Weightlifting: The Olympic Sport

Gold in Tokyo, bronze in Paris, six times PanAm champion. Neisi Dajomes is one of the best. As of June 2, she is provisionally suspended after testing positive for clomifene.

https://ita.sport/sanction/international-weightlifting-federation-iwf/

Clomiphene may be used to counteract the decrease of testosterone production due to repetitive anabolic steroid use. Its use can also mitigate some of the adverse effects associated with synthetic steroid abuse (gynecomastia, mastodynia, resuming fertility). (Science direct.com)

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SARAH DAVIES SHOWS WHAT GRIT LOOKS LIKE! (old.reddit.com)

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VintageLifts Instagram Account Suspended (old.reddit.com)

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VintageLifts weightlifting content creator has been suspended from Instagram for an undefined period of time, due to a copyright strike by IronMind.

He has started a new Instagram page in the meantime in case he gets permanently banned. You can find it here.

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Yeah. How? (i.redd.it)

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You ever wonder what the old greats of weightlifting are doing nowadays? (old.reddit.com)

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Not just guys from decades ago but guys even from a decade or 2 ago that you never see around anymore? Are they working regular jobs? Coaching maybe? Or maybe they have a good retirement from the government or something? Maybe they started a business?

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123kg @70kg (old.reddit.com)

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New shoes with higher heels will change your life (old.reddit.com)

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The original was posted on /r/weightlifting by /u/MrHoldMyBeer on 2025-06-10 12:40:51+00:00.

I just wanted to share some insight in case it helps someone else.

I'm 6'5"/196 cm and I've been weightlifting since 2019. While my mobility has always been great, I've always just felt like my long dimensions have made achieving even great, not perfect, just solid 4/5 technique impossible. I've watched plenty slow motion videos of the elites in hopes I could finally find the feeling of it.

An absolute Chad posted in this sub at https://www.reddit.com/r/weightlifting/comments/1kwnka0/romaleos_4_are_on_sale_for_60_right_now/ a couple weeks ago that the Nike Romaleos 4 were only $60 from athleteps.com during Memorial Weekend here in the US. I said screw it and bought a pair.

I'm not posting this to promote the Romaleos 4 BUT they have a significantly higher heel than my old weightlifting shoes. It has been an absolute game changer for my positioning and technique.

Despite my best efforts in the past to get into a perfect starting position for the snatch, Snatches felt like an RDL which led into a hang snatch. Now with the new shoes, Snatches feel like a very comfortable squat with the bar below me instead of on my shoulders.

My catch position in the snatch, my clean and jerk all feel just so much more anatomically correct, more comfortable, more powerful.

TL;DR. If you've been working on your technique for a long time and still feel like you're stuck, it might be your shoes with an inadequately high heel. Consider getting a new pair, it'll change your life.

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Is this decent form I just started learning today? (old.reddit.com)

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I finally hit double bodyweight squat! (old.reddit.com)

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