Gregor Winter, Author at All Things Gym

Edison Angulo 250kg Squat

March 6, 2014 By Gregor Winter

Meanwhile in Colombia … 31 year old Edison Angulo (77kg) squats 250kg. He won the 2013 Colombian nationals 77kg class with 147+192.

Vyacheslav Yarkin 130kg Snatch ? + Box Jump + 155kg C&J

March 3, 2014 By Gregor Winter

Meanwhile in Russia … Last time we saw this young gentleman it was with a 115kg Snatch (140kg C&J) at 63kg. Here is an update from then 15 year old Vyacheslav Yarkin (from November 2013, he is 16 now). 130kg Snatch (if those blue plates are 2.5kg, which I hear is not uncommon in some […]

Tatiana Kashirina 140kg Snatch

March 3, 2014 By Gregor Winter

Blast from the Past … Here is one from the London 2012 Olympics. Just days before the +75kg session, Tatiana Kashirina snatched an easy 140kg. 140kg was in the 90% range for her I guess. Later in the competition she opened with 144kg and later set the current World Record with 151kg. Also watch her 190kg Clean & […]

Vasiliy Polovnikov 310kg Squat

March 2, 2014 By Gregor Winter

Meanwhile in Russia … After his heavy paused Squats, Vasiliy Polovnikov is back with 310kg on the bar. More Vasiliy: 190kg Snatch Double 200kg Snatch + 230kg Clean & Jerk

2014 Arnold Strongman Classic Results & Videos

March 2, 2014 By Gregor Winter

Here are a couple of videos from the 2014 Arnold Strongman Classic. Zydrunas Savickas won his 7th Arnold Strongman title. Update: added all videos from Big Z’s events. Overall Results: Zydrunas Savickas Brian Shaw Michael Burke Vytautas Lalas Haftor Bjornsson Jerry Pritchett Mikhail Shivlykov Robert Oberst Dimitar Savatinov Krzystof Radzikowski Here is his 523kg (1155 lbs) […]

Angel Genchev 202.5kg Clean & Jerk at 67.5kg

February 27, 2014 By Gregor Winter

Blast from the Past … It’s like there is a natural law, à la “For every current world record there was a Bulgarian lifting more at lighter bodyweight”. After I posted the 200kg Clean & Jerk attempt at 69kg by Liao Hui, reader Jasha shared this gem. Angel Genchev (Guenchev) with a Triple Bodyweight Clean & Jerk. […]

Weighted Barbell Box Jumps

February 27, 2014 By Gregor Winter

Update 28.02.2014: Vladislav Rigert Jumps 90 kg x 60 cm x 5

American Weightlifting Strength Standards Table

February 26, 2014 By Gregor Winter

Over at Catalyst Athletics Greg Everett posted a PDF with Weightlifting Strength Standards. Now this is not the Soviet classification. Greg writes that this is a classification system based on actual American weightlifting performance and taking into account the particular circumstances of the sport in the US, including the fact that the vast majority of […]

Liao Hui 200kg Clean & Jerk Attempt

February 24, 2014 By Gregor Winter

Update 31.07.2014: He got a 200kg Clean & Jerk in a test event before the 2014 Asian Games. It took some time for it to surface, but here it is: Liao Hui’s 200kg Clean & Jerk attempt (at 69kg) from the 2013 Chinese Nationals. This was his comeback meet after his ban. He went: Snatch: 151, […]