Today was the final day in Almaty at the IPC Asian Open Championships where a huge amount of World Records plus many Asian and Junior Records were broken. The highlight of the competition was Siamand Rahman’s (IRI, +M107kg) massive 295kg Bench Press on his 3rd attempt, adding another 2kg onto his record he broke just […]
Mohamed Ehab 245kg Back Squat
Meanwhile in Egypt… Mohamed Ehab gets a 5kg PB on his squat with 245kg. Make sure to check out his instagram and facebook for some barbell wizardry. P . R Back squat 245kg Posted by Mohamed Ehab Olympic Lifter on Monday, 27 July 2015
Eddie Hall & Mark Felix 775kg Deadlift
Meanwhile in England… Minutes after Hafþór Björnsson and Matjaz Belsak broke the two person deadlift record with 757kg, Eddie Hall and Mark Felix added 18kg to it. Thor and Matjaz 757kg Smashing a new world record 757kg deadlift with my team mate Matjaz Belsak! Then few seconds later Eddie Hall & Mark Felix smashed that […]
Ksenia Maximova 165kg Front Squat
Meanwhile in Russia… Ksenia Maximova uploaded this front squat to her instagram today, last year she won the Junior World Championships 69kg class weighing only 63.44kg. Hookgrip has her lifts below. Субботняя разминка 165/1 A video posted by Ksenia Maksimowa (@maksimovak1) on May 30, 2015 at 3:03am PDT
Matt Sohmer 372.5kg Squat
Meanwhile in America… Matt Sohmer (120kg+) just competed in the USAPL Collegiate Nationals. He finished with a 372.5kg squat, 130kg bench press, 327.5kg deadlift and a total of 830kg*. He only competed 2kg above the lower categories limit. *Results (Google Document)
Dmitry Klokov Interviews Khadzhimurat Akkaev – April 2015
Meanwhile in Russia … Dmitry Klokov has really set a pace with his “On Par/On Equal Terms” interview series. This time we get to see him interview his rival and team mate Khadzhimurat Akkaev. Dmitry already has the video with English subtitles for everyone to watch! Make sure to check out the past interviews of […]
Boyanka Kostova 109kg Snatch, 137kg Clean and Jerk & Total European Records
Meanwhile at Tbilisi in the European Championships 2015… Boyanka Kostova just broke all three under-23 European records and all three senior European Records! She was in a one horse race until the end, starting after all the other competitors had finished, power snatching her first attempt and not even breaking a sweat in her clean […]
Jezza Uepa 415kg Squat
Meanwhile in Australia… A couple of weeks ago we saw Jezza Uepa front squat 350kg. Today he broke his own World Record of 413kg in the Squat by 2kg. I’m unsure if this competition counts as an international event, since there are competitors from many countries, meaning this counts as a new IPF record. If […]
Clarence Kennedy 220kg Clean
Meanwhile in Ireland… Time for our weekly Clarence Kennedy fix. Soon he’ll need to buy more plates! More: Read his Interview on ATG.