Just a question.. I'm not an olympic lifter per say but I do crossfit where we incorperate a lot of o lifting... Why would an athlete choose to lift from low blocks? thanks.
@langan14 so that the lift focuses on the explosive part. When pulling from the floor (in olympic weightlifting) the bar shouldn't start to speed up until it comes up to the knees, so by using blocks, a lifter can focus on just training the explosive section of the lift (however it is said to be detrimental to the lift from the floor - because if the lifter trains from blocks, he'll get better at that and worse at the normal pull from the floor).
@irishguy75 THE US WILL PROBABLY QUALIFY ONE MALE SPOT THRU CONTINENTAL CHAMPIONSHIPS 2012 PAN AMS, HE WILL HAVE VERY STIFF COMPEITION FOR THIS ONE SPOT
@surfnaked87 To be fair hasn't Jared been in the weightlifting game longer than north? They're both good lifters but I think people get it twisted. North is the under-dog whose recently started lifting. He's not the one on lookout. Jared is the blonde bomber of american weightlifting right now. He's at the top.
@ptarleton Sorry I was just responding to crazycarlo4jc's comment. He said lookout north. Usually when you tell somebody to look out it is because they are on top about to get knocked off. Jared has been on top for over a year now, so I was simply stating that it's a little late to be on the lookout.
nice lift but get a fucking haircut you look like shit. No offence
Youngdre4mz 3 days ago
ill be sure to add regripping 15+ times to my snatch pump up strategy........
akerbacker 3 months ago 7
get a hair cut
LHD4life 3 months ago 10
Fantastic pull!
robbush182 5 months ago
Just a question.. I'm not an olympic lifter per say but I do crossfit where we incorperate a lot of o lifting... Why would an athlete choose to lift from low blocks? thanks.
langan14 5 months ago
@langan14 so that the lift focuses on the explosive part. When pulling from the floor (in olympic weightlifting) the bar shouldn't start to speed up until it comes up to the knees, so by using blocks, a lifter can focus on just training the explosive section of the lift (however it is said to be detrimental to the lift from the floor - because if the lifter trains from blocks, he'll get better at that and worse at the normal pull from the floor).
dirtrail 5 months ago
Jared looks like he's in great shape. Great lifting. And his technique keeps improving under Zygmunt. Still needs a haircut though.
nova68nova 6 months ago
@nova68nova his technique looks exactly the same.
surfnaked87 5 months ago
That looked very easy,is he lifting in the olympics next year?
irishguy75 6 months ago
@irishguy75 THE US WILL PROBABLY QUALIFY ONE MALE SPOT THRU CONTINENTAL CHAMPIONSHIPS 2012 PAN AMS, HE WILL HAVE VERY STIFF COMPEITION FOR THIS ONE SPOT
ozwunder69 5 months ago
age/height/bodyweight?
uggy12345 6 months ago
LOOKOUT NORTH!!
crazycarlos4jc 6 months ago
@crazycarlos4jc he is already the #1 94 in the country...north has been on the lookout for at least a year now lol
surfnaked87 5 months ago
@surfnaked87 To be fair hasn't Jared been in the weightlifting game longer than north? They're both good lifters but I think people get it twisted. North is the under-dog whose recently started lifting. He's not the one on lookout. Jared is the blonde bomber of american weightlifting right now. He's at the top.
ptarleton 5 months ago
@ptarleton Sorry I was just responding to crazycarlo4jc's comment. He said lookout north. Usually when you tell somebody to look out it is because they are on top about to get knocked off. Jared has been on top for over a year now, so I was simply stating that it's a little late to be on the lookout.
surfnaked87 5 months ago