Talk:Weightlifting

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[edit] Chalk

Is the chalk used for the grip magnesia or magnesium carbonate or calcium carbonate? I had always bars of little weight which looked more like magnesium oxide (magnesia usta) than anything else. Stone 15:44, 27 February 2006 (UTC)

>The chalk I have used at my gym has always been magnesium carbonate.

[edit] Spam

I removed the spam heading by the link at the bottom because the International Weightlifting Federation (IWF) is the governing body internationally for the rules and procedures of the sport of weightlifting. They are not out to sell products, though they do display links to the manufactures of weightlifting equipment approved for competition.

[edit] "Olympic style"?

Is it really proper to add "Olympic style" at the beginning? What other weightlifting is there? Lifting weights in a gym is weight training, not weightlifting. Weightlifting is not just an olympic sport either. Jack Daw (talk) 00:32, 23 February 2008 (UTC)

Weightlifting as a term refers to the sport, not gym go-ers, just as how hockey refers to the sport and not the puck that it is played with. If there are variations, such as street hockey (powerlifting), they could be mentioned, but it is not the official sport. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 24.73.134.158 (talk) 22:35, 1 April 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Image of "A weightlifter about to jerk 180 kg[1]"

Regarding the image in hte main article: If you look carefully the guy has 4X25kg + 15kg + 10kg on each side, this, plus the bar does not equal 180kg. Sadly the link is dead so I can't check it out further. Comments? —Preceding unsigned comment added by 132.77.4.129 (talk) 16:17, 4 April 2008 (UTC)

If you look closely you will see:

1 No. Bar = 20kg 4 No. Red Discs (25Kg) = 100Kg 2 No. Yellow Discs (15kg) = 30Kg 2 No. Green Discs (10kg) = 20Kg 2 No. White Discs (5kg) = 10Kg

Total = 180kg —Preceding unsigned comment added by MiraculousMilo (talk • contribs) 09:04, 2 May 2008 (UTC)