Gregor Winter, Author at All Things Gym

Danny Nemani 320kg Squat

July 10, 2012 By Gregor Winter

Danny Nemani hits a 10kg PR on his squat. 320kg

Matthias Steiner & Almir Velagic 333.3kg Tandem Clean & Jerk

July 9, 2012 By Gregor Winter

Here is an older (pre Worlds 2011) profile on Almir Velagic. In the clip you will see the 333.3kg Tandem Clean and Jerk World Record he and Matthias Steiner set. About the attempt he says that it was not a sure thing. They went up to 315kg in training and never went further. Thanks to […]

Hysen Pulaku 160kg Snatch Opener for London 2012

July 9, 2012 By Gregor Winter

Hysen Pulaku is planning his openers for London 2012. Remember, he missed his opener snatch (151kg) twice at the Europeans. But right now 160kg is the plan. And it looks super solid. Follow it up with 164, 166kg? So on Tuesday (June 10th) he will first go to Albania for one week and then head […]

Clarence Kennedy Leinster Open Championships

July 9, 2012 By Gregor Winter

Clarence Kennedy competed in an Irish meet. The infamous Leinster Open. And he took some pretty gutsy attempts (regarding his training maxes). Good to see he can lift in front of crowds. Only problem is following himself in the C&J and thus not getting enough rest in between attempts. </strongpeopleproblems> Snatch: 145,150,152kg Clean & Jerk: […]

Kendrick Farris 211kg Clean and Jerk

July 9, 2012 By Gregor Winter

Kendrick Farris is on track with a 211kg Clean and Jerk. Update: Ok, the video is a bit older. I was not sure… if I had seen it before. I think it was on YouTube a while ago, but was taken down and now reappeared. Still a nice lift to start the week with. Thanks to […]

Pulling John Arm Wrestling Documentary

July 8, 2012 By Gregor Winter

Stumbled across this interesting documentary on YouTube. Pulling John. An Arm Wrestling Documentary. Now I didn’t know anything about arm wrestling before, but still found it pretty thrilling. It follows two contenders to the championship title, Travis Bagent and Alexey Voyevoda, on their way to beat arm wrestling legend John Brzenk. It has some pretty crazy […]

Olympic Predictions + Polls

July 8, 2012 By Gregor Winter

Time to post your predictions! Only your top pick for each weight class. Here are mine: +105kg: Behdad Salimi, even though Algebov looked fantastic. Iranians will get him to peak form. 105kg: Khadzhimurat Akkaev, sorry Dmitry 94kg: Artem Ivanov, because there is no way somebody with hair like this can win the Olympics twice 85kg: Kianoush Rostami, […]

Bros vs Pros #11

July 8, 2012 By Gregor Winter

Some clips from the recent Bros vs. Pros contest. Rebecca Klopp with 71 reps of bodyweight deadlifts. Ouch! Derek Poundstone pulled 385kg (850lbs). This was after pulling 34 reps of 405 lbs contest. So excuse the hitching.

Mikhail Koklyaev Battle of Champions 2012 Deadlifts

July 7, 2012 By Gregor Winter

Here are Mikhail Koklyaev’s deadlift attempts from the 2012 Battle of Champions. After 390kg (double overhand hook grip!) and 405kg he just couldn’t get 416kg past his knees. Thanks to Phil for submitting this.