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Best of Olympic Weightlifting

2012 Russia Cup

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Results: (Videos Below) 77 kg: 335 (145+190) – Mikhail GOBEEV (84, Sankt Petersburg; 76,80) – 420,7 pkt. 318 (142+176) – Aleksey OSIPOV (94, Bryansk; 76,60) – 400,0 pkt. 311 (135+176) – Ilya POPOV (87, Samara; 76,60) 311 (136+175) – Aleksey YEMELYANENKO (94, Moskva; 76,70) 310 (145+165) – Ruslan SINYAKOV (90, Belgorod; 76,15) 305 (135+170) – […]

Transitioning from Powerlifting to Strongman

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Chad Wesley Smith talks about how he transitioned from Powerlifting to Strongman. Topics: building strength endurance importance of the Squat special strength for events doing exercises at varying intensities Yoke Walk while dragging a sled, Chain Yolk to challenge core stability

Things I Think I Know – Barbell Rows

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Next in the Things I Think I Know guest post series Emevas talks about rows. I know many people like Bent-Over Barbell Rows. Emevas doesn’t and here are his reasons and alternatives. PS: What’s your favorite rowing variation? Bent-Over Barbell Rows Just Plain Suck “Arnold did barbell rows in Pumping Iron, and they were big in […]

Juha Virtanen Deadlifts

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Here are some heavy deadlifts by Finnish lifter Juha Virtanen. The clips are from 2010, but I hope he kept pulling massive weights in the meantime. 380kg Here he works up to 360kg for 2 reps. 340kg x4 300kg x8 in what looks like the same cave we saw Miika training in.

2012 American Weightlifting Open Live Stream

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Here is a Live Stream for the 2012 American Weightlifting Open (Nov 30- Dec 2). See IWF, it’s not that hard. Schedule (PDF) – Times are PST. Chat: Join the Chat and watch with others Update: Glenn Pendlay & Jon North recorded a Weightlifting Talk episode there. Link to mp3 (right click + ‘save as’) Results: PDF, Percentages of […]

2012 Junior & U23 European Live Stream?

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Update: See links below for recordings and live scoreboards. If you are a spectator at any of the events, please set up a ustream or put as many clips as you can on youtube and let me know about it. Useful Links for the Competition (PDFs): Schedule Update: Live Scoreboards with recordings (click on each lift) Men’s Junior […]

Quick Turkey Leg Recipe

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Give chicken breasts a rest, here is another quick episode of Antoine Vaillant’s “Super Awesome Kitchen Stuff“. Today he makes a turkey leg. preheat oven to 190°C season your big ass turkey leg with Cajun spice and a spicy seasoning salt when done melt some butter in microwave and mix it with pepper sauce Funny how much more enjoyable cooking […]