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Alexey Yufkin 170kg Snatch

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Meanwhile in Russia … in the Sochi training camp. 2011 European Champion Alexey Yufkin (85kg) Snatches 170kg. Same weight he snatched at his Europeans victory (170 + 215 in Kazan). Recently at the 2014 Russian championships he got 2nd behind Artem Okulov. Follow him on instagram @artuch1. Loading View on Instagram

Vasiliy Polovnikov Interviews Nadezhda Evstyukhina *Translation Added*

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Vasiliy Polovnikov sat down to interview Nadezda Evstyukhina. Thanks to “mindblowned” for the translation so far. Nadezhda’s Best Lifts Snatch – 140 from blocks Clean and Jerk – 170 (injured herself in this training session afterwards) Back Squat – 210×3 Front Squat – 180-190 Bench Press – 110 Translation + Summary of Part 1 Note […]

Vasiliy Polovnikov Interviews Ruslan Albegov *Translation Added*

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Continuing in his Interview series, Vasiliy Polovnikov sat down with Ruslan Albegov. The Translation + Summary was kindly provided by reader “mindblowned” Translation Vasiliy: How did you start lifting? Ruslan: When I was 11-12 my brother brought me with him. He became Master of sports and won the Russian championship under 18. When I was […]

Vasiliy Polovnikov Interviews Chingiz Mogushkov *Translation Added*

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Yes! I was waiting for this one… Vasiliy Polovnikov interviewed Chingiz Mogushkov. Thanks to Sergiy and “mindblowned” for the translation. PS: The “Chingiz Leaning on Things Shirts” is back in stock. Quick Facts: He was 127 kg when he started training. “In 8 months I already was 151 kg. I was 14-15 years old.” Bodyweight PR […]

Dmitry Klokov on Front Squats, Hyperextensions, Squat Jumps & More

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Meanwhile in Russia … Dmitry Klokov was again guest on Andrey Skoromniy’s “Body Time”. Unlike his other recent interviews this Body Time episode is again more focused on training and exercises. Read the translation of his first appearance on the show here (has info about his Stiff Legged Deadlifts and more). Once again big thanks to Sergiy […]

Marcel Guidea 180kg Snatch at 19y/o

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Meanwhile in Russia … Marcel Guidea (2nd at Jr Worlds 94kg) Snatches 180kg and 170/2. In July I reported that Marcel would switch from Moldova to Russia. So here are his first training videos from the Russian training hall in Chekhov. The 19 year old will be eligible for the 2015 junior worlds. Update 10.10.2014:  […]

Dmitry Klokov Interviews Aleksey Lovchev *Translation Complete*

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Time for Aleksey Lovchev’s “On Par” interview with Dmitry Klokov. Translation Status: Completed! Big thanks go to Vadim Pakhutkin & Sergiy Turchyn who tackled this one. Just as he did in his other “On Par” Interviews, Dmitry did a great job as an interviewer. Here we really get to know Aleksey. During the interview he references Aleksey’s past […]