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Best of Olympic Weightlifting

Alejandro Gonzalez Baez Box Jumps

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Alejandro Gonzalez Baez (77kg, 170cm) has an epic vertical jump. Ok, no real surprise here as weightlifters are known to have some serious jumping ability. Here he does Box Jumps up to 122cm without a knees to ears deep squat landing. Here are his lifts from the U23 Euros. And for good measure here is a 220kg Squat triple […]

Rasoul Taghian 172kg Snatch at 77kg

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Meanwhile in Iran … Check out 26 year old Rasoul Taghian (77kg). He made 160+195 in the Iranian league last November. Prior to London he made 371kg (170+201, unofficial Iranian Total and Snatch records), but was not selected for their team! Here he is a 172kg Snatch at 77kg. Update: also check out his 201kg Clean & […]

Ray Williams 410.5kg Squat

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Huge Squat from Ray Williams (subscribe to his channel). Here he does a 410.5kg (905 lbs) Squat, raw, no wraps, in the USAPL/IPF. The sad thing is, he forgets to wait for the rack command, so he gets redlighted. Update: Everett provided some background information on Ray. I’ve been keeping tabs on Ray since I […]

Weightlifter’s Kitchen w/ Glenn Pendlay – Crock Pot Stew

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Glenn Pendlay started a cooking series – The Weightlifter’s Kitchen. In episode 1 he makes a stew using a crock pot. Stews are one of the easiest meals to prepare and they taste even better the next day. Ingredients beef carrots potatoes onions seasoning: soy sauce, hot sauce, salt, bouillon cubes I also suggest throwing some […]