Weightlifting

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

Igor Lukanin Weightlifting YouTube Channel

September 13, 2012 By Gregor Winter

Check out Igor Lukanin’s YouTube channel – ilukanin. His channel deserves more subscribers (4 at the moment). Is this the brother of previously mentioned Vladislav Lukanin? Update: Igor let me know, that Vlad is his cousin. He first stepped a foot in the gym at the age of 6. His father (Vladislav Lukanin) and his uncle are masters of […]

Hip Clean Instruction

September 13, 2012 By Gregor Winter

Rob Blackwell and Spencer Moorman teach the pecularities of the ‘Hip Clean’. off the floor with straight arms from the knees on up introduce a little arm bent bar hits the bar in the hip (as opposed to the high thigh area)

Vasiliy Polovnikov & Nikita Durnev Training in Boston

September 13, 2012 By Gregor Winter

Reader Chris let me know about several Russian lifters who have come over to the US and are now living in the Boston area. Their names are Nikita Durnev and Vasiliy Polovnikov. They are training and coaching at the Boston Weightlifting Club (Like’em on Facebook). Nikita came up through the youth system in Russia, was awarded […]

Make Olympic Weightlifting More Competitive

September 12, 2012 By Gregor Winter

Weightlifting Clubs & CrossFit Gyms across the world listen up! Over at UK Olympic Weightlifting Giles Greenwood (@GreenwoodWL, 2002 Manchester Commonwealth Games Gold Medalist) wrote a post about how to make weightlifting more competitive. Right now lifters that have not reached the level to qualify for nationals have only their regional championships to look forward to. So the plan is […]

Evgeny Chigishev & Dmitry Klokov Snatches

September 11, 2012 By Gregor Winter

Here is an older clip of Evgeny Chigishev and Dmitry Klokov in Taganrog. Looks like it’s a couple of years old. Likely pre Beijing 2008. Chigishev snatches what looks like 200kg. Dmitry has no beard. Don’t know who the 3rd lifter is. It’s not Ivanov, is it? Update: Chigichev’s lifts are 170, 180, 190 they say […]

Ilya Ilyin 170kg Power Clean

September 11, 2012 By Gregor Winter

Here is Ilya Ilyin warming up in the London 2012 Training Hall. 170kg Power Clean, just play weight. Gravity – Do you even pull? Video via NorthSport Olympic Weightlifting. Still, the 170kg Power Clean title stays with Pyrros Dimas.

Lu Xiaojun 180kg Snatch High Pulls

September 10, 2012 By Gregor Winter

Earlier today North Sports Olympic Weightlifting posted screenshots of Lu Xiaojun’s back while he did some Snatch High Pulls in the London 2012 Training Hall. The direct translation is “Fast Pull”. Read more about it here. Now, here is the video.

Dmitry Lapikov 240kg Clean & Jerk

September 10, 2012 By Gregor Winter

Start your Monday off the right way. With Dmitry Lapikov and a 240kg Clean & Jerk. Not sure how old this clip is. He is definitely good for a lot more. As I posted earlier he went for 250kg in the mock competition. And if you say ‘Wait a second, I know that from somewhere!’ […]

Seoul 1988 Olympics Weightlifting +110kg Clean & Jerk Rewatch

September 9, 2012 By Gregor Winter

Last Weekend we did a rewatch of the 1988 Seoul Olympics +110kg Snatch session. Today we will watch the Clean & Jerk session. Join the chat below (or in an extra window). When: Sunday, 16th September, 8 pm GMT, 9 pm London, 4 pm New York, 1 pm Los Angeles everybody presses play. Pro Tip: Download the video […]