Thanks to Clarence K for uploading some news pieces about Lu Yong’s road to the 2012 Olympics. And thanks to YouTube commenter shawncheng8 we get an English translation. It begins with a recap of his last lift in the 2008 Olympics and the red light situation with his second to last C&J, which I won’t bother translating. Lu Yong: […]
172kg Power Clean Adam Travis
Here is weightlifter turned Strongman Adam Travis with a 172kg Power Clean. Adam recently placed 3rd at England’s Strongest Man U90kg. 250kg deadlift for reps 270kg squat at the end of the competition
Shrugs for Weightlifting
Check out Donny Shankle’s post on Weightlifter’s Shrugs. Not for traps, but to facilitate the wrists turning over faster at the “ receive” command of a snatch and clean by utilizing the rotation of the bar. By forcing the wrists into flexion at the “finish” they will turn over faster into extension during the catch.
2012 Asian Weightlifting Championships
Finally some videos of the 2012 Asian Weightlifting Championships surfaced. +105 with Behdad Salimi going 206kg / 245kg. 105kg 62kg Thanks to Michael for submitting this.
Battle of Champions 2012
The 2012 Battle of Champions in Arkhangelsk is coming up this weekend (June 30th). This just happened. Thanks to screenshot ninja Adrian for posting this. Official YoutTube Channel: BattleofChampionsRus Results: here Kirill Sarychev 315kg Bench Press List of Participants: Flyer Mikhail Koklyaev Rufat Agaev Alexey Bakhirev Anton Solodov Vladimir Kalinichenko Oleg Kushnaryov Konstantin Konstantinovs Julia Zaugolova Kirill Sarychev […]
Biceps Involvement in Overhead Pressing
Paul Carter wrote a post on overhead pressing. One of the points he made was getting the biceps involved in the movement. Because Paul can probably overhead press me for 50+ reps or so I thought this tip was worth sharing. More muscle recruitment = more stabilization of the movement. To clarify his point he […]
Dan Dumitrache 290kg Squat
Meanwhile in Finland … Like we didn’t see enough big squats today here is Dan Dumitrache with a 290kg squat at 82.5kg. (From the GPA European championships 2012)
Lat Flys for Shoulder Girdle Mobility
Over at Gymnastic Bodies Christopher Sommer posted an interesting looking mobility exercise. Lat Flys … and like most gymnastics exercises these look deceptively easy. combines rotator cuff, scapular protraction and scapular retraction all within a single exercise. Recommended dose: 2 to 3 sets of 15-30 reps twice per week.
Behdad Salimi 350kg Squat Sohrab Moradi 310kg Squat
If you are wondering what is going on in Iranian training halls these days, wonder no more. Behdad Salimi squatting what looks like 350kg (hard to tell, but the last red plate is barely fitting on the bar, could be 370 with 7 plates each side+ bar, post your guesses in the comments) and 85kg lifter Sohrab […]
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