Olympic weightlifting is the most difficult and impressive strength sport that requires the greatest genetics...

>requires genetics
Then it’s a shit sport. I want to see people that have hardened their minds through years of hardship and training, not assholes that were born into it.

>I want to see people that have hardened their minds through years of hardship and training,
That's also a part of genetics, dumb dumb.

doesn't every sport 'require genetics'? no matter what you need good genetics to fight the top 0.0001%

look at michael phelps, other people have worked just as hard but hes a freak of nature

also: the entire sport of basketball

while i agree with you, all the oly ppl i know who aren't roiding are complete dyels. I'm not saying they aren't strong, but i don't thing oly lifting is the best way to build muscle. It's more about technique.

It does, but Oly is kind of special in that (at least according to the coaches in several systems) you absolutely have to start very young to be even decent. It's not about needing time to develop the skills (which obviously you need in any sport) but the fact they believe you literally cannot develop the ankle mobility necessary if you start beyond your early teens.

Oly lifters don't do Olympic lifts only. Technique won't do shit if you're weak and can't squat, front squat, pull, or push press heavy. You can have the most perfect technique in the world but you're not going to snatch 200kg, don't kid yourself.

The people at the top of any sport have both. Without the genetics you'll never be the best, but without the work you'll never deliver on your genetic potential. If you want to take issue with something, how about how utterly behind people that aren't shoved into sports at a very young age are?

The oly lifts are pretty terrible for building muscle for what should be obvious reasons (explosive, low rep movements with no eccentric or significant time under load). Also terrible if 'aesthetics' is your goal because the important muscles in the sport are basically all legs/erectors/abs with a bit of upper back and shoulders to support the weight.

Weightlifting is fun to do and cool to watch but it's specialised to the point of being practically useless for anything else.

>The oly lifts are pretty terrible for building muscle
Post pics

>he oly lifts are pretty terrible for building muscle for what should be obvious reasons (explosive, low rep movements with no eccentric or significant time under load).
Sick of this meme, post pics dyel cunt

I need to find myself a gym with bumper plates that isn't fucking crossfit with an acceptable price.

>terrible for building muscle
lmao have you ever done these movements. try lifting first you dyelfag

t. crossfit manlet who thinks he's hot shit because he can bounce 135 pounds off of his legs

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>practically useless for anything else

a strong clean is great when you're lifting boxes, barrels, sacks, anything really

Post body, OP.

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>weightlifting is practically useless for anything else
strength training is part of almost every sports

>greatest genetics
>greatest weightlifters are sub 6'
Yeah ok lmao

> At the fun and build muscle level, oly lifting > everything else still.

LMAO
Have you taken a good luck at the average actual NATURAL weightlifter? They all look like fat skinny slobs.
Oly lifting literally limits how big one can get in certain parts of the body(biceps, chest, lats) because the sport is so lower body focused.
Have you ever seen a olympic weightlifter with 19"+ arms? I haven't, they're all on gear too.

Post pics, you obviosuly are into oly lifting, post body.

Lmao, fuck off, lifting boxes/barrels/sacks requires literally all lower, upper back, traps, forearms, biceps, delts, most of these are severely untrained in weightlifters.

>reminder that time under tension is a meme

Yeah man, those barbell humps and drops really build those arms and chest up!
Olympic weightlifting is terrible for any of those activities, strongman is obviously massively superior.
You don't need olympic lifts for strength training though, that's the point, strength training is also useless for power training compared to jump squats judging by the literature on the topic.
This is Ian wilson, an elite weightlifter that looks like dog shit and is natty.
Post your body.

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Strongman is better than oly lifting though, at both actual real life strength outside the gym and also at muscle building and even in the fun factor.
Sorry but doing 30 snatches for an hour isn't fun, neither does it help at getting a good physique.
>oly lifters back in 1970 could OHP more than stronglards at a lower bodyweight, less drugs and with less knowledge about training
Except people in the 70's were taking orals like candy, dying in their 40's and doing cheat "presses" that looked like incline benches.
Eddie hall has strict pressed 216kg, more than 30kg heavier than any weightlifter has ever done in an actual strict form.

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Finally realized manlets are genetically superior?

bench dyels wont want to hear this

its not niche

>thinking olympic lifts bounce the bar off the legs

vegans are the strongest oly lifters lol. daily reminder ilya illin trained for worlds as a vegetarian

This is more impressive than Eddie's 216kg and at a lower bodyweight.

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>barbell humps
clearly you haven't done either of the oly lifts
the lifts build the traps and shoulders greatly when supplemented with a proper diet
pic related is andres mata perez another weightlifter.

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lel I love oly lifting but it isn't, the layback press makes it much easier than eddie's strict-ish press
if eddie would get an old school oly coach that would teach him how to lean back press we would see a ~250 press from eddie

shameless bump

The closest strongman analogue to the olympic style press is probably log because of the similar backwards lean. Bearing in mind a huge fuckoff log is far harder to press than a bar, the most anyone has strict pressed with a log is 220kg.

>strict-ish
literally is not strict in any way whatsoever did you look at eddie's vid?

>Strongman is better than oly lifting though, at both actual real life strength outside the gym and also at muscle building and even in the fun factor.
Your fucking opinion, retard. What strength sport doesn't use "real life strength"? If you wanted to show functional strength then one would do track and field events.

>Except people in the 70's were taking orals like candy, dying in their 40's and doing cheat "presses" that looked like incline benches.

If you don't think Hall roids, I don't know what to tell you.

>Eddie hall has strict pressed 216kg, more than 30kg heavier than any weightlifter has ever done in an actual strict form.

Sure. That's why it isn't an Olympic event anymore.

>You don't need olympic lifts for strength training though
Not true, shotput teams, long jumpers, and discus throwers, are just a few that train oly lifts regularly, having worked as a sport physician for national level teams shows you that oly lifts are used in conjunction to strength training when appropriate.

Traps, upper/lower back, delts, and forearms are literally some of the most important muscles to do oly lifts, are you fucking retarded lmao.

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