Author Topic: Video - me clean and jerking 170 in 2004 (Read 1230 times)

Jim Storch · « **on:** Nov 17, 2005, 04:25 AM »

This is my lifetime best, so far.

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Chris Ⓐ LeRoux · « **Reply #1 on:** Nov 17, 2005, 09:39 AM »

Awesome Jim! How old were you when you started? Thanks for sharing!

Jim Storch · « **Reply #2 on:** Nov 17, 2005, 10:49 AM »

I first began cluelessly lifting weights when I was 14. I say cluelessly because in the beginning I didn't even know what a squat was let alone a snatch. I was 18 the first time I competed and by then I had taught myself how to squat snatch and squat clean (I had to squat snatch, I didn't know what a power snatch was LOL!). In that first meet I weighed 161 lbs and went 5 for 6 lifting 80 and 115. The 115 was a 10 kilo PR and was 7.5 kilos more than I'd been able to front squat in training. The funniest part of my first meet was that I set each made attempt back down without dropping it, because where I trained I had to set all of my lifts down. I still remember how hard it was to set that 115 down.

Terry Aasland · « **Reply #3 on:** Nov 22, 2005, 08:30 AM »

Jim,
What a great story!
Cheers,
Terry

Jim Storch · « **Reply #4 on:** Nov 22, 2005, 01:40 PM »

Thanks.