syaigh wrote:Funny thing. If weightlifting provided scholarships or a means to make a living (which wasn't the case before muscle driver came on the scene), we'd have a viable men's Olympic team. I see freaks on a regular basis who could outlift most of the guys on our current national team (said woman abuser included) but would rather play football or throw for track and field. Shame really.
This. Picked up weightlifting after swimming for 15 years. Didn't even know it was a sport until I was a sophomore in college. Though I have good coordination, flexibility and speed, developing serious strength is a decade+ long project. By the time I "retired" I was doing 145/175 at 77kg. That's around 80% of the WRs for my weight class. I knew exactly what I would need to do to take it to the next level: get my squat over 600, double my training volume and get on a nice long test/var cycle. Trouble is, I'm 27, just finished law school and am running a start up. That's where most of us find ourselves right when we're getting good. We know what we need to do, but there is absolutely zero incentive to do it.
Shafpocalypse Now wrote:So, Pendlay, who used to post regularly here, actually, is at the nexus of some serious douchbaggery.
Glenn is a good dude. A poor judge of character, maybe. A notorious internet troll when intoxicated, absolutely. But a good dude nonetheless. He started the first truly professional weightlifting team in this country since York Barbell. No matter what else, that shit is fucking solid.
The guys all get a stipend ranging from $400-1500/month. Most of them coach classes at local @F gyms and the better ones assist Glenn at seminars. Tatum and Cooper are both on USAW stipends as well.
OCG wrote:As a disinterested observer, the largest problem I see with American Weightlifting is that even at the highest levels, it seems to be populated with people who think that a 550 pound back squat is actually impressive, and not pitifully weak for anyone who wants to compete in any competitions that actually matter (i.e. not any American ones).
I don't know who you're hanging out with or referencing, so I'll just assume you're an officious prick who doesn't know what the fuck he's talking about.
