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Tokyo Test Event Recordings

July 6, 2019 By Gregor Winter

Meanwhile in Japan … The China Japan Korean Friendship tournament a.k.a. Tokyo 2020 Test Event is under way finished. A 2 day competition with some big names on the start list (China sent their A squad). Mixed performances (lots of misses, especially on the men’s side), but also a couple of new world record performances: […]

Lasha Talakhadze 221kg Snatch

July 4, 2019 By Gregor Winter

This is it – Lasha Talakhadze’s 221kg Snatch! He did that lift in the europeans 2019 training hall in Batumi, Georgia, a little over a week before competition. While there we were also shown a video of him clean and jerking 267kg… so look forward to that as well. View this post on Instagram ?! […]

Sara Ahmed 130kg Power Clean

July 4, 2019 By Gregor Winter

Meanwhile in Azerbaijan … Team Egypt is in a training camp in AZE, and Sara Ahmed (76kg) power cleaned 130kg from boxes! View this post on Instagram 130 kg????#hookgrip A post shared by Sara Samir (@sarasamir9811) on Jul 4, 2019 at 8:36am PDT

ATG Patreon Posters for July: Shi Zhiyong 194kg Squat Jerk

July 3, 2019 By Gregor Winter

These are the ATG Patreon Posters for July 2019: Shi Zhiyong’s 194kg Squat Jerk! ATG Patrons at the $10 level get access to the still photo. $20+ level patrons get access to the sequence, as well as still photo. They can download the high resolution digital files and print them big.

Tian Tao 170kg Snatch + 210kg POWER Jerk Session at Asian Championships

June 28, 2019 By Gregor Winter

This is Tian Tao’s heavier session from before 2019 Asian championships. Power Snatch up to 150kg Snatch 170kg Power Clean up to 180kg Clean and Jerk up to 210kg ATG Patrons had early access and can already watch newer videos. More: Tian Tao’s 295kg Squat Session at Worlds 2018.

Shi Zhiyong 196kg Squat Jerk World Record Slow Motion

June 20, 2019 By Gregor Winter

This is the still standing (as of June 2019) clean and jerk world record for the 73kg weight class. Shi Zhiyong squat jering 196kg at worlds 2018 in Turkmenistan. 164 Snatch World Record Edit (he pushed the snatch WR to 168 at asians).

Shi Zhiyong + Chen Lijun + Li Dayin 2019 Asian Championships Training Hall

June 14, 2019 By Gregor Winter

ATG Patreons now have early access to Shi Zhiyong’s Chen Lijun’s and Li Dayin’s training session at the 2019 Asian Championships. Highlights: 230kg Paused Front Squat by Shi Zhiyong (at 73kg) 225kg Paused Front Squat by Yuan Chengfei (also 73kg) 180kg Power Clean & Jerk by Shi! Li Dayin snatching 150kg and pulling 250kg […]

The Salwan Session

June 5, 2019 By Gregor Winter

ATG Patrons have early access to one of my personal favorites from last year’s worlds training hall was Salwan Jasim (109kg, Iraq ??) going all out! This was a crazy session (long too). He took so many really heavy attempts and really beat his body up. This guy really likes to lift (and on top […]

ATG Patreon Posters for June 2019: Toshiki Yamamoto 203kg Clean & Jerk

June 1, 2019 By Gregor Winter

These are the patreon reward posters for June 2019: Toshiki Yamamoto (89kg, Japan) clean and jerking 203kg at Asian championships! ATG Patrons at the $10 level get access to the still photo. $20+ level patrons get access to the sequence, as well as still photo. They can download the high resolution digital files and print […]