[RJ]

ET, I saw a video of you breaking blocks with your head. It blew me away. It blew me away … and I wasn’t even there live.

Anyway, World Postals lifts are pretty competitive with two power movements and one strength. I would think those with an Olympic Weightlifting background would fair very well.

[RJ]

Thanks Lance. I watched and told others.

[RJ]

Congrats Dean! You always amaze me doing those heavy lifts.

[RJ]

Will concentrate on 2019 Postal lifts once DENNY announces them. Ride my bike up a bluff to work every week day on my 1993 bicycle.

[RJ]

Congrats and unquestionably well deserved.

And because of you putting power lifts into the Postals, I have decided to make a serious effort into learning how to do the OLY lifts. Now that I have given them a chance, I am actually enjoying the newness of it all. I thank you for expanding my horizons.

[RJ]

I just want to share an observation. As a bench press competitor, powerlifter, Olympic weightlifter, and All-Round lifer, I see her name spelled 6 different ways over the decades of her athletic career. Her name is Amorkor Ollennu and she married into the King family. Thus I would think her name is correctly spelled Ollennu-King like it was spelled when she competed for Ghana.

http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport3/commonwealthgames2002/bsp/statistics/events/weightlifting_results.stm

[please forgive me if I misspelled anything or mispoke]

[RJ]

1. I agree with ET and only like to add the following. After I contested the strict curl, I stepped away from the wall and the paper was still there, stuck to the wall.

2. As to the rule book, I just want to add a suggestion. If the lifts are not being actively challenged, archive the USAWA ruled records. OR if they are one of Al’s 10 Worst Lifts, archive them. There is no question that Chad can re-establish his dominance in the Ziegler Clean or shall I say the Zeigler Clean.

[RJ]

Well I have to support Dan. For one, I am biased because I took an upper division Exercise Science course from him and thought he was an excellent teacher. Some of the students in that class were weightlifters from the Olympic Training Center to include one of the current national record holder.

Second, I have been training under him for over a decade and never been injured. Instead, I get injured doing a what is considered far more safe activity, riding my bike to work but not from weight lifting.

Lastly I have to say that I am so glad I did not get my degrees in Exercise Science. I don’t know of any other field where people disregard someone’s years of researching, training, competing, and earning of the highest academic degree. Or maybe this is why I study native plants.

John, I enjoyed your videos and looked up your records. Impressive. I wish I could have watched you lift.

[RJ]

I find age formula frustrating and believe ET expressed this well enough.

On a personal level, I feel that the age formula gives me an unfair advantage. I feel that allowing me to compete against young people only takes away their thunder. Old lifters already had the opportunity to compete when they were young. Just because I missed out on competing when I was young, for whatever reason, does not give me the right to take away from their glory of lifting more sheer weight than me. It does not entitle me as an old person to insert myself into their division. I don’t understand why it is okay to create a formula to allow an old person to be compared to young lifters. There is a reason there is no formula for the young athlete to compete against the masters athletes. I feel the same about comparing me to men. I am what I am. I am not a man. I am not young. I only want to compete against others in my gender and age group or against everyone but where I naturally belong.

However, I believe others made a good point that it is not about me but about the organization. Thus, I would compromise by supporting a formula but one that is less generous to the masters lifters.

This is just my opinion.

• This reply was modified 6 years, 2 months ago by RJ.

[RJ]

UGH! Look at all the Australian women. I wish I could have participated.

[RJ]

Caffeine.

[RJ]

This subject is a rude awakening.

Since USAWA designates an elite few who think for me, there is no reason for my further input.

[RJ]

Did Susan compete? I believe she has 3 National championships and if she wins one more, she will be tied with Noi for having the most National wins.

Very exciting!
🙂

• This reply was modified 7 years, 5 months ago by RJ.

[RJ]

Dear All-Round nice guy.

Thanks for explaining. Now I know the story. I am so glad I do not have to deal with that. I have enough personalities to put up with at work and I get paid to do that. Ugh … poor Al.

[RJ]

Al, thank you for educating me. Now I know.

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