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Mohammed Boufia 390kg Squat

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Meanwhile in Algeria … at the 2014 IPF African Open Championships in Béjaia. Here is what the opposite of a dive bomb Squat looks like. Mohammed Boufia (127kg) Squats 390kg with a super slow descent. Complete domination over the weight.

Chad Wesley Smith 387kg Squat

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Meanwhile in the US … The Juggernaut Chad Wesley Smith Squats 387kg (855lbs). Turns out this is exactly what ATG’s Rep Max Calculator predicts when you plug in his 365kg x2. Just from listening to it, you could think it was Milko Tokola…

Ekaterina Katina 190kg x2 Front Squat

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Meanwhile in Russia … When she’s not bending bars, Ekaterina Katina (75kg) Front Squats 190kg x2. Last time I mentioned her it was with 190kg x2 Back Squats. More: Julia Konovalova’s 190kg Front Squat Nadezhda Evstyukhina’s 200kg x2 Back Squat Oxana Slivenko#s 200kg x2 Back Squat

Lu Xiaojun Back Exercise “Lu Rows”

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Over at his blog Rob Macklem posted this sequence of Lu Xiaojun getting his Back Pump on in the worlds training hall. Usually I am not a fan of naming exercises after athletes, but “Round Back Deficit Snatch Grip Deadlift Row” is just too long. So I’m just going to call them Lu Rows for now (since “Chinese Rows” is already taken) . From […]