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

Luz Mercedes Acosta on Weightlifting World Podcast

October 16, 2014 By Gregor Winter

The Weightlifting World Podcast interviewed Luz Mercedes Acosta from Mexico. Features an interesting discussion about the all the various training systems she trained under (Bulgarian, Soviet, Iranian). You can download the mp3 here. More: Their Interview with Ruslan Nurudinov.

Lukasz Grela 180kg Snatch

October 15, 2014 By Gregor Winter

Meanwhile in Poland … 28 year old Łukasz Grela (94kg) Snatches 180 kg. Post by KU AZS AJD Częstochowa podnoszenie ciężarów. Thanks to Damian for submitting this. Update 26.10.2014: At the Polish national championshps he got a 178kg Snatch and 205kg C&J. Post by Polska Kadra TV.

Cheng Meng 130kg Snatch (16y/o, 56kg)

October 14, 2014 By Gregor Winter

Meanwhile in China… Here is a 130kg Snatch by 16 year old Cheng Meng (56kg), 2kg above his own official World Record. This was at the test event in which Lia Hui Clean & Jerked 200kg. A couple of months later at the 2014 Youth Olympics he set the a new official Youth Clean & […]

Alexey Yufkin 170kg Snatch

October 14, 2014 By Gregor Winter

Meanwhile in Russia … in the Sochi training camp. 2011 European Champion Alexey Yufkin (85kg) Snatches 170kg. Same weight he snatched at his Europeans victory (170 + 215 in Kazan). Recently at the 2014 Russian championships he got 2nd behind Artem Okulov. Follow him on instagram @artuch1. Loading View on Instagram

Bahador Moulaei 260kg Clean & Jerk

October 13, 2014 By Gregor Winter

Meanwhile in Iran… 22 year old Bahador Moulaei Clean & Jerks 260kg! Note this is an older clip. After the Asian Games (where he lifted injured) it was decided that he needs to get surgery on his kne. That means he will miss this year’s worlds and will be out for 9 months out. (via) More: Bahador’s […]

Marcel Guidea 227kg Clean & Jerk at 19y/o

October 11, 2014 By Gregor Winter

Meanwhile in Russia … 19 year old Marcel Guidea (94kg moving up to 105kg) Clean & (Squat!) Jerks 227kg. Looks like 225kg, I know, but notice the chrome plates inside of the red 25s. If they are those 1.25kg Eleikos then it would be 227.5kg. Or those are old 1kg world record plates. Either way. This […]

Ekaterina Katina 190kg x2 Front Squat

October 9, 2014 By Gregor Winter

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

Saeid Mohammadpour 188kg Snatch

October 9, 2014 By Gregor Winter

Meanwhile in Iran … After his 230kg Clean & Jerk last week, here is a 188kg Snatch by Saeid Mohammadpour (94kg wants to lift as 105 in 2015). Update 24.10.2014: He lifted 191 + 225 in the Iranian league (via). Loading View on Instagram

Lu Xiaojun Back Exercise “Lu Rows”

October 6, 2014 By Gregor Winter

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 […]