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2012 Log Lift Championships

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Here is a recording of the 2012 Log Lift World Championships. The Event took place in Vilnius, Lithuania on Sunday Oct. 7, 2012 during the same weekend as the first annual SCL Savickas Classic. Zydrunas Savickas won with 210kg. He went for a World Record at 221kg, but missed his attempt. By the way, look […]

Pavla Kladivova Barbell Complex

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Pavla Kladivova, from the High Rep Olympic Lifts CrossFit Workout ‘DT’, has her own youtube channel. Here she performs a barbell complex with 65kg (bodyweight). 3 reps each: Muscle Clean Push Press Overhead Squat Good Morning Thanks to Phil for brining it to my attention.

Avoiding Uneven Pulls

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Sean Waxman has a quick coaching tip on how to avoid the dreaded Stripper Pull. Problem: Shoulders and hips rising unequally during pull Fix: have a partner pushing down on your shoulders and lower back push against his hands partner should give feedback when equal pressure is reached

Clint Darden on Rehabbing Back Pain

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Clint Darden shares some of his methods to relief back pain. muscle cream car polisher spinal decompression with band, check these rubber band stretching drills lean into a wall against lacrosse ball light Good Mornings homemade Reverse Hyper using a plank in a rack (band resisted) direct ab work, reverse band sit ups

Everett Wade 261kg Squat at 82kg

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Awesome lifting video maker and ATG reader Everett Wade recently squatted 261kg (575lbs) at 82kg bodyweight. Happened at the APA Big Iron Classic. He prefaced it by saying: Your readers might mock me for my use of monolift and knee wraps. Hell no! I am mocking nobody that has a badass raw squat! In fact, […]

531 Powerlifting Overwarm Singles Spreadsheet

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Redditor OVERLY_CYNICAL made a 531 spreadsheet variation that incorporates ‘Overwarm Singles’ (a.k.a. PAP – Post Activation Potentiation). Basically throwing in a heavier single after your warm up reps and before your work set. Get the 5/3/1 for Powerlifting paperback / ebook to understand the program. Features: the cycle goes 3/5/1 so it’s heavy-light-heavy-light You type your AMRAP score in the red box […]