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post 1644009493 07-31-2021, 03:55 PM
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why isnt olympic lifting more popular?

with the massive gym culture on social media today i thought lifting would be all over the news during the olympics. even on a bodybuilding forum here i havent heard anyone talk about the events. wtf


post 1644009613 07-31-2021, 03:57 PM
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post 1644009693 07-31-2021, 03:59 PM
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watching it is painfully slow, its hard af to learn, doesn't build the pretty muscles
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post 1644010573 07-31-2021, 04:18 PM
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post 1644012453 07-31-2021, 04:56 PM
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crossfit did bring it a little more to light

but its still a bitch to learn and most gyms dont like dropping plates

also theres no benchpress there and they got rid of standing press. aint noone gonna ask how much you jerk bro
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post 1644012933 07-31-2021, 05:04 PM
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because it's boring and offers no diversity in competition. there are only two main lifts, the clean and jerk and the snatch lift

brb everyone is lifting the same amount of weight, the gold medal winner squeaks by by about 1 kg to take home gold
brb the girls look like roided men

something like gymnastics where girls are slimmer, hotter, and wear tights would be more popular to the general public

im not knocking on the sport, i like oly lifting, just talking from the standpoint of a casual viewer who doesnt understand it
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post 1644013173 07-31-2021, 05:10 PM
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cos strength above what you get as an average bodybuilding bro-split enjoyer, is irrelevant in 2021

aesthetics is better for social and mental gains
post 1644013223 07-31-2021, 05:11 PM
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because it gay. o wow some oiled up cell teched dude in a thong is posing

lame
post 1644013553 07-31-2021, 05:19 PM
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Originally Posted By ayyy⏩
doesn't build the pretty muscles



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post 1644013723 07-31-2021, 05:23 PM
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Because it insanely technical and difficult.
Gotta start at a young age or at least be extremely flexible.
post 1644013933 07-31-2021, 05:28 PM
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Originally Posted By SettingOff⏩
because it gay. o wow some oiled up cell teched dude in a thong is posing

lame
Did you even read the title of this thread? OP said Olympic Lifting, not Bodybuilding you illiterate nitwit.
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post 1644014113 07-31-2021, 05:33 PM
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Access to equipment may be a factor. Bumper plates/platform/good barbell aren't as common and you need that
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post 1644014223 07-31-2021, 05:36 PM
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Lifts are too technical for your typical gymbro to bother with
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post 1644014363 07-31-2021, 05:38 PM
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All these guys saying oly lifting is strength lmao… I mean they’re not wrong but it’s extremely technical with high specificity. Brute strength is better measured in strongman or powerlifting
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post 1644014503 07-31-2021, 05:41 PM
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Well, it's not popular in the United States but that doesn't mean it isn't popular elsewhere. But olympic lifting has three main problems from an American perspective:

1) No Americans at the world-class elite level. This seems to be slowly changing-two American men were in the A group in the last two days in Tokyo, and we have women reaching the top level as well. But what was the last time we had an American world champion? Might have to go back to the 1950s or 60s. Young American kids aren't really going to be interested in a sport where they have to look up to some guy from China or Kazakhstan when there are alternatives in which the top stars are homegrown.

2) Olympic lifting, as a strength sport, competes with powerlifting and strongman for talent. And while the snatch and jerk are not difficult to learn, they do have a steeper learning curve compared to the three power lifts and most strongman events. Talented kids tend to gravitate to the activity they can excel in faster, and I personally think it's easier to plateau in weight with the O-lifts.

3) Olympic lifting tends to have a more insular and exclusive culture than other strength sports. I've trained in lots of hardcore gyms in various places which dont care how you train or what you compete in, but Olympic lifting is generally the opposite. They tend to have dedicated gyms where you have to do only Olympic lifts and follow a specific program to the T. Which is fine I suppose if you're actually turning out champions, but I tend to think that's poser BS 90% of the time. Oly gyms and practitioners would do themselves a favor by not being such assclowns, to be honest.


Just my two cents
post 1644014733 07-31-2021, 05:45 PM
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Originally Posted By Joseph1990⏩



Takes some unreal drugs to get Chinese guys to look like that.
post 1644014913 07-31-2021, 05:47 PM
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Because they can't lift the same kind of weight that powerlifting techniques allow. A big strong gymbrah can squat or DL some of the weights they are using. Same reason why tiny weight classes in combat sports are less popular.
post 1644015023 07-31-2021, 05:49 PM
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Vanishingly few gyms actually allow/have the facilities for it. Highly technical and most people just want to build muscle.
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Majority of the winners are from east Asian countries who don't appear in the media outside of the olympics
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post 1644015533 07-31-2021, 06:01 PM
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[QUOTE=Joseph1990 post_id=1644013553][img]https://www.weightliftinghouse.c[/QUOTE]this guys just as famous for his physique as he is his lifts, he's an outlier by magnitudes

[QUOTE=BulkingIsHard post_id=1644014363]All these guys saying oly lifting is strength lmao… I mean they’re not wrong but it’s extremely technical with high specificity. Brute strength is better measured in strongman or[b]powerlifting[/b][/QUOTE]extremely low iq take right here lmao
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post 1644016433 07-31-2021, 06:23 PM
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Don’t think anyone really mentioned it yet but I assume the biggest thing is you need a coach to get anywhere mildly impressive. You can do them on your own but you’ll build bad habits and plateau hard. Much easier to bench and squat compared to a flawless snatch. How many people are going to train with a legit oly lifting coach on a schedule?
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Originally Posted By ayyy⏩
Originally Posted By BulkingIsHard⏩
All these guys saying oly lifting is strength lmao… I mean they’re not wrong but it’s extremely technical with high specificity. Brute strength isbetter measured in strongman or powerlifting
extremely low iq take right here lmao
extremely poor reading comprehension right here lmao
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Probably because lifting is such a big thing that there's a hundred ways to compete

Bodybuilding, olympic lifting, strongman, powerlifting, crossfit, etc.
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Been to 3 Olympics.

Weightlifting at Beijing was one of my biggest highights
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It might be slow to watch for viewers. I didn't even know it was an Olympic event.
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only reason why people don't do it is because it's tough as fuk to learn and if you don't do it right/learn it well you get injured real ****ing fast
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Originally Posted By zknarc⏩
Vanishingly few gyms actually allow/have the facilities for it. Highly technical and most people just want to build muscle.
You grab a 45 pound barbell. You put a couple 45 pound plates on it then you do either of the two lifts.

All it takes is a barbell, a few plates and 3 feet of space.
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Originally Posted By Gerunding⏩
It might be slow to watch for viewers. I didn't even know it was an Olympic event.
You know it's called Olympic lifting...

One would assume it's an Olympic event
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