From the 2014 Worlds Training Hall … Here is a 140kg Front Squat Double by Deng Mengrong (58kg, China). In the press conference the 24 year old mentioned that her best Front Squat is 150kg and that she only weighs 57kg in training. (Video also on Facebook and Instagram @atginsta) She won the 58kg category without […]
Yue Kang 170kg x5 Squat Almaty 2014 Worlds Training Hall
From the 2014 World Championships Training Hall… Yue Kang (75kg) Squats 170kg x5, one week before her competition day. She did 150 x5 before that. (Video also Facebook and Instagram @atginsta) The 2 times Junior World Champion and 2011 Worlds silver medalist was a bit unlucky as she entered the competition with an old hip injury […]
Yung Chang 145kg Squat
Meanwhile in China … Update: Excellent detective work from Phil! Correction: Both names are correct it seems. Zhang Rong or Yung Chang. She’s 21 years old In the 2013 Chinese National Games she didn’t complete one lift, bombed the Snatch, DNF (via) At the 2014 Chinese Nationals she went 86, 90x, 90x in the Snatch and 103x, 103, 108x […]
Liao Hui 166kg Snatch and 359kg Total World Record
Meanwhile in Kazakhstan … at the 2014 World Weightlifting Championships. China’s Liao Hui has done it again, beaten world records that is. He went for a World record in the Snatch with 166kg and a new total World Record with 359kg at his second Clean and Jerk, he skipped his last attempt. Check out his 165kg […]
Lu Xiaojun Bottom Up Overhead Squats *Update* 220kg
Meanwhile in China … Lu Xiaojun does Bottom-up Overhead Squats (Dead Overhead Squats) with 180kg. Here, Lu Xiaojun is using this movement during a mid-week session to train his support strength and practice his balance in the catch position. Notice how he finds his balance point before standing. (via Ma Strength) Update 21.01.2015: Liao Hui does it with […]
Liao Hui 200kg Clean & Jerk at Chinese Test Event *Update* 165kg Snatch
Meanwhile in China … The Chinese Weightlifting team ran a test event in their training center. See the women’s session here. And Liao Hui (69kg) did pretty good. How Good? He got the 200kg Clean & Jerk and a 365kg Total, ergo also a 165kg Snatch. Update 30.10.2014: Finally, here is the 165kg Snatch Video Just […]
Zhang Wanqiong 123kg Clean & Jerk
Meanwhile in China … Update: False Alert! Turns out this is Zhang Wanqiong (53kg). She totaled 231kg with 102 + 129 at the Chinese nationals. No wonder that 123 looked like a toy. Thanks to the ATG error correction system aka Victor 🙂 2013 World Champion Tan Yayun (48kg) Clean & Jerks 123kg in training. This […]
Lu Xiaojun 280kg Squat
Meanwhile in China … well not quite. This clip is probably from before London 2012. Lu Xiaojun Squats 280kg. More Lu: His 260kg Paused Squat in the 2013 Worlds Training Hall All Lu Xiaojun Posts on ATG Related: Petr Asayonak’s 290kg Squat
Long De Cheng 226kg Squat (4x Bodyweight)
Meanwhil in China … 56kg lifter Long De Cheng Squats 226kg which is 4x Bodyweight. Men squat to max more often than women in the Chinese system because they have more power and less endurance. During the Ma Strength Weightlifting Camp, 56kg Long De Cheng adjusted his training and went for a max single in […]