0_Apprentice
Hi, I'm naturally very athletic so I want to train and become involved in Olympic weightlifting. Are you familiar with this Olympic sport?
1_Wizard
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.
0_Apprentice
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.
1_Wizard
I think the hardest part is making such dynamic and explosive lifts look graceful! That takes a certain skill!
0_Apprentice
I agree, mastering that turns it into an art. Olympic weightlifting is also controlled by the International Weightlifting Federation.
1_Wizard
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.
0_Apprentice
Yes I feel the same. I think that change was first implemented in 1972.
1_Wizard
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!