In our society, there have always been fashionable sports that have captured most of the attention of the population due to the great publicity they have had and have by all means. Luckily it seems other sports disciplines are becoming more known and as a few months ago I spoke about powerlifting today I want to tell you all about weightlifting, what it is, how you train and compete.
In the field of strength training and exercises, in addition to bodybuilding that focuses mainly on achieving a high muscle hypertrophy, there are disciplines that focus primarily on the gain of strength. As I have already mentioned, powerlifting, weightlifting, strongman and also crossfit are becoming increasingly fashionable, disciplines that are born mainly from the essence of strength.
What weightlifting is
Weightlifting is an Olympic sport, also known as weightlifting, in which the main objective is to raise a bar from the ground to the top of the head. The athletes who practice it are called weightlifters.
Generally weightlifting training requires dealing with mental and physical strength as well as technique and speed. Mainly you need to train the functional strength of the body, so some athletes from other disciplines such as athletics or football, use weightlifting movements to increase the explosive strength.
Weightlifting is composed of two movements known as "snatch" and two times or "clean and jerk":
Snatch: this exercise is faster but it is generally lower weight and consists mainly of three parts: pull or pull, movement in which the bar is raised as high as possible, quick drop, at which time extend the arms and squat position, at which time the athlete stands with the bar on his head.
Two times or "clean and jerk": in this case the movement is slower than in the start because the athlete must make a break with the bar on the shoulders. As for the weight, it is usually lifted much more weight, because, in the second phase of the lift, the impulse that we use with the help of the legs helps to raise the bar on the head. in this case we can distinguish on one hand the clean movement in three parts: pull or shooting, raising the bar as high as possible, in this case to weigh more will be the shoulders, then do what is called drop, getting under the bar , making the bar rest on our shoulders and then the squat. After doing the clean part, the jerk part is done, which also consists of three parts: dip, drive and split, squat or catch (any of the three variations works).