Check out Donny Shankle’s post on Weightlifter’s Shrugs. Not for traps, but to facilitate the wrists turning over faster at the “ receive” command of a snatch and clean by utilizing the rotation of the bar. By forcing the wrists into flexion at the “finish” they will turn over faster into extension during the catch.
2012 Asian Weightlifting Championships
Finally some videos of the 2012 Asian Weightlifting Championships surfaced. +105 with Behdad Salimi going 206kg / 245kg. 105kg 62kg Thanks to Michael for submitting this.
Battle of Champions 2012
The 2012 Battle of Champions in Arkhangelsk is coming up this weekend (June 30th). This just happened. Thanks to screenshot ninja Adrian for posting this. Official YoutTube Channel: BattleofChampionsRus Results: here Kirill Sarychev 315kg Bench Press List of Participants: Flyer Mikhail Koklyaev Rufat Agaev Alexey Bakhirev Anton Solodov Vladimir Kalinichenko Oleg Kushnaryov Konstantin Konstantinovs Julia Zaugolova Kirill Sarychev […]
Richard Hawthorne Reddit AMA
Get your questions ready! Richard Hawthorne will be doing an AMA in Reddit’s r/Weightroom. When: Sunday, July 1st. Where: here is the thread
Biceps Involvement in Overhead Pressing
Paul Carter wrote a post on overhead pressing. One of the points he made was getting the biceps involved in the movement. Because Paul can probably overhead press me for 50+ reps or so I thought this tip was worth sharing. More muscle recruitment = more stabilization of the movement. To clarify his point he […]
Dan Dumitrache 290kg Squat
Meanwhile in Finland … Like we didn’t see enough big squats today here is Dan Dumitrache with a 290kg squat at 82.5kg. (From the GPA European championships 2012)
Lat Flys for Shoulder Girdle Mobility
Over at Gymnastic Bodies Christopher Sommer posted an interesting looking mobility exercise. Lat Flys … and like most gymnastics exercises these look deceptively easy. combines rotator cuff, scapular protraction and scapular retraction all within a single exercise. Recommended dose: 2 to 3 sets of 15-30 reps twice per week.
Behdad Salimi 350kg Squat Sohrab Moradi 310kg Squat
If you are wondering what is going on in Iranian training halls these days, wonder no more. Behdad Salimi squatting what looks like 350kg (hard to tell, but the last red plate is barely fitting on the bar, could be 370 with 7 plates each side+ bar, post your guesses in the comments) and 85kg lifter Sohrab […]
Better Homemade Weightlifting Straps
Ben Claridad shows you how he makes lifting straps. Material: rock climbing webbing, ~1.5 ft / strap ($.36 / ft.) These will never rip apart. They are good for at least 18kN of force. Athletic tape the ends and you’re good to go. I would rather work security for a Limp Bizkit reunion tour (all 48 […]
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