Weightlifting

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

Ilya Ilyin Side Plank

July 20, 2012 By Gregor Winter

Boston Globe has a photo of Ilya Ilyin side planking like a boss. So Yoga is allowed after all?

Jirka Orsag Squat 300kg x3

July 19, 2012 By Gregor Winter

Jirka Orsag squats 300kg x3

This Adidas weightlifting commercial for the Korean team was shared with me by ATG reader Lester a couple of days back on the All Things Gym Facebook page. Since then some of you submitted it couple of times as well. So I thought this was worth an extra share. Is Adidas the only company putting […]

Barbell Jumping Jacks

July 19, 2012 By Gregor Winter

Exercise of the Day. Barbell Jumping Jacks with good form. Looks like this happened at the before mentioned “Clean Ladder” at the 2012 CrossFit Games. Created by reader Edwin.

How to Watch the BBC Olympics Online

July 18, 2012 By Gregor Winter

So, let’s compile all the various methods to watch the London 2012 Olympics online. Since the experience is very fragmented, we will sort the options by country. Please comment below and let us know where and how you will watch the Olympics online. My Preferred Method: use a VPN, as described here (works from everywhere). Update: […]

Adam Travis 200kg Clean

July 18, 2012 By Gregor Winter

These Weightlifting / Strongman Hybrids! Here is recently mentioned Adam Travis with a 200kg Clean @ 88kg Bodyweight. Thanks to Phil for sending this in. Update: Adam also has a 310kg Deadlift.

Wu Jingbiao & Long Qingquan on London 2012

July 18, 2012 By Gregor Winter

Here is a video of what I guess is about Wu Jingbiao taking Long Qingquan’s spot in the Men’s 56kg at London 2012. Warning: Video does Auto Play. I can’t disable it. So turn down your speaker if you are at work. If you speak Chinese, then please leave a comment below and tell us the main points. […]

2008 Beijing Olympics Weightlifting

July 17, 2012 By Gregor Winter

Frank Rothwell, the YouTube equivalent of the duracell bunny, uploading the 2008 Beijing Olympics weightlifting events. +105kg Results Athlete Snatch (kg) Clean & Jerk (kg) Total 1 2 3 Result 1 2 3 Result Matthias Steiner 198 203 207 203 246 248 258 258 461 Evgeny Chigishev 200 205 210 210 240 247 250 250 […]

Kazakhstan Youth Weightlifting Program

July 17, 2012 By Gregor Winter

ATG reader Mykolas submitted the programming of the Kazakhstan youth team, (the young adults, prior and up to age 18). He said: Ilyin is mentioned throughout this file, as I do believe this was the programming he used prior to his meet in 2005, I think. It is all written in Russian, though some of […]