Weightlifting

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

Unbelievable Bulgarians 1998 Training Hall DVD

September 21, 2011 By Gregor Winter

Awwwww Yeah Look what just came in the mail. The IronMind 1998 Training Hall DVD: Unbelievable Bulgarians Here are some clips from the DVD. Zlatan Vanev, WWC98 warmup

Weightlifting Accessory Exercises

September 21, 2011 By Gregor Winter

Here is a nice collection of accessory weightlifting exercises. Lots of variations of pulls, from blocks (nice staircase design btw, very space saving) etc… Not just Snatch and Clean & Jerk

Dmitry Klokov 202kg Deficit Snatch

September 20, 2011 By Gregor Winter

Dmitry Klokov with a huge 202 kg Deficit Snatch. That’s 2kg more than Andrei Aramnau’s snatch world record in the men’s 105kg class. and equally impressive … 192 kg deficit Snatch for 2 reps

Donny Shankle 215kg Box Clean & Jerk

September 20, 2011 By Gregor Winter

Lookin good Mr. Shankle Donny Shankle Cleans 215 kilos from blocks and also Jerks 215 kilos from blocks in preparation for the 2011 Pan Am Games and Senior World Championships.

Zlatan Vanev Weightlifting Warm Up

September 18, 2011 By Gregor Winter

Clips like this really get me hyped for the next training session. Bulgaria’s Zlatan Vanev warming up at the 1998 World Weightlifting Championships. Here is Zlatan Vanev’s training day on 19 (Tuesday) October 1999. His records in 77 kilos weight class were snatch 165 and c + j 205 and total 370: MORNING SESSION10.10 – 10.28 Snatch 80/2+110/2+140/1+150/1+(155/1 […]

Chinese Weightlifting Training Video

September 18, 2011 By Gregor Winter

Random Chinese Weightlifting footage from before Beijing 2008.

Chinese Weightlifting Squat Technique

September 17, 2011 By Gregor Winter

Kirk has some cues for a good squat form. 1. Chest stays as high arched as possible.2. Feet pointed point, comfortable width.3. Shoulders stay behind knees (super tough for the long torso lifter)4. Push butt back and sit down. At this point, think “chest up, chest up”5. Keep in control all the time. Avoid bouncing […]