Re: When to start Olympic Lifting?

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Israel wrote:

<<I've got a 22 year old client who has never really lifted weights before.

He's just been told by his coach that he has to lift weight for his sport

(judo) because he wants to compete seriously.

Now, being a beginner, when is an appropriate time to move him to Olympic

lifting? Does he need to spend X amount of time doing general preparation

training? (if so, what is X? How much time?)>>

** I wouldn't think it is a matter of time but a matter of proficiency that

will dictate progression. I would probably just make sure he is proficient

in the basic free weight lifts such as the squat, etc and introduce simple

lifts

and increase difficulty as he becomes proficient. I would start with some

hybrid Olympic lifts such as pulls, overhead squats, Romanian deadlifts etc.

The progress I use is learning position and sequence, then speed and finally

weight. In my experience the biggest mistake is to add too much weight

early.

A few good books are :

Mel Siff's " Supertraining " and " Weightlifting Encyclopedia " by Arthur Drechsler.

Silverman

Wellington

New Zealand

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Israel wrote:

>Or, should I plan on starting him on these right away (as part of his

program...)

>

>Any help or comments is appreciated. Thanks.

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