The Sport

there are two events in weightlifting

the snatch is about moving the weight from the floor to overhead in one motion

the clean-and-jerk brings the bar to the shoulders (the clean), and then you’ve got to jerk it overhead, it’s a two-part movement

it is hard to describe what these movements are like, but they are pretty sweet

doing these movements and the assistance movements that help you get better at them give you big traps and legs, which i totally dig

here’s the joke folks:

people ask me what i’m up to, what’d i do today

i say, “nothing,” because lifting in a gym does not count as doing something to most people

they say, “oh” and think i’m a boring fuck with no life

they are perhaps partially right

but the thing is, i’m not the one bored with life, i’m the one keeping the dream alive

fuck the rest of it