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The best weightlifting videos, articles and interviews from around the web.

Ksenia Maximova 165kg Front Squat

May 30, 2015 By Gregor Winter

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

Oleksiy Torokhtiy 2nd Pull Instruction

May 28, 2015 By Gregor Winter

Meanwhile in Ukraine … Oleksiy Torokhtiy continues his instructional video series with one about the 2nd Pull. The video has english subtitles (press “CC” Button in the player). Update 13.06.2015: 2nd Pull for Snatch

Jirka Orsag 195kg Snatch

May 25, 2015 By Gregor Winter

Meanwhile in the Czech Republic … Jirka Orsag sets a new Snatch PR with 195kg at 120.4kg bodyweight. Finally new personal best! Snatch 195kg!!! Bodyweight before training 120.4kg Posted by Jiří Orság – Olympic weightlifter on Monday, May 25, 2015

240kg Tandem Clean & Jerk by 69kg Lifters

May 23, 2015 By Gregor Winter

Meanwhile in Norway … 240kg Tandem Clean & Jerk by Jantsen Øverås and Daniel Roness Strand, both 69kg lifters from Norway. More: 333kg Tandem C&J by Matthias Steiner and Almir Velagic 240kg Tandem Clean & Jerk by two Norwegian 69kg Lifters! #Repost @jontosen ・・・ 240kg i tandem støt! This is what norwegian weightlifters do when […]

Liu Weijian 140kg Snatch + 160kg Clean & Jerk at 69kg 2015 Youth Worlds Warm Up Video Added

May 21, 2015 By Gregor Winter

Here is a highlight of the 2015 Youth World Championships. 15 year old (born 05.05.1999) Liu Weijian from China. He Snatched 140kg (only 4 kg off Youth World Record) and Clean & Jerked 160kg at 69kg! Remember his name. Future senior world champion right there. I also have some training hall footage of him which […]

Oleksiy Torokhtiy Split Jerk Instruction

May 21, 2015 By Gregor Winter

Meanwhile in Ukraine … Here is another exercise demonstration by Oleksiy Torokhtiy. This time he shows you how to Split Jerk. More: Snatch Assistance Exercises Snatch, Clean & Jerk Instruction Power Jerk Instruction

Clean Like a Weightlifter Workshop

May 20, 2015 By Gregor Winter

After the “Squat Like a Weightlifter workshop“, here is the “Clean like a Weightlifter” workshop. One afternoon of coaching by Marco Spanehl compressed into one hour. He uses the bottom up approach to teach the group of non weightlifters the movements. Very interesting to see what coaching cues he uses to correct mistakes. In addition you will […]

Benjamin Hennequin 2015 Europeans Training Hall

May 19, 2015 By Gregor Winter

From the 2015 European Championships … Here is Benjamin Hennequin (85kg, France) in the training hall. This was 2 days out from competition where he won the 85kg category with 165+202kg. (Video also on Facebook) Addendum:

Checking in with Tatiana Kashirina May 2015 2nd Video Added

May 18, 2015 By Gregor Winter

Meanwhile in Russia … Rashid Itsaev from You Raise Russia visited Tatiana Kashirina again and did a Q&A with her. Watch his first Interview with Tatiana and her coach here. It has a lot of good information. Quick Notes thanks to Sergiy Turchyn: her best Snatch Balance is 180kg They say that Khetag Khugaev did 170+210 almost […]