Dmitry Berestov (105 Olympic Gold Medalist 2004) with a 202.5kg Snatch from his archives. His best is 205kg. He said to have done it three times in 2007 but doesn’t have any videos of it. More: Watch his 200kg Thruster at Klokov Power Weekend 2016! Мой лучший результат в рывке кл. 205 кг., на тренировках […]
Dmitry Berestov 164kg Power Clean + Strict Press 2016 Klokov Power Weekend
Here is Dmitry Berestov’s 164kg Power Clean + Strict Press for first place in this exercise at the 2016 Klokov Power Weekend. More: Dmitry Berestov 200kg Thruster
Dmitry Berestov 200kg Thruster 2016 Klokov Power Weekend
Meanwhile in Russia at Klokov Power Weekend 2016 … Dmitry Berestov won the Thruster competition by hitting 200kg! Just look how fast that bar is moving! He even attempted 205kg but couldn’t finish the press. Dmitry Klokov made 195kg a comfortably, skipping his third attempt. It has to be added that Klokov literally just had a 20min nap […]
Dmitry Klokov & Dmitry Berestov Strict Pressing 165kg / 160kg
Meanwhile in Russia … In preparation for the 2016 Klokov Power Weekend Dmitry Klokov and Dmitry Berestov are going heavy on Strict Presses. 160 / 165kg! More: Watch the 2015 Power Weekend Strict Press competition with Klokov’s 162kg Press. Жим стоя Берестов & Клоков продолжаем подготовку на KLOKOV Power Weekend 2016 (19-20 ноября @snproexpo ) […]
Dmitry Berestov & Alexandr Krasnov Training Hall Russian Championships
Here is a training hall video of Dmitry Berestov & Alexandr Krasnov at the 2015 Russian Weightlifting Championships. Alex competed earlier that week in the 56kg category, so he did some Box Jumps and GPP (Pull Ups, Sit Ups) stuff as active rest. Dmitry did BTN Snatch Grip Presses up to 120kg and Deficit Power […]
Dmitry Berestov & Dmitry Klokov Training Session in Chekhov *Translation Added*
Earlier this week Dmitry Klokov and Dmitry Berestov had a little private training session in the national training center in Chekhov. They are not going too heavy (170kg pause Snatch though), but it’s nice to see a tour of the facility (click here for a tour of David Rigert’s Weightlifting Academy in Taganrog). Update: Read […]
Dmitry Berestov 190kg Snatch Pull + Snatch
Meanwhile in Russia … I think by now it’s safe to assume that Dmitry Berestov did not retire. Today he did a 190kg Snatch + Snatch Pull. I guess we will see him next in the Russian Championships (August 18-25). Alternative Theory: He is just the guy on the team, who breaks in all the brand new […]
Snatch + Clean & Jerk Technique Instruction with Dmitry Berestov
Here is a Snatch and Clean & Jerk technique tutorial featuring 4 Russian masters of sports. Most prominent is Dmitry Berestov. He along with Aleksandr Zakharov, AleksandrKrasnov (56kg) , Dmitriev(?) go through every minute detail of the Snatch. Maybe we can get a time stamped translation /summary going. Snatch Video, 90 min Clean & Jerk Video 68 min Vadim wrote […]
Dmitry Berestov Ends Weightlifting Career
In an unfortunate turn of events Dmitry Berestov announced the end of his athletic career. Remember that his original plan was to lift at the Russian Cup, qualify for the national team and lift at Europeans / Worlds / Olympics. Thanks to Juri for translating the short interview below. He says that his kid got […]