Meanwhile in Russia …
Arthur Mugurdumov (105kg) gets a 260kg Front Squat and a 215kg C&J (not a PR, he did 220kg before).
Best of Olympic Weightlifting
Best of Olympic Weightlifting
Meanwhile in Russia …
Arthur Mugurdumov (105kg) gets a 260kg Front Squat and a 215kg C&J (not a PR, he did 220kg before).
260 FS.. only 215-220 cnj. Talk about inefficient. Plenty strong tho
Lü Xiaojun: 230×2 fs (before competition!). cnj 205 (pb). sooo “inefficient”.
Forgive me, I only recently started following the sport, but I thought he said didn’t attempt a heavier cnj because it would have made it harder to break the total record next time around?
That’s not inefficient.
Assuming his maxes are 220CJ and 260FS, that means his CJ is 85% of his FS… thats not inefficient at all. Don’t know how you came to that conclusion.
I think he is trying to imitate Klokov a bit here – or at least visually he reminds me of him
Agreed. There is some resemblance.
Not too inefficient if you see how he barely cracks the front squat below parallel, but on the clean and jerk he is practically sitting on the floor. The extreme knees forward while cutting depth (from an oly lifter’s perspective) reminds me more of Ilya Ilin’s f squat technique. It puts a ton of stress on the quads while keeping the upper body super upright. I’ve been doing the same in training and have been seeing great results.
He is barely cracking parallel in the front squat because it’s where it gets real tough to stand. Just below-Parallel would be the hardest part of the clean. On the bottom you can take a bounce that’s why it’s not really that useful to go all the way down as it’s not their main lift.
Almost every lifter FS that way. You’ll see differences because of the anthropometry. Not everyone’s squats look the same.