World Record Wednesdays with Leonid Taranenko 266kg Clean and Jerk – this is the largest amount ever lifted in competition
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 […]
Andrei Chemerkin’s 260kg World Record C&J
It’s World Record Wednesdays. This time it’s Andrei Chemerkin’s 260kg Clean and Jerk in Atlanta 1996Again in slow motion
Pyrros Dimas Atlanta 1996 213kg Clean and Jerk
Check out Pyrros Dimas‘ 213kg gold medal Clean and Jerk at the 1996 Atlanta Olympics. That was a world record that lasted for just a couple of minutes due to Marc Huster’s 213.5kg. That head bang! Here is Marc Huster’s 213.5kg
Vasily Alekseyev 255kg Clean and Jerk, 1976 in Montreal
An iconic clip of Vasily Alekseyev Clean and Jerking 255kg at the 1976 Olympics in Montreal
Halil Mutlu – IronMind Traing Hall
Here is a training hall video of Halil Mutlu (also in the video is Kakhi Kakhiashvili). Lots of snatches, power cleans and front squats. Halil Mutlu Snatch 130kg @ 54kg
Kakhi Kakhiashvili 235kg Clean and Jerk
Here’s a big lift from the fastest man under the bar: Kakhi Kakhiashvili 235kg Clean and Jerk
220kg Power Clean – Hossein Rezezadeh
This deserves an extra post. It’s also from the 2000 Sydney Olympics Training Hall Clips. Among other great lifts you will see Hossein Rezezadeh Power Clean 220kg (at 4:50).
Shi Zhiyong 153 kg Snatch World Record
This week in World Record Wednesdays: Chinese lifter Shi Zhiyong (62kg body weight class) 153 kg Snatch at the 2002 World Uni Championships, Izmir. Update 21.09.2014: Kim Un-Guk from North Korea broke the Record with 154kg and a 165kg C&J