Meanwhile in Kazakhstan … In his 195kg Snatch off Blocks video I told you about the Anatoly Khrapaty Tournament, which is Ilya Ilyin’s first competition since the 2012 London Olympics. He weighed in at 107.4kg, so he lifted in the +105kg category (no need to impede preparation for worlds). See the full results below. How did he do? This madman got […]
Ilya Ilyin 195kg Snatch off Blocks
Meanwhile in Kazakhstan … Ilya Ilyin hits a 195kg Snatch off Blocks Only 5kg of his 200kg Block Snatch from before London 2012. This weekend (July 19/20) he, along with other big names like Almas Uteshov, Maya Maneza, Zulfiya Chinshanlo and Svetlana Podobedova, are scheduled to compete in the Anatoly Khrapaty memorial tournament in Kazakhstan (via). […]
Ilya Ilyin 190kg Snatch off Blocks *Update* 190kg x2
Meanwhile in Kazakhstan … This deserves its own post. Ilya Ilyin hits a 190kg Snatch off Blocks. Keep track of his progress on the Ilya Progress Tracker Spreadsheet here. Watch his 200kg Snatch of Blocks from before London 2012 here. Update: Here is the video of his session showing him working up to the 190kg Update […]
Dmitry Klokov + Ilya Ilyin + Vasiliy Polovnikov Weightlifting Seminars – What did you learn?
(Originally posted on Dec 8, 2013. See Updates) So the Klokov/ Polovnikov seminars have been going on for a while now. Time for a review. In December the man himself, Ilya Ilyin joined the crew for the Long Island seminar (video below). To those of you who attended, How did you like it? What did you […]
Ilya Ilyin 230kg Rack Jerk + *Update* 225kg C&J
Meanwhile in Kazakhstan … Here is a highlight from Ilya’s journey back to the top: 230kg Jerk from the Rack! The other day, after his Front Squats (240kg x2 at 11:00 here) Ilya said: As you can see, I squatted 240 for a double, felt pretty good. In three months I’m going to jerk that. [puts […]
Ilya Ilyin 180kg Snatch off Blocks *Update* 222.5kg C&J
Meanwhile in Greece … Checking in with Ilya Ilyin. Looks like he is progressing according to plan. Today he hit a 180kg Snatch off blocks! (14 days after he did 175kg off blocks) Remember that he did a 200kg Snatch off Blocks during his London Olympics preparation. Update: The Ilya Ilyin Progress Tracker Read Dmitry Klokov’s interview with Ilya […]
Marcin Dolega 190kg Snatch + 225kg Clean & Jerk
Meanwhile in Poland … Ilya Ilyin is currently training in the Polish training hall,which you might remember from the “Siodme Poty” videos (Olympic Sports Center in Spala). Marcin Dolega is also training currently training there. He gets a 190kg Snatch and 225kg C&J. On the European championships start list he is listed with a 405kg total (2nd highest […]
Ilya Ilyin 200kg Snatch off Blocks
Blast from the past … Ilya Ilyin’s coach, Toishan Bektemirov, uploaded a 200kg Snatch from Blocks by Ilya. He wrote that this one is from his London 2012 preparation and looks so routine. Remember that in his interview with Dmitry Klokov he said his bodyweight was around 103kg when he did his 196kg Snatch (and 240kg […]
Dmitry Klokov Interviews Ilya Ilyin
Next in his “On Par” interview series Dmitry Klokov sits down with Ilya Ilyin. Check out Dmitry’s other “On Par” interviews here. Big thanks to Vadim, who has been working all day to translate this for us! Update: Both parts are translated now. I also made them available for your ereader. Preface from the Translator […]