What is weight lifting?
Weightlifting is a heavy athletic sport in which a barbell is brought to the high distance by tearing or pushing. In addition to technology, speed, strength, coordination and mobility are crucial for success when it comes to weightlifting. Although Olympic weightlifting was previously classified as a marginal sport, today it has established itself as one of the most important feeder sports for almost all other sports.
The history
Weightlifting as a sport originated in the late 19th century. From 1880, clubs for heavy athletics in various cities emerged, whereupon the German Athletics Sports Association (DASV) was founded in 1891. World championships have been held since 1891. Weightlifting has been part of the Olympic Games since 1896, with interruptions. From 1928 to 1972 a three-way fight was carried out from two-armed pressing, tearing and pushing. Since 1973, weightlifting has only been a duel (tearing and thrusting). In 2000, women's weightlifting was included in the Olympic program for the first time; since 1987 there have been world championships for women.
The tearing
The barbell lies horizontally in front of the legs of the lifter. It is gripped with the palms of the hands down and brought from the ground to the high stretch in a single movement with outstretched and vertical arms, either with a lunge or bending both legs (squat). The dumbbell is to be guided upwards along the body in a continuous movement. During the experiment, no part of the body other than the feet may touch the floor. The lifted weight must be fixed in the final position with legs stretched, feet on the same line and arms stretched until the referee signals to remove the weight. The wrists should only be turned after the barbell is above the head height of the lifter. A lifter can remain at a standstill or crouch at its own discretion. The judge's sign to put down the barbell must be given as soon as the lifter's body is motionless.
The poking
Punching is officially referred to in the German regulations according to the English term clean and jerk as "implement and poke". It consists of two parts, putting the barbell on your shoulders and pushing the barbell out over your head, which is its main difference from tearing. Transfer: The barbell lies horizontally in front of the lifter's feet. It is gripped with the palms of the hands and brought from the floor to the shoulders in a single movement, either with the lunge or with the cropping technique. The barbell must not touch the chest before the final position; it should rest on the collarbones, chest, or fully bent arms. The lifter can remain in this position as it sees fit. However, when crouching, the elbows must never touch the thighs, otherwise the attempt is invalid. Ejecting: Bending and stretching the legs and arms to bring the dumbbell up to the stretch with fully stretched, vertically standing arms (non-stop upward movement), then taking up the basic position, legs and arms are stretched, wait until the referee's signal to remove the dumbbell , The signal must be issued as soon as the lifter is absolutely motionless. Before pushing out, the barbell must be at rest, "tipping" invalidates the attempt. In the same way, the expulsion must be carried out in a single movement up to the extended arms, "pressing down" also invalidates the attempt.
