Weightlifting

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

3 Day Beginner Olympic Weightlifting Program

January 8, 2012 By Gregor Winter

Greg Everett on The Most Basic Program In The World. Day 1SnatchSnatch PullFront Squat Day 2JerkPush PressOverhead Squat Day 3Clean & JerkClean PullBack Squat Sets and Reps Week 1: start conservative Week 3-4: add weight, decrease reps if necessary For example, you might do triples in the snatch, clean and jerk on week 1, doubles […]

Artem Ivanov 235kg Clean and Jerk

January 7, 2012 By Gregor Winter

Here is Artem Ivanov (2011WWC Ukrainian 94 kg silver medalist) with a whopping 235kg C&J. That’s 9kg more than Ilya’s winning C&J.

Once a Lifter, Always a Lifter

January 7, 2012 By Gregor Winter

Former 82.5kg lifter Ibragim Samadov still got it. 145 kg jerk at age 44. On a side note: At the 1992 Olympics Ibragim Samadov (EUN) was disqualified after he threw his medal onto the podium and walked out of the medal ceremony. The IOC decided not to award the medal to fourth-place finisher Chon Chol Ho […]

Andrei Aramnau Interview

January 6, 2012 By Gregor Winter

Here is an Interview with Andrei Aramnau (2008 105kg Olympic gold medalist) Q: How much do you lift during a training session?A: Well, on the whole I can lift up to 30 tons, you can get a lot of kilos if you sum up all the attempts.Q: 30 tons in 1 hour and a half?!A: I […]

Shankle Complex with 200 kg

January 5, 2012 By Gregor Winter

Donny Shankle added 10kg to his Barbell Complex he did with 190kg. Now with 200kg 3 x Pulls with Shrugs 1 x Hang Clean 2 x Jerk Close. 2 front squats and a jerk @ 200kg

2000 Sydney Olympics 69kg Men’s Weightlifting

January 5, 2012 By Gregor Winter

The 2000 Sydney Olympics had a lot of epic lifts. Here is the men’s 69 kg category which was dominated by the Bulgarians. Georgi Markov set a new world record with a 165 kg snatch (363 lbs). Name Body Weight Snatch (kg) Clean & Jerk (kg) Total (kg) 1 2 3 1 2 3 Galabin Boevski 68.78 155.0 160.0 162.5 […]

18 Year Old Dmitry Klokov Lifting

January 4, 2012 By Gregor Winter

Here is 10 year old footage showing an 18 year old Dmitry Klokov. Body Weight: 92.6 kg Snatch: 147.5 kg 152.5 kg 155 kgClean and Jerk: 187.5 kg, 192.5 kg, 200.5 kg (Russian Record)

Low vs High Bar Squats

January 4, 2012 By Gregor Winter

I was reading the post on the pros and cons of Low Bar vs High Bar Squatting by Justin.Really informative article. High Bar Squat Summary: Summary: The high bar squat is superior for Olympic weightlifting because it teaches proper clean/snatch receiving positioning. If there are problems with the low bar squat, then the high bar […]

Coach Gayle Hatch Olympic Lifts Instruction

January 3, 2012 By Gregor Winter

Here is a video of Coach Gayle Hatch and Matthew Bruce instructing the Olympic lifts. Lifts: back squat, front squat, clean pull, power clean, (full squat) clean, split jerk, clean and jerk, power snatch and snatch (via)