Weightlifting: The Olympic Sport

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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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How did they get so good lol?

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The original was posted on /r/weightlifting by /u/AgreeableField1347 on 2025-06-08 03:22:58+00:00.

TLDR: when is it time to call it quits? Anyone (ideally masters age) recover from a larger injury and was/is able to perform at a somewhat respectable level? If so how? If not, what did you move on to?

Rant: I’m in my upper 30s. All I know is how to move my body. How to pull a barbell. How to dive, jump, roll, throw. That’s my passion. I need to do something athletic/sports related to be happy in life. I discovered weightlifting 5 years ago. Became the strongest I’ve ever been. Built solid relationships. Had the most fun. I hurt myself at the start of this year. It’s obvious to me I’ll need to go through the doctor/mri/surgery route. I just can’t get healthy again. As soon as I feel good, one clean and jerk sets me right back to 0. And I’m just thinking, is this it for me? I can no longer lift consistently enough to progress. I can barely sit at work. I can barely wash my face. I have to do something else for now. And maybe for good. Which just is brutal to think about and depresses me to hell.

To me this sport and my team are a huge part of my happiness. I’m so afraid of leaving, going to the YMCA and doing bro splits again. I know I can contact my friends. But I’m a loner. I won’t. It’s me. So I’m just like… do I stay for the mental health aspect, but physically stay hindered? It’s such a tough spot for me. I don’t know what to do. I know that I don’t want to be raggedy “a masters athlete” (no offense to anyone). I don’t want to have to power 40kg as a max and be a shadow of myself. I don’t wanna be on T and move like a rusty ass tin man. I feel like I can squeeze a little bit more out before my decline but sticking it out is fucking my body up. I know I can’t beat Father Time but god damn I will fight that mother fucker with everything I got. I just don’t know when to tap out.

Anyone go through this? Did you “retire”? What do you do now? How did you bounce back? Sorry for the long post

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