Hi, I'm naturally very athletic so I want to train and become involved in Olympic weightlifting. Are you familiar with this Olympic sport?
I am!  My boyfriend was training as an Olympic weightlifter!  The most important lifts to practice are the "clean and jerk" and the "snatch." Those are the only two lifts in the Olympics.
That's great to know and very impressive. A lot of the component lifts involved are used by other athletes to train their strength as well.
I think the hardest part is making such dynamic and explosive lifts look graceful! That takes a certain skill!
I agree, mastering that turns it into an art. Olympic weightlifting is also controlled by the International Weightlifting Federation.
I don't know about you, but I'm disappointed that the Olympics discontinued the "clean and press" lift. I guess it was hard for them to judge proper form.
Yes I feel the same. I think that change was first implemented in 1972.
I didn't realize it's been that long! I think the worst thing to happen to a lifter is when a lifter fails to complete at least one successful lift. Nothing is as embarrassing as getting an "incomplete" as your score!