If you’re as stiff as the “Tin-Man” you may write off Olympic Weightlifting, since one of the main attributes to compete is mobility/flexibility. But I have good news for ya, you STILL can learn the lifts. Albeit modified but never the less you’re still developing bar awareness and progressing to becoming a lifter.
Pulling Trouble Shoot
Let’s take for example a person who has trouble pulling from the floor, the lifter rounds/hunches over and can not get in a correct pulling position. Typically if you place higher blocks, somewhere around above the knee or right below the knee, they’ll have enough mobility to maintain positioning at the angle.
Obviously during this time they should be working on flexibility/mobility drills to help them get into the correct pulling position too. But at least they are still moving forward and gaining valuable experience.
Squat Trouble Shoot
If they can’t not maintain a good position in the squat, you can skip the squats and work on the powers and pulls. Just like how I mentioned above, you still should be working on the requisite mobility during this time too.
Wrap Up
These are two quick, simple, and effective methods to allow you to continuously move forward as a Weightlifter, even if you do not have the mobility to do so. Consistency is the name of the game, stay consistent and you’ll obtain your goals!
Stay strong,
Team Fusion