Or, you could go the route I did, and start with a coach, and still injure yourself. Just because you know how to do something correctly doesn't mean you alway

Or, you could go the route I did, and start with a coach, and still injure yourself. Just because you know how to do something correctly doesn't mean you always will. I personally believe the combination of speed and weight makes olympic lifts inherently dangerous. Most sports have a lot of survivorship bias. It looks like people can do them forever because a lot of other people have dropped out.