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Best of Olympic Weightlifting

Barbell Side Bends with Lu Xiaojun

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Here is a video of Lu Xiaojun doing some Barbell Side Bends in the 2011 World Weightlifting Championships training hall. Depending on how heavy you go these can be a great core strength exercise as well as a nice warm-up / mobility drill. Other name suggestions so far: Oblique Curls a.k.a. Hungarian ankle-Quixote a.k.a. The Stir-Fry 🙂 Check out more Lu […]

Russian Lifters getting ready for London 2012

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With the 2012 London Olympics approaching here is a short video of the Russian weightlifters in the training hall. Because the Russians don’t want you to watch this clip if you are outside of Russia, you need to use a Russian proxy. Use hideme.ru and paste this link http://news.sportbox.ru/Vidy_sporta/hard_attletics/spbvideo_NI288949_Velikolepnaya-desyatka-gotovitsya-pokoriti-London into it. Features lifters like David Bejanyan, Chingiz Mogushkov and others.

Technology of Sport – Russian Weightlifting Documentary

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Check out this Russian weightlifting documentary. Even if you don’t speak Russian it still worth watching. It features some cool lifting footage from competitions and the training hall. Among the lifters shown are Khadzhimurat Akkaev, Dmitry Lapikov and more. They also visit the Eleiko headquarters where they show how bumper plates and bars are produced and tested. compare the jumping […]