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Kianoush Rostami 173kg Snatch 2015 World Weightlifting Championships

March 30, 2016 By Gregor Winter

Here are all of Kianoush Rostami’s snatches at the 2015 Worlds. He went 173, x178, x178 which still secured a bronze medal in the snatch. More: Watch his 221kg Clean and Jerk in Training

Valentin Hristov 210kg Front Squat

March 29, 2016 By Gregor Winter

From the 2015 Worlds … Valentin Hristov (62kg) front squatting 210kg during their heavy training on November 18th. More: Watch his 178kg Junior World Record Clean and Jerk. Boyanka Kostova’s 180kg Front Squat at 58kg

Lesman Paredes 2015 Worlds Training Hall

March 27, 2016 By Gregor Winter

Here are a couple of clips of (then still 19 year old) Lesman Paredes in the 2015 Worlds Training Hall. 190kg Clean & Jerk, 160kg Snatch, plus some Front Squats and Snatch Pulls. More: Lesman’s Photoshop Contest Fame

ATG on Tour Mohamed Ehab Egypt Part 2 Monday Afternoon Training

March 24, 2016 By Gregor Winter

Here is Part 2 of the ATG on Tour in Egypt series. Here is what went down in the Monday afternoon training: 00:36 Warm Up 04:06 Mohamed Warming up for Block Snatches 10:29 Mohamed 140kg x2 Snatches 12:00 Starting Power Clean Warm Up 14:34 Mohamed 150kg x2 Power Cleans 15:44 Starting Squat Warm Up 18:11 […]

Deng Wei 146kg Clean and Jerk World Record

March 23, 2016 By Gregor Winter

From the 2015 World Weightlifting Championships in Houston… Deng Wei (63kg, China) Clean and Jerks 146kg for a new World Record! She added 1kg onto Tzu Chi Lin’s (Chinese Taipei) old record who was also competing at this event, and 4kg to her 2014 worlds performance. After her 113kg Snatch Deng walked away with 3 golds.

Andrei Aramnau Ends Weightlifting Career

March 22, 2016 By Gregor Winter

Today world record holder and Beijing Olympic champion Andrei Aramnau announced that he is officially done with professional weightlifting. I remember last year at Klokov Power Weekend he talked about his injuries and lack of support. So it’s sad for me to see him make this decision at age 27. He achieved so much so […]

Ivan Efremov 192kg Snatch 2015 World Weightlifting Championships

March 22, 2016 By Gregor Winter

Here is Ivan Efremov‘s 192kg Snatch that won him the 105kg Snatch gold medal at worlds. He snatched 193kg at Asian Championships and even did 200kg at Uzbek nationals.

Mohammed Ehssan 300kg Front Squat

March 22, 2016 By Gregor Winter

Meanwhile in Egypt … Mohammed Ehssan Front Squats 300kg! Remember he injured himself during his second snatch attempt at worlds (partially torn quad muscle). During my visit in Cairo he was already training with the team again. Not doing crazy weights like this, but he was back to full range of motion squats. More: Watch his […]

Tian Tao Trapi (Snatch Grip Upright Rows) 2015 World Weightlifting Championships

March 20, 2016 By Gregor Winter

After Tian Tao snatched 160kg [Video here], he finished his session with some upper back work. More: Dmitry Klokov doing Trapi Update: Full Session of Lu’s and Tian’s Training Session.