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Best of Olympic Weightlifting

Olga Zubova 120kg Snatch 150kg Clean & Jerk

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Miika Antti-Roiko uploaded a video of 19 year old, 75kg European champion Olga Zubova. 120kg Snatch, 150kg Clean & Jerk in what looks like a training competition. Update: Read Olga’s Interview on ATG. Update: Thanks to Anna who found the video of the competition. Other lifters were taking part (Matveeva, Shadrina etc) but it’s sort of the Russian B-team […]

Kirk Karwoski Talk – From Cadet to Captain

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Starting Strength has a talk by the man himself, Kirk Karwoski – From Cadet to Captain. Fun talk with some powerlifting pearls of wisdom. He talks about his upbringing mental discipline the importance of setting up each lift exactly the same how he almost quit facebook, because of people posting videos of themselves using monolifts the 20 seconds […]

Travis Cooper 195kg Block Clean

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Travis Cooper (85kg) gets a 195kg Clean PR. The “Blocks” look also pretty interesting. They looks like one the crash pads you would use for bouldering. I was thinking about getting/ building something similar, so I can finally drop weight in my home gym. Update: Thanks to TNL who pointed that these are the Soft Impact […]

Use Leftover Rice to make a Crispy Snack

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If you didn’t plan ahead and made the recently mentioned rice balls, here is what you can do with your leftover rice. put an exactly(!) 1.27cm (0.5 inch) layer of rice rice in a non sticking pan use sticky Asian style rice, short grain or medium grain (basmati isn’t sticky enough) cook until each side is golden brown […]

Bulgarian World Records at 1986 European Weightlifting Championships

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Ian Wilson found some good clips on a Bulgarian history YouTube channel. It has footage of a young Naum Shalamanov a.k.a. Naim Suleymanoglu. They are from the 1986 European Championships in Karl-Marx-Stadt (now Chemnitz). Naim did 145+187.5 for 332.5kg total at 60kg bodyweight. Both were World Record lifts. Here is the Clean & Jerk The channel also has Alexander […]

George Leeman 381kg Deadlift for 4 Reps

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Remember at the Olympia when he pulled 379.5kg? After his 6 reps at 365.5kg, here is George Leeman deadlifting 381kg for 4 reps! Wonder what he is planning for the backyard meet? And in other news regarding the backyard meet next weekend Eric Lilliebridge injured his pec.