Personally I think olympic lifting is one of the best weightlifting exercises around. They not only give you a cardio workout as they involve so many different muscles, but they provide incredible strength advances, and it allows you to develop explosive power.
What annoys me, is that why do so many gyms not have the facility's to perform these exercises correctly. I walked into a very popular commercial gym, which had an Olympic lifting platform. The only problem was, that they didn't have any Olympic rubber plates!, now this mentality I do not get, why have an olympic lifting platform, without the correct weights ?
Another thing that doesnt annoy me as such, but I do not understand why these personal trainers that go around these very commercial gyms, do not have the knowledge to perform these excercises. If they learnt the proper technique, then they would be able to provide their customers with workouts that are challenging, as well as very rewarding.
Heres a nice little tutorial that will help you learn how to clean and jerk.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jpXqVba1mFo
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