Is this an OLY bar?
its the only bar at this YMCA that has a label /brand on it on the edges.

It says TAG, but nothing else on it indicating it's quality.
anyone know if this is safe to do power cleans on and to drop the bar?

On the inside, there's this 6305-2rs bearing so the inner bar can rotate irrespective of the outer sections weight.

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This is from my dad who got it in the 90s, and he gave it to me a while back. It’s getting small for me, plus I’d like to keep it in decent condition for sentimental purposes. I know people say “it’s just a belt”, but I’d like to know which ones would have the quality/durability of this one.

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Squatting 2 days ago, usually feel a bit of pressure on rear delts during squat but nothing concerning, re racking weights I used my left arm a bit (I know) and felt some discomfort which subsided immediately. Next morning rear delt area of shoulder is sore to rotate and aches. Sounds like no big deal but stupid me researched this and everything comes up as rotator cuff and I’m screwed. It’s possible as rear delt doesn’t hurt when flexed just rotated. Anyways I’m scared honestly and don’t want to lose any/much progress, anyone have any experience with minor shoulder injuries/strains? Will I be back to 100% soon?

Hey so I’m pretty sure I have a hip impingement. The first time I had a pinching pain in my hip was maybe a year and a half ago and I remember I stopped squatting for a good while and eventually it went away but I don’t want to miss out on squatting for soo long. I got pain again about a month and a half ago and stopped squatting for 2 weeks, started again and still had pain. Squatted once a week for a bit and the last week and a half I’ve practiced light squats with either minimal or low pain but I will still have a slight pinching pain at times squatting deep and throughout the day. Does anyone have experience with hip impingement and any way to fix it for good and not get it again. Sorry for this long paragraph, but I imagine that the more details the better for this kind of thing and also there must be some good weightlifters in here that have experienced this. Thanks!

Can anyone with access to both types of bars be able to tell me whether the later two-hole style threaded end-cap (the type with a sticker) will screw into this late 80s era bar? The other end is open and missing the end cap. Eleiko has no old stock. I won’t bother trying to restore this bar if I can’t find something that will work… even if I put a sticker on one end and make it a Franken-Eleiko. :)

Thanks in advance.

I train at a commercial gym because unfortunately I don’t have any weightlifting gyms around me and the other day I saw one of the trainers attempting to teach their client how to clean. I don’t know if the client requested that or if that’s something that this person thought would be cool to teach.

I saw this in the corner of my eye after I had finished my training and I noticed that the client was 100% a newbie, yet the trainer was not showing the client any proper techniques and not only was the client not trying to learn with a pvc pipe or just the bar itself, the trainer actually put plates on it. A minute later the client was this close to getting injured. It was really tough to watch.

I then told my friend about it because I was in shock and felt extremely bad for that client and my friend said “you’re the only one that does that oly stuff and if this person is putting their clients safety at risk you should say something” .

I decided not to because it wasn’t any of my business. Then I saw that happen the second time and I actually happened to be next to them and felt serious anxiety for that client so I gently said said something to that trainer but in a joking/diplomatic way. The trainer then said i’m USAW certified so we’re good don’t worry.

I am certainly not a pro/elite and i’m still working towards perfecting my technique but I at least know the basics and if I was coaching someone who’d never even done any kind of weightlifting and or anything gym related I would start with the basics.

At this time I’d like to point out that this is the second “trainer” I’ve met who got certified but has never actually performed a clean or a snatch….

Since many of you in this sub are pros I was wondering is it that easy to get certified?

Sorry for the long rant thanks for reading…

Just a doubt that's crossed my mind.

I tend to have a relatively wide jerk grip (try to aim for little fingers on the ring marks when reracking), and am a power jerker (wouldn't mind to squat jerk tho).

And I'm just curious: if I were to include a drill in which I went from the BTN rack to the catch position while giving minimal height to the bar (as in a snatch balance), would that be a Squat Jerk Balance, a Jerk-Grip Snatch Balance or just a BTN Squat Jerk?

Hey,

I am new to Power Cleans and are doing them primarily for athletic performance. I am just wondering if anything would be kind enough to point out any areas that need improvement and if there are any specific accessories that you think would help me clean my form up. It starts with my warm up and goes up until I miss 225.

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