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Tom Martin 200kg Front Squat

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Tom Martin has been working hard on his front squats mobility and Power Cleans over the past weeks. Now he hit a 200kg Front Squat PR. Here are some of his recent Power Cleans. Works up to 157.5kg

Maxim Matveev 270kg Front Squat

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Here is previously mentioned Maxim Matveev busting out a 270kg Front Squat. I posted about his 180kg Snatch, 250kg Jerk and 240kg RDL before, but these videos were apparently taken down. Thankfully another channel reuploaded one of the clips. So here again is his 250kg Jerk. Thanks to Dan for submittting.

Igor Lukanin Weightlifting YouTube Channel

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Check out Igor Lukanin’s YouTube channel – ilukanin. His channel deserves more subscribers (4 at the moment). Is this the brother of previously mentioned Vladislav Lukanin? Update: Igor let me know, that Vlad is his cousin. He first stepped a foot in the gym at the age of 6. His father (Vladislav Lukanin) and his uncle are masters of […]

Vasiliy Polovnikov & Nikita Durnev Training in Boston

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Reader Chris let me know about several Russian lifters who have come over to the US and are now living in the Boston area. Their names are Nikita Durnev and Vasiliy Polovnikov. They are training and coaching at the Boston Weightlifting Club (Like’em on Facebook). Nikita came up through the youth system in Russia, was awarded […]

Make Olympic Weightlifting More Competitive

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Weightlifting Clubs & CrossFit Gyms across the world listen up! Over at UK Olympic Weightlifting Giles Greenwood (@GreenwoodWL, 2002  Manchester Commonwealth Games Gold Medalist) wrote a post about how to make weightlifting more competitive. Right now lifters that have not reached the level to qualify for nationals have only their regional championships to look forward to. So the plan is […]