Weightlifting

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

Clarence Kennedy 155kg Snatch + 195kg C&J

November 4, 2012 By Gregor Winter

Meanwhile in Ireland … Clarence Kennedy hits a 350kg total at 88kg bodyweight in training. 155kg snatch and 195kg Clean & Jerk Update: Read his Interview on ATG.

Evgeny Chigishev Ends Weightlifting Career

November 2, 2012 By Gregor Winter

Just got wind of this one … Evgeny Chigishev retires. Sad to see him go. What an amazing lifter. Here are his career bests: the 211kg snatch from the 2005 Worlds in Qatar and his 250kg Clean & Jerk at the Beijing 2008 Olympics.

Colombian Weightlifting Team Training in USA

October 31, 2012 By Gregor Winter

Here is a pre London 2012 clip of the Colombian weightlifting team training together with US lifters, like Kendrick Farris at LSUS. Featured lifters in order of appeareance: Francisco Mosquera, Carlos Berna, Diego Salazar (Silver, Beijing 2008), Oscar Figueroa who took Silver in London (with Olympic record), and Carlos Andica. Thanks to the anonymous submitter.

Olga Zubova 120kg Snatch 150kg Clean & Jerk

October 31, 2012 By Gregor Winter

Miika Antti-Roiko uploaded a video of 19 year old, 75kg European champion Olga Zubova. 120kg Snatch, 150kg Clean & Jerk in what looks like a training competition. Update: Read Olga’s Interview on ATG. Update: Thanks to Anna who found the video of the competition. Other lifters were taking part (Matveeva, Shadrina etc) but it’s sort of the Russian B-team […]

Getting Under the Bar Quicker

October 31, 2012 By Gregor Winter

Sean Waxman addresses another common weightlifting error – Not Getting Under the Bar Properly. He has some exercises to drill the change of direction so you can get under the bar quicker.

Travis Cooper 195kg Block Clean

October 30, 2012 By Gregor Winter

Travis Cooper (85kg) gets a 195kg Clean PR. The “Blocks” look also pretty interesting. They looks like one the crash pads you would use for bouldering. I was thinking about getting/ building something similar, so I can finally drop weight in my home gym. Update: Thanks to TNL who pointed that these are the Soft Impact […]

Fernando Reis 300kg Squat x2

October 29, 2012 By Gregor Winter

Fernando Reis grinds out a 300kg squat for 2 reps! I really didn’t expect him to go for another rep after the first one looked so heavy. Awesome effort!

Bulgarian World Records at 1986 European Weightlifting Championships

October 28, 2012 By Gregor Winter

Ian Wilson found some good clips on a Bulgarian history YouTube channel. It has footage of a young Naum Shalamanov a.k.a. Naim Suleymanoglu. They are from the 1986 European Championships in Karl-Marx-Stadt (now Chemnitz). Naim did 145+187.5 for 332.5kg total at 60kg bodyweight. Both were World Record lifts. Here is the Clean & Jerk The channel also has Alexander […]

Dmitry Klokov 250kg Front Squat Wallpaper

October 28, 2012 By Gregor Winter

Here is a weightlifting wallpaper to replace your boring desktop backgrounds. I thought to myself, why not combine 2 things I enjoy, Black & White photography and watching Dmitry Klokov lift heavy things. So I took the still from his 250kg Paused Front Squat, removed the other people who were in the gym and made […]