I’ve been working on the Oly lifts for the better part of a year and being 6’2" with long femurs puts me at a fairly reasonable disadvantage for the lifts. Would adding extra p-chain work similar to that of the powerlifters improve my leverages for the oly lifts even though it is said to be a quad dominant sport? Or would I be better off employing my time with more of the traditional lifts as opposed to GHR’s, good mornings, RDL’s, etc…
Those lifts have good carryover to an oly lifter of any size IMO…I would definitely include them in your workouts
Hamstrings…
Damn those are some treetrunks. Whos leg is that?
[quote]ninearms wrote:
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my god, almost looks shoped haha.
Looks like 2009 worlds, im also curious to who that is…
Benjamin Hennequin, the guy with the biggest legs of all.
Technically you can’t improve your leverages, as your bone length and muscle attachments are set, you can only work to overcome them.
/physics geek.
Welcome to the site and good luck!
Mate, just get stronger and lift.
You have some tall lifters also, you just have to work with what you got. It’ll be harder for you to squat but you can get f0cking insanely good either way. Just commit yourself and be consistent over time 
How much do you weigh?
Koing
I weigh just over 90 kilo’s and I understand that the lifts are the priority I was just curious if anyone had some success shifting focus at times directly to the hamstrings and scaling back on the lifts a bit. Thanks for the responses and those legs are ridiculous and I’ve watched that guy lift a few times pretty insane.
Why would you need to focus on the hamstrings? Seems counter productive imo.
Work on your weaknesses.
You can Clean big ass weight, but can’t Jerk, work Jerk every session or at least the majority of your sessions
You get under big weights but cant’ squat up, squat first thing every session
Can’t get under big lifts? Lifts from the hang
I wouldn’t specifically work your hamstrings unless you feel it holding back your lifts in someway. Your hammy’s get worked in the 1st and 2nd pulls!
Koing
If you have been O-lifting for under a year you should probably focus on getting the technique down. actual muscular strength is something that will grow with your lifting. Unless there is a glaring weakness or muscular imbalance, your time is better spent practicing the classical lifts or variations of it.
Sound advice I’ll keep the assistance work to the minimum and focus on the lifts, pulls, and squats.
[quote]rell816 wrote:
Sound advice I’ll keep the assistance work to the minimum and focus on the lifts, pulls, and squats. [/quote]
Indeed. The best bang for the buck is working on your technique and getting more lifts done in a session. Once your lifts get past about the 500 reps figure you’ll be a lot better.
Koing