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502.5kg Triple Log Lift World Record

May 13, 2013 By Gregor Winter

Meanwhile in Lithuania … Half a ton overhead … Yes, it’s possible if your name is Zydrunas Savickas and you have 2 of your Strongman buddies (Vytautas Lalas and Vidas Blekaitis) around. 502.5kg Triple Log Lift for World Record. Longer video from the event:

Miika Antti-Roiko 220kg Super Long Paused Front Squat

May 3, 2013 By Gregor Winter

Meanwhile in Finland … Well, you already knew that Miika Antti-Roiko has some serious Front Squat power. Here he does a super long paused (10 seconds!) one with 220kg! Update 29.10.2013: 224kg Paused Front Squat Update 11.01.2014: 230kg Paused Front Squat

Igor Lukanin 264kg Jerk

April 30, 2013 By Gregor Winter

Igor Lukanin goes beast mode with a 264kg Jerk! Help support Igors dream of lifting in Rio 2016. He still has no country to lift for and needs more sponsors. For serious enquiries, you are welcome to send Igor an e-mail or contact him on Facebook.

Ilya Ilyin at Home

March 17, 2013 By Gregor Winter

Here is a visit to Ilya Ilyin‘s home. If any of you Russian speakers find that Ilya says something interesting, please help translating in the comments (maybe the stretching part at 20:10). Update: Thanks to wolfheart, Derrick and Alexander First few minutes are about his personal life and a bit of nutrition, which is basically […]

Snatch High Pulls to a Stick Andrey Kozlov

March 6, 2013 By Gregor Winter

Here is a training session of Russian +105kg lifter Andrey Kozlov. Snatch: 2x 150kg, 2x 150kg, 2x 160kg, 2x 160kg Snatch Pull from Knee Height: 4x 200kg, 4x 210kg Power Jerk: 2x 180kg, 2x 200kg Snatch High Pull: 2x 190kg, 2x 195kg What’s interesting are the Snatch High Pulls to a Stick at shoulder height (seen at […]

Artem Udachyn 270kg Jerk

March 3, 2013 By Gregor Winter

Meanwhile in the Ukraine … Here is Artem Udachyn, who did 200kg/243kg at 168kg bodyweight in the Ukrainian Cup this weekend, with a huge 270kg Jerk.

Ilya Ilyin Special “Science of Victory” Documentary w/ 196kg Snatch 240kg Clean & Jerk

March 1, 2013 By Gregor Winter

(Originally published in September 2012) Here is a special about Kazakhstan’s Number Waaan, Ilya Ilyin. It shows some amazing training lifts he did prior to the London Olympics. 196kg Snatch (at 14:45) after missing 190kg 6 times. 240kg Clean & Jerk (at 15:30). Update: In his Interview with Dmitry Klokov, Ilya mentioned that he was […]

Oleksiy Torokhtiy 240kg Clean & Jerk

February 20, 2013 By Gregor Winter

Wow! Here is a way too easy looking 240kg Clean & Jerk by Oleksiy Torokhtiy. His bodyweight was 106.20kg and he did 175 + 240-415 in that meet (18.08.2011, via). Update: Here is his attempt with 230kg. The plates look weird, but it really is 240. Watch the 230 video and then the 240 video and you will […]

The Russian Approach to Planning a Weightlifting Program [Paper]

February 12, 2013 By Gregor Winter

Here is a quick read if you are interested in how the Russian’s designed their training back in the days. The paper is called The Russian Approach to Planning a Weightlifting Program [Preview Below] and is from 1995. So what was considered new then is already 17 years old by now. Still interesting to see how […]