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Vyacheslav Yarkin 140kg Snatch + 170kg Clean off Blocks + 180kg Rack Jerk

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Meanwhile in Russia … Quick update from Vyacheslav Yarkin. After winning the 2014 European Youth championships (69kg) here is the 16 years old with a 140kg Snatches off blocks. His Past Lifts: Vyacheslav Yarkin 130kg Snatch ? + Box Jump + 155kg C&J Vyacheslav Yarkin 115kg Snatch (63kg, 15yrs) Here is a 170kg Clean off Blocks […]

Ruslan Nurudinov Weightlifting World Podcast

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The Weightlifting World Podcast had Ruslan Nurudinov on the show. They interviewed him while he was in the training camp in Tashkent, Uzbekistan. He is 2009 Junior Champion (85kg), 2012 Asian Champion and 2013 World Champion. Watch his 190kg Snatch + 235kg Clean & Jerk that made him 2013 World Champion in 105kg. Despite of the minor language barrier they got some […]

Marina Kaneva 170kg Squat at 66kg

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Meanwhile in Russia … Here is an ATG first timer. Meet 21 year old Marina Kaneva (@mari7972 on instagram). She won the 2013 European Junior Championships 69kg (93+120 at 64.15kg). Currently she weighs in at 66kg. Her current PRs are: 100kg Snatch 128kg Clean & Jerk 170kg Squat She also does weighted Dips @25kg for sets […]

Zoe Pablo Smith 160kg Squat

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Meanwhile in Britain … 20 year old Zoe Pablo Smith (58-63?) gets a 160kg Squat PR! Update: Zoe is 2014 Commonwealth Games Champion. Update 17.02.2015: 145×4 Squat PB! 145kg x 4 ☺️ did 140×4 before this. Had no idea that I was in this kind of shape! Great first day of camp in #Barcelona. #squat #weightlifting […]

Miika Antti-Roiko 250kg Front Squat

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Meanwhile in Finland … After his 282.5kg Squat 2 weeks ago it was time for Miika Antti-Roikoto get a Front Squat PR. 250kg at 99kg bodyweight. More Miika / Front Squats: Miika’s 240kg Paused Front Squat Miika’s 220kg Front Squat with a super long pause Dmitry Klokov’s 250kg Paused Front Squat (which I made into a wallpaper and poster) Update: […]

Rudolf Plukfelder Documentary (David Rigert’s & Vasily Alekseyev’s Coach) with English Subtitles

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Documentary time! Here is the remarkable life story of Rudolf Plukfelder. Below the video you can find the Transcript, which was made by ATG reader Sergiy Turchyn. Thank you very much for putting in the work Sergiy! Quick Facts about him: Plukfelder’s original name was “Pflugfelder” (lit. translation “plough fields”) After Hitler attacked the Soviet Union […]