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Marina Kaneva 170kg Squat at 66kg

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Meanwhile in Russia … Here is an ATG first timer. Meet 21 year old Marina Kaneva (@mari7972 on instagram). She won the 2013 European Junior Championships 69kg (93+120 at 64.15kg). Currently she weighs in at 66kg. Her current PRs are: 100kg Snatch 128kg Clean & Jerk 170kg Squat She also does weighted Dips @25kg for sets […]

Zoe Pablo Smith 160kg Squat

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Meanwhile in Britain … 20 year old Zoe Pablo Smith (58-63?) gets a 160kg Squat PR! Update: Zoe is 2014 Commonwealth Games Champion. Update 17.02.2015: 145×4 Squat PB! 145kg x 4 ☺️ did 140×4 before this. Had no idea that I was in this kind of shape! Great first day of camp in #Barcelona. #squat #weightlifting […]

Miika Antti-Roiko 250kg Front Squat

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Meanwhile in Finland … After his 282.5kg Squat 2 weeks ago it was time for Miika Antti-Roikoto get a Front Squat PR. 250kg at 99kg bodyweight. More Miika / Front Squats: Miika’s 240kg Paused Front Squat Miika’s 220kg Front Squat with a super long pause Dmitry Klokov’s 250kg Paused Front Squat (which I made into a wallpaper and poster) Update: […]

Rudolf Plukfelder Documentary (David Rigert’s & Vasily Alekseyev’s Coach) with English Subtitles

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Documentary time! Here is the remarkable life story of Rudolf Plukfelder. Below the video you can find the Transcript, which was made by ATG reader Sergiy Turchyn. Thank you very much for putting in the work Sergiy! Quick Facts about him: Plukfelder’s original name was “Pflugfelder” (lit. translation “plough fields”) After Hitler attacked the Soviet Union […]