Just comes with time. I have really good raw strength. What holds me back the most is my shoulder flexibility. I hate overhead stuff though. Snatches/OH Squats are a nightmare above 135. Just smokes me

As you can imagine at my size I am not an endurance guy though but been trying to work on it. I look athletic right now but if I got in great shape, around 200-205 and ran more, I would be a force in the open. Just hard to quit drinking and eating pizza as a college student.

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Posted by JermStone

Beaumont, Tx

Member since Jun 2008

5741 posts

Posted on 3/2/14 at 8:27 pm to GenesChin

Well you are still young so jeep at it. I am 5'9 200lbs but im 37 years old. Its very hard to maintain anything at this fricking age

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Posted by alaciamarsh

Jennings, LA/Elton, LA

Member since Jul 2007

2039 posts

Posted on 3/2/14 at 8:30 pm to GenesChin

Thanks for the add in the OP, my 72 looks pitiful compared to the rest of y'all's hahaha. My DU's hurt me. I could snatch 55lbs all day long. Hoping for some box jumps and deadlifts in the future open WODS. Still need the bands for my pull ups, I can do two strict pull-ups then I'm needing a band, still learning the kip

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Posted by CM Tiger83

Lafayette, LA

Member since Sep 2011

738 posts

Posted on 3/2/14 at 8:32 pm to GenesChin

In the opposite, I only weigh 165 so the gymnastic movements are easy for me but the strength stuff kills me. The open weights are usually so light that I do well most of the time.

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Posted by FootballNostradamus

Member since Nov 2009

20509 posts

Posted on 3/2/14 at 11:39 pm to GenesChin

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Just comes with time. I have really good raw strength. What holds me back the most is my shoulder flexibility. I hate overhead stuff though.

We're pretty much the exact opposite. I'm 6'0 180 with all-time flexibility and technique, but my raw strength is a joke. I've tried everything in the world outside of roids to increase it significantly, but at 26 I'm realizing this shite just aint happenin.

I have respectable numbers in snatch and jerk, but only because I have perfect form and decent explosion. When it comes to raw power, however, I'm significantly lacking and it sucks. You can only push through a workout so much when you can't finish the lift!

I do have game good stamina, though, yea you heard it ladies