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Patrick Mendes at the 2011 USA Nationals

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Check out Patrick Mendes’ winning the 105+ Snatch and Clean and Jerk session at the 2011 USA Weightlifting National Championships. Patrick Mendes’ winning 177kg Snatch. Patrick Mendes’ winning 212kg Clean and Jerk. Giving him a total of 389kg, 21kg more than second placed Shane Maier. Also noteworthy is 17 year old Darren Barnes (56kg class) […]

Kendrick Farris at the 2011 USA Nationals

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Here are Kendrick Farris’ (Shreveport, La. / Louisiana State University Shreveport) winning lifts in the 85kg session at the 2011 USA Weightlifting National Championships. Kendrick Farris’ winning 157kg Snatch Kendrick Farris’ winning 199kg Clean and Jerk. Giving him a total of 356kg, 26kg more than second placed Zach Krych (Colorado Springs, Colo. / Team Minnesota) Also […]

Chad Vaughn at the 2011 USA Nationals

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Watch Chad Vaughn (Florence, Texas / Spoon Barbell Club) winning the Men’s 77 kg category at the 2011 USA Weightlifting National Championships Here is his Chad going 3 for 3 in the Snatch ending with 150kg! And here is Chad Vaughn’s winning 185kg Clean and Jerk from the Men’s 77 session, giving him a total […]

Weighted Push-Up CrossFit WOD

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The CrossFit main site WOD today (110720) calls for weighted push ups. Weighted push-up 1-1-1-1-1-1-1 reps And their pro athletes already put up some impressive numbers. Pat Barber 190lbs, Lucas Zepeda 160lbs, Kevin Montoya 100lbs, Laurie Galassi 90lbs, Danielle Edmundson 75lbs. Here is a demo video of the WOD from CrossFit Santa Cruz [wmv] [mov]