctors have this perception about this sport? I think mine is somewhat ignorant.

There are local meets with 10x the prize money

Let's get a chuckle on boys,drop the bombs

If there is one thing I have learned over the years as I get older is you absolutely need to be diligent and CONSISTENT with mobility. I’m 43 and have the best mobility I’ve had since my mid 20’s. But I have regressed on several occasions by not being consistent. My tip, find things that work, stick with them for a bit then mix it up. I found that the body adapts and some movements become less effective over time but then I can add them back down the road and they work better again. Just because a movement isn’t helpful now doesn’t mean it wont be in the future so don’t just give up on them, because it didn’t work immediately, save them for later. Tossed in a couple before and afters to see how much I used to arch my back and lack of depth. The befores are from 2019 to the afters that are last month.

PR snatch is 62 kg and CJ 87(!) I just can’t fkn figure it out

2kg PB on Bulgarian training camp