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75kg Women B Group 2012 London Olympics Weightlifting

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The Women’s 75kg B Group (A Group here) of the London 2012 Olympics is over. BBC Recordings: will be here (I use a VPN to watch the BBC Streams) Join the Live Chat at allthingsgym.com/chat/ Snatch: Madias Dodo Nzesso Ngake from Cameroon snatched 115kg. And she also won the Clean & Jerk with 131kg. Results: Rank Athlete Snatch C&J Total (Kg) Res. (Kg) […]

Artem Ivanov Out with Knee Injury; Akkaev in Hospital?

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Bad news for all Artem Ivanov fans. He is out. Unfortunately, Artem Ivanov, the leader of the Ukrainian weightlifting team, will not participate in the Olympic Games due to a serious knee injury. via This completely messes up my predictions. Well, way to go Ilya! In other “News”: Update: Reports are out saying that Akkaev underwent spinal surgery. […]

85kg Men B Group 2012 London Olympics Weightlifting

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The Men’s 85kg B Group (A Group here) of the London 2012 Olympics is over. BBC Recordings: here (I use a VPN to watch the BBC Streams) Join the Live Chat  for the other sessions at allthingsgym.com/chat/ Snatch: Mikalai Novikau takes first on the Snatch with 167kg Kendrick Farris with 155kg on his second attempt. Clean & Jerk: Georgia’s Rauli Tsirekidze wins the Clean […]

London 2012 Men’s 77kg Reader Photos

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Reader Boris had the change to attend the Men’s 77kg live. He sent in some photos of his experience. What comes out really well is just how huge the arena is. No wonder some lifters struggle with stage fright. Here is another photo gallery with awesome shots. Do you attend one of the upcoming sessions? […]

Lu Xiaojun 175kg Snatch World Record Video

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Thanks to the heroic effort of reader Edwin we get to see a video of Lu Xiaojun’s 175kg Snatch World Record. Also available as slow-mo-ish gif (15mb warning). Update: Here is his Lu’s 176kg Snatch World Record from the 2013 Worlds. 204kg Clean & Jerk + Celebration video, Also available as gif. 204kg Clean & Jerk + Celebration […]

Dr. Lonnie Lowery talks Protein

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Iron Radio’s Dr. Lonnie Lowery was guest on the Stealth Body Podcast. They talk about what modern research says about protein consumption. Download Audio: link to mp3 (right click + ‘save as’) Mentioned paper: Dietary protein safety and resistance exercise: what do we really know?

77kg Men 2012 London Olympics Weightlifting

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The Men’s 77kg (B Group here) of the London 2012 Olympics is over. BBC Recordings: here (I use a VPN to watch the BBC Streams) Update: Official Recordings on YouTube Join the Live Chat for the other sessions if you can solve the captcha… Permanent Chat at allthingsgym.com/chat/ This session had it all. It was epic, sad and infuriating at the same time. […]

69kg Women 2012 London Olympics Weightlifting

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The Women’s 69kg (B Group here)of the London 2012 Olympics is over. BBC Recordings: will be here (I use a VPN to watch the BBC Streams) Update: Official Recordings on YouTube Join the Live Chat if you can solve the captcha… Permanent Chat at allthingsgym.com/chat/ Great lifting by the women. 3rd Gold Medal for North Korea. Jong Sim Rim won the Snatch by […]