Somehow must have missed this clip from the 2011 WWC training hall. Ruben Aleksanyan with a 260kg front squat.
Lu Xiaojun 110kg Muscle Snatch Video
You may remember this post about Lu Xiaojun muscle snatching 110kg in the 2011 WWC training hall. Here’s a video of it:
Barbell Side Bends with Lu Xiaojun
Here is a video of Lu Xiaojun doing some Barbell Side Bends in the 2011 World Weightlifting Championships training hall. Depending on how heavy you go these can be a great core strength exercise as well as a nice warm-up / mobility drill. Other name suggestions so far: Oblique Curls a.k.a. Hungarian ankle-Quixote a.k.a. The Stir-Fry 🙂 Check out more Lu […]
Lu Xiaojun 230kg Front Squat Double at 2011 Worlds Training Hall
Lu Xiaojun in the 2011 Weightlifting Worlds Training Hall. (Here’s another.) Chinese lifter, LU Xiaojun (-77), 2 days before his event. I was surprised by the heavy load that was on the bar 2 bays before competition and I thought he will do one or two back squats. I was amazed when I saw him […]
2011 WWC +105 kg Group C
Here is some footage of the 2011 World Weightlifting Championships +105 kg class Group C. Probably interesting for all you US readers is Patrick Mendes (7:30) with a 172 kg snatch, later missing 177 kg and 205 kg C&J. Lifters in that Group VORNIK DzmitryMORALES NAVAS Yoel JoseKRUZEL OndrejPOKUSA MichalKAPLIN DmitriyCAMPOS MURILLO Carlos ManuelREIS FernandoPROCHOROW AlexejOHMAN RagnarMENDES PatrickKELLY […]
2011 WWC 105 kg and +105kg Side View
Here are videos of the 2011 WWC 105 kg and +105 kg sessions filmed from the side. Enjoy Dmitry Klokov, Khadzhimurat Akkaev, and Behdad Salimi battling it out again. 105 kg +105 kg
Behdad Salimi 320kg Squat at the 2011 Worlds
Update: Here he is 1 year later in the London Olympic training hall. Update: A fellow redditor in r/weightroom found a second video of the same squat. According to which it was only 320kg (see 2nd video below). Nonetheless he made it look way too easy. Here is a video of a big 360kg (800 lbs) 320kg (705 lbs) squat […]
2011 Worlds Weightlifting Training Hall Video
Via David Boffa comes another training hall clip from the 2011 WWC. Click here for the first one. includes russia’s Apti Aukadov (85), Poland’s Adrian Zielinski (85), and Albania’s Erkand Qerimaj (77). Update: Danny Nemani training footage
Klokov vs Akkaev 2011 Paris Worlds Highlights
In my opinion the Men’s 105 kg is the most impressive weight class. With his 430 kg total Akkaev would have ranked 5th in the +105 kg super heavy weights. Not too bad for a guy that weighs over 30 kg less than the guy who totaled 430 kg in the +105kg. That’s why here is another […]