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Anyone else like doing Olympic lifts? My main problem is technique, as coaching for them is a tad expensive. So even though I can snatch pull probably like 250 (last time I did pulls I was repping 225 barehanded, it's hard on your hands/takes a lot more grip power over conventional deads), I have trouble getting 105 over my head.

Lifting for strength is what really "did it" for me, though. I just found the physique goal not much of a motivator. Like I tried the whole bicep curls and tricep kickbacks and I just didn't find it fun at all. It's just a different vanity, I guess. But the feeling of all the weight, the "power" just feels so fun. It's like a video game to me, constantly trying to get more weight up, beating my last "score."

The only problem is, it's very easy to just eat yourself to lifting heavy weight, but maintaining a power to weight ratio is needed. I might not have a problem looking like Benedikt Magnusson or Louie Simmons if I didn't figure skate, but figure skating needs the power to weight ratio, and nobody would wanna see some 260lb powerlifter looking dude on the ice, so yeah, that's my main challenge. As far as my physique, I'm mostly happy with it. I wish my BF percentage was lower, so I could have visible abs, though I'm not really "fat" right now, I always have had a hangup about my weight since my teen years, so I kinda covet visible abs, as that's society's expectations now. My vacation's kinda screwed things up, almost no weights, and no ice, and mostly fast food. I gain weight fast, but can lose it relatively easy, too (compared to a lot of people.) But the vanity of lifting heavy weights, vs the vanity of looking good, ugh, so hard to balance it.

I'm tempted to try GVT, 10x10 at 50-60% of max, on my standing overhead press, to maybe add a bit of upper body mass (I'm only now starting to figure out how different muscle definition looks on me) and maybe improve my jerks/press. Part of the motivation for the added muscle mass up top is I do so much squatting and deadlifting and comparatively little upper body stuff, I look a bit like the people in the Squatz and Oatz cartoons. Anyone ever do a German Volume Training type thing? Usually I go for low reps, which seems to work well for squatting and deadlifting, but not as much for my presses. Did anyone here manage to gain strength going high rep?

Again, anyone else into Olympic lifting? They're really fun for me, for some reason. I don't know, I see OL lifters almost as like, real life super heroes. They put tons of weight (400+ lbs in the 180s weight class) over their heads seemingly like nothing, in movements that are fairly technical. I just saw it and thought it was so sweet and was like "I wanna do that!" I can't wait to watch the Olympics next month.

Oh well, yeah...

The following accounts for the majority of the physical exercise that I get (besides walking):

Well, for a couple of years now, I have ran a total of at least 1 mile each week. I have gotten to the point where I can run a mile in under 7 minutes (this is coming from a guy who is 5'8" and 155 lbs). Recently, I have been amping up my running sessions from 1 mile to 1.5 miles per running session as well as the frequency of these running sessions from once per week to twice per week. Also, I do at least 25 push-ups on a daily basis for most days and occasionally weight-lift.

I started a new bench press program recently with lower reps and more sets. So far I'm up to 315 lbs.-3 reps

I'm also quite strong on military(shoulder)press and dumbell bench press. Another change I made recently is doing dumbell bench press the same day as regular benching although I don't do it every time.

I am an active Track and Field Sprinter and my specialty is the 100 and an the 200.

I usually walk a mile or two every day. I also do a lot of core exercises so I can keep my position on the rugby team.

I can hold a plank for about five minutes easily. I'm so proud of myself right now.

I'm starting to exercise again after an 8 year hiatus. I'm not overweight, but I'm out of shape. I'm trying to correct that.