Gregor Winter, Author at All Things Gym

Front Rack Position External Rotation & Elbow Position for Back Squats Mobility WOD

November 28, 2012 By Gregor Winter

Kelly Starrett takes another look at the Front Rack Position. First part is about keeping a stable, externally rotated rack position is really good. Second part is about pointing the elbows down when doing back squats. For example he says that it unloads the wrist and makes the back more stable. Here are both versions […]

Jirka Orsag is ready for the U23 Europeans – 192kg Snatch

November 27, 2012 By Gregor Winter

Jirka Orsag adds a couple of kilos to his lifts. Just in time for the upcoming U23 Europeans. 192kg Snatch, up 2kg from last time. 232kg Clean & Jerk, looks like an opener. He did 240kg pre London 2012. 325kg Squat, up 5kg from last time we saw him squat. Thanks to Christian for submitting.

Chad Vaughn on Power Cleans

November 27, 2012 By Gregor Winter

Chad Vaughn made 2 videos about Power Cleans. Heavy Power Cleans feet don’t go wider than shoulder width + 1 inch do not squat lower than quarter squat Power Cleans in Metcon Workouts lowering the weight correctly- RDL to above the knee, from there lower with your legs, remaining your back angle Pavla Kladivova shows you […]

Jordan Jovtchev Still Strong on Rings

November 27, 2012 By Gregor Winter

Jordan Jovtchev is amazing. The now 39 year old first competed on the Olympic stage in 1992 and has since then took part in every Olympics following that, winning medals in 2000 and 2004. If you thought that after the London 2012 games he would dial down and do more administrative work for the Bulgarians, […]

Dmitry Berestov 235kg Deficit Clean

November 27, 2012 By Gregor Winter

I thought most of you already had seen the 235kg Deficit Clean by Dmitry Berestov, but it was submitted a bunch of times over the last few days. I don’t know from when it is, but it looks like it is also from 2007. So be amazed and discuss in the comments.

Milko Tokola 240kg Squat Double

November 27, 2012 By Gregor Winter

Milko Tokola doubles up on 240kg squats and gets a new PR double. Update: Subscribe to his new channel here.

Mobility WODs Sorted by Muscle Groups

November 26, 2012 By Gregor Winter

YouTuber Bryce Lewis put together a public Evernote notebook containing links to Mobility WODs sorted by body part /muscle group. If you don’t know Evernote, it is a free, multi platform note taking app. Available for: Android: Evernote iOS: Evernote or SimpleEver Windows: Evernote OS X: Evernote Web: Evernote You can also use the ATG search to review the mobility wods I mentioned here. Simple seach […]

Danny Nemani New Zealand Record Breaker

November 26, 2012 By Gregor Winter

Danny Nemani had a good powerlifting meet and broke some national records. Squat: 290kg, 310kg, 320kg (he did 330 in July) Bench: 170kg, 180kg (=PB), 185kg (5kg PB) Deadlift: 270kg, 285kg (unofficial NZ Raw Record), 295kg x = 790kg Total (7.5kg PB and 2 x unofficial NZ Raw Records)

Squats in Space

November 26, 2012 By Gregor Winter

Meanwhile in space … If you didn’t know, yes, even the ISS has a squat rack. To minimize muscle loss and decrease in bone density due to micro gravity the astronauts on board of the International Space Station have to do various exercises. In the video below you see Astronaut Sunita Williams touring the space […]