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2012 USA Powerlifting Nationals

June 23, 2012 By Gregor Winter

It’s a nice weekend when it comes to watching strong people doing what they do best. The 2012 USAPL Nationals are on (June 22-24). Schedule (PDF Warning) Recordings: Here on ustream.

Richard Hawthorne Deadlift Instruction

June 21, 2012 By Gregor Winter

At this years Arnold Classics Richard Hawthorn (610 lbs x4 @130 lbs) gave a quick deadlift instruction. weight on heels lean back get the slack out of the bar once the bar gets to the knees push the hips forward he advocates against the hip hinge Can’t argue with that. It obviously works great for his body […]

Dave Tate 2000 Tour De Force Training Seminar

June 17, 2012 By Gregor Winter

This will add 10kg to your lifts. Dave Tate posted all 33 parts of the Tour De Force Training Seminar from 2000. Update: Videos were set to private and aren’t available anymore. He covers a lot of ground. Learn what works and how to avoid common mistakes. Update: I should have added that it is […]

Big Squats in Sweden

June 17, 2012 By Gregor Winter

Meanwhile in Sweden… Here are some big squats from the Classic Powerlifting World Cup Stockholm (thanks Simon for the link). Love the “classic” format. No super wide stance + walking the weight out yourself. Blaine Sumner (+120kg) with a 375 kg raw squat. He benched 215kg and deadlifted 317.5kg for a 907.5kg (2000lbs) total. Bovafia Mohamed Mohamed (120Kg) […]

Tom Martin 340kg Deadlift

June 14, 2012 By Gregor Winter

Thanks to reader Michal for sharing Tom Martin’s 340kg Raw Deadlift. Just in case you have not seen his 360kg World Record Deadlift at 83kg.

Ed Coan, Mark Rippetoe, Marty Gallagher Roundtable

June 12, 2012 By Gregor Winter

Here is a little treat for you. Head on over to Starting Strength for a discussion with Mark Rippetoe, Marty Gallagher and Ed Coan. Lots of anecdotes and tidbits about Ed’s training. He [Ed] could go thorough an entire 12 week training cycle without missing a single pre-planned lift.

Vladislav Lukanin 290kg Squat

June 6, 2012 By Gregor Winter

Here is former(?) weightlifter turned powerlifter Vlad Lukanin with a 290 kg RAW squat at 80kg bodyweight at the 2012 IPA Worlds. Update 15.02.2014: Another 290kg Squat. Also at 80kg.

Josh Gilbert in Powerlifting Meet

June 1, 2012 By Gregor Winter

Josh Gilbert of Average Broz’s Gymnasium competed in a USPA meet @ 67.5kg. The meet was held in our gym so we used it as a training day. We did not peak for this meet. He lifted daily prior to the meet, including AM/PM sessions the day before: Max FS & BS, Snatch and 7+ […]

Andrey Malanichev at 2012 Super Cup Titans

May 29, 2012 By Gregor Winter

Here is a clip of Andrey Malanichev at 2012 Super cup Titans. Squats 470kg for the first attempt. Asks for 490kg on his second. Walks out but something was wrong, so he racks the bar again. After all that extra effort spent he goes for a second attempt, but can’t get the 490kg up. That must […]