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Mikhail Koklyaev Kirill Sarychev “Power in Meat” Notes

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Mikhail Koklyaev and Kirill Sarychev recently gave an interview. It was titled “Power in Meat” 🙂 Thanks to Sergiy Turchyn we get a translation. More: Misha on Breaking Plateaus and Recovering from Inflamed Elbows. Translation Misha is trying to make Kirill do strongman. He believes Kirill can beat the world record in log lift (227kg) one season […]

Oleksiy Torokhtiy on Hyperextensions

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Back Extensions / Hyperextensions have been covered quite a bit here on ATG. A favorite among lifters who also  often mention in Interviews when it comes to lower back health and recovery. Below is a video of how Oleksiy Torokhtiy likes to perform them. More: Watch Dmitry Klokov’s Hyperextensions with 80kg here. Translation / Summary: from Sergiy. He never uses […]

Vasiliy Polovnikov 320kg x2 Squat *Update* 320 x3

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Meanwhile in Russia … Vasiliy Polovnikov bests his old Squat PR. Last year he did 320kg for his heaviest single on video. Today he uploaded 320kg x2! Read his Interview on ATG. Update 05.05.2015: Vasiliy squats 320kg x3! Сегодня неплохо поприседали , в этот раз 320кг покорились на 3 раза , потихоньку ростем , today […]

2015 World’s Strongest Man – Brian Shaw Wins

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This weekend it’s time for the 2015 World’s Strongest Man Finals in Malaysia. I’ll update this post with Highlights along the weekend. Useful Links: Results Spreadsheet (credit & thanks to Craig Pfisterer who always puts these together) StrongmanRus has a lot of the Qualifier Heats on Video. Finals Recordings Part 1: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=77V4CAvf62Y Part 2: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6e4o_xRN_J0 Part […]

Rinat Kireev 180kg Snatch + 226kg Clean & Jerk

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Meanwhile in Russia … Looks like every each federal district held a weightlifting competition last week. Here is Rinat Kireev (2014 Russian Championships Silver at 94kg) at what seems to be the “Volga Federal District” championship (Thanks Sergiy!). In the Snatch he missed 180, made 180kg on his second, and missed 185kg on his third attempt. He competed […]

Aleksey Lovchev 205kg Snatch (215kg Miss) 2015 Central Federal District Championships

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Meanwhile in Russia … This weekend (18-19.04) there have been the Central Federal District championship and some big names showed up. Like Aleksey Lovchev (read his interview on ATG) who made some pretty big jumps on his attempts. He competed at 141.70 kg bodyweight. 215kg Attempt Алексей Ловчев. Рывок 215кг Posted by Alexandr Mulev on […]