How Often to Train? What age to Begin?
You can start "training" as early as age 7 with correct guidance. The most important thing is understanding that this "training" is just that... Training. At the age of 7, athletes are just "training to train". In coaching, I will provide helpful advice and approaches to young people's training.
Injuries
Injuries are a part of weightlifting like any other sport. Although weightlifting is a sport where injuries are not that common, its very rare there are serious injuries.
Form
"Form" is about doing exercises correctly and safely. There is a big difference between using technique to lift a weight and doing something that is dangerous. (again this is covered in coaching)
A Sport for All
Weightlifting is a very safe sport under professional guidance and is certainly a sport almost anyone can do as its all about personal performance.
Sinclair Points and Rankings and on each lift
What is Sinclair?
The Sinclair points system is an international system of scale to compare all athletes in one group of ability based on the amount of weight lifted compared to there bodyweight. The amount of weight an athlete can lift compared to there bodyweight is greater when looking at smaller athletes so the scale is a logarithmic calculation based on statistics. The actual value (Sinclair Kg) is an equivalent of ability for the amount of weight that athlete could lift in the total (Snatch + Clean and Jerk) if that athlete was a Superheavyweight and is calculated by multiplying their total by their bodyweight coefficient. (There is also an additional formula including age - but info on this will be included in coaching if anyone is interested). The Sinclair points system is also a helpful way to set performance-bodyweight orientated goals. Similarly, powerlifting also has it's own systems based on this.
These were my own personal research findings. (and is up to date for 2012 London Olympics)
*the Sinclair Kg is showing what an athlete would be capable of lifting in equivalence in the total (Snatch + Clean and Jerk Kgs) if bodyweight was of no barrier. It might be worth noting that the heaviest total of all time is held by Lasha Talakhadze with 477 kg which really demonstrates Naim's incredible performance-bodyweight effort with 190 Kg clean and Jerk and 152.5 Kg snatch at just under 60 kg bodyweight!
All Time Total Sinclair Top 10 (for total snatch + Clean and Jerk (Kg) equivalent to athletes all being of superheavyweight bodyweight (105kg+ category)
Please note: I created this rankings list myself after heavy research but it is now a few years out of date (2012) and also does not include many new names on the olympic field. However, I believe that Naim Suleymanoglu is still ranked a comfortable 1st and only a handful of people have ever achieved over 490 sinclair points (and probably ever will). Note that in 2019, Lasha Talakhadze lifted 484 kg in the total at 168.6 kg bodyweight, proving he certainly belongs on this list.
The Sinclair points system is an international system of scale to compare all athletes in one group of ability based on the amount of weight lifted compared to there bodyweight. The amount of weight an athlete can lift compared to there bodyweight is greater when looking at smaller athletes so the scale is a logarithmic calculation based on statistics. The actual value (Sinclair Kg) is an equivalent of ability for the amount of weight that athlete could lift in the total (Snatch + Clean and Jerk) if that athlete was a Superheavyweight and is calculated by multiplying their total by their bodyweight coefficient. (There is also an additional formula including age - but info on this will be included in coaching if anyone is interested). The Sinclair points system is also a helpful way to set performance-bodyweight orientated goals. Similarly, powerlifting also has it's own systems based on this.
These were my own personal research findings. (and is up to date for 2012 London Olympics)
*the Sinclair Kg is showing what an athlete would be capable of lifting in equivalence in the total (Snatch + Clean and Jerk Kgs) if bodyweight was of no barrier. It might be worth noting that the heaviest total of all time is held by Lasha Talakhadze with 477 kg which really demonstrates Naim's incredible performance-bodyweight effort with 190 Kg clean and Jerk and 152.5 Kg snatch at just under 60 kg bodyweight!
All Time Total Sinclair Top 10 (for total snatch + Clean and Jerk (Kg) equivalent to athletes all being of superheavyweight bodyweight (105kg+ category)
Please note: I created this rankings list myself after heavy research but it is now a few years out of date (2012) and also does not include many new names on the olympic field. However, I believe that Naim Suleymanoglu is still ranked a comfortable 1st and only a handful of people have ever achieved over 490 sinclair points (and probably ever will). Note that in 2019, Lasha Talakhadze lifted 484 kg in the total at 168.6 kg bodyweight, proving he certainly belongs on this list.
Rank1
2 5 6 7 9 10 CURRENT #1 |
NameNaim Suleymanoglu
Yurik Vardinian Asen Zlatev Victor Solodov Yuri Zakeravich Blagov Blagoev Anatoly Khrapaty Alexsandr Varbanov Zdavko Stoichkov Akakios Kakhiasvilis Ivan Chakarov Andrei Aramnau Liao Hui Ilya Ilyin/Lu Xiaojun - 2012 London Games |
Sinclair (Kg)506
497 490 489 488 487 481 480 477 |
Snatch
Results can also be seen based on sinclair for individual lifts.
Results can also be seen based on sinclair for individual lifts.
Rank1
2 3 4 5 6 |
NameBlagoi Blagoev
Yuri Zakeravich Naim Suleymanoglu Niku Vlad Andrei Rybakou Asen Zlatev Yurik Vardinian Georgi Markov Victor Solodov Alexsandr Kurlovich* Shi Zhiyong Lu Xiaojun - LONDON 2012! Kim Un Guk - LONDON 2012! |
Sinclair (Kg)226.5
226 225 223 221 220* 220 220 |
Clean and Jerk
Rank1
2 3 4 5 |
NameNaim Suleymanoglu
Anatoly Pisarenko Alexsandr Varbanov Anatoly Khrapaty Kakhi Kakhiasvilis Mikhail Petrov Asen Zlatev Victor Solodov Yuri Zahkeravich Alexsandr Popov |
Sinclair (Kg)280.5
278 274 272 269 |
Why these lifts?
Weightlifting is the only official world wide strength sport that goes all the way back to the first olympics in 1896. The idea of both lifts is to find the techniques most efficient at lifting a bar from the floor to overhead. These are the Snatch, Clean and Jerk and Clean and Press where the Clean and Press is now no longer used. The "Press" was the weakest movement because the second part was meant to include the use of the arms only; Obviously driving the bar with the legs before hand would undoubtedly allow more weight to be lifted so athletes started "jerking" the bar into a "standing bench press" using the chest and abdomen to help lift the weight which defeated the point of the Press, hence its elimination.