After I posted the Chingiz Mogushkov Leaning on Things Video he started to appear in more and more photographs around the world. Who knew that Chingiz was a time traveller? #ChingizLeansOnThings was born. I shared the first one on Facebook to get the ball rolling and especially reader/photoshop ninja Paul created some hilarious ones. If you want […]
Rasoul Taghian 212kg Clean & Jerk
Here is a little sneak peak of what’s to come in the 77kg session at the 2013 Worlds on Thursday. Rasoul Taghian with a 212kg Clean & Jerk. This was from 2 weeks ago (I asked him). He is 80kg in the video. Meanwhile Lu Xiaojun was seen doing easy 200kg Clean & Jerks in […]
Weightlifting News: Stricter Sanctions for Countries Caught Doping
This one is from commenter J. Amdal who posted this on the 2013 Worlds Page. According to the website of the Swedish Weightlifting Federation the IWF warned about severe sanctions to nations that have multiple doping cases withing 12 months. At the meeting in Wroclaw the IWF informed that 1856 doping controls has been made […]
Planche Progressions with David Durante
David Durante has another gymnastics training video. This time he talks about Planche Progressions. What it is not: a step by step guide to achieve the Planche What it is: an outlook of what is required for high level gymnastics elements In the 25 minute video he talks about Progressions to prepare your wrist flexibility, […]
Om Yun Chol 169kg Clean & Jerk World Record
I’ve been looking for this for a while now… Thanks to Nat from HookGrip we get to see the video of Om Yun Chol’s Clean & Jerk World Record (beating Halil Mutlu’s 168kg from 2001). 169kg at 56kg bodyweight! Triple (+) Bodyweight at age 21! Happened last month at the 2013 Asian Interclub Senior Weightlifting Championships Pyongyang, North Korea. And […]
Lu Xiaojun 260kg Paused Squat in 2013 Worlds Training Hall
Meanwhile in Poland … Lu Xiaojun Pause Squats 260kg in the 2013 Worlds Training Hall. Update: See Lu’s 176kg Snatch World Record here. Video comes again from David Boffa, who also wrote about it here.
Ilya Ilyin 9 Months Rest after Olympics
(Originally posted October 6th,2012. See updates) In an interview from right after the Olympics (10. August 2012) Ilya Ilyin’s coach said: He needs to rest for at least 9 months, during which he will only do light training like running, but no “boom” – said the coach Elijah Erzhas. Thanks to Eoin for submitting. Update: He won’t participate […]
Chingiz Mogushkov Leaning on Things
Here is a tribute to one of my favorite lifters on the Russian team – Chingiz Mogushkov. Hope he recovers quickly from his little hip injury and we’ll see him in top form at the President’s Cup in November (21-23.11). Update: Check out Chingiz Leans on (even more) Things. Update #2: The “Chingiz Leans” Shirt arrived. […]
Zydrunas Savickas 222.5kg Log Lift World Record
Meanwhile in Lithuania … Earlier this year he set the mark to 221kg. Today at the 2013 Log Lift Championships Zydrunas Savickas managed to best his old record by 1.5kg. Wobbly, but it was a good lift according to the judges. The new World Record is 222.5kg.
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