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Lu Xiaojun’s Weibo Photos

July 5, 2012 By Gregor Winter

So by now you’ve probably seen the photos of Lu Xiaojun’s Weibo (Chinese Twitter clone) floating around on various forums (thanks to everybody who submitted these).

At first I didn’t post about them because I wanted to know more about their background to understand what’s going on.

Thanks to peteryji from the bb.com forum who shed some light on the pics.

First the 370kg Barbell Pic:

Lu Xiajun 370kg Half Squat

According to peteryji Lu was doing Half Squats.

That’s right! Pour that beer down the drain Justin!

But overloading one part of the squat should be nothing new to you if you read Chad Vaughn’s blog.

And in case you wondered why the hell you have so much trouble fitting 370kg on a barbell (don’t we all have that problem…), the Chinese have a special bar that is extra long.

See comparison here:

Extra long Barbell

Also, since I saw some people wondering about this pic:

Lu Xiajun Barbell Sidebends

These are the Barbell Side Bends I posted about here.

 

Filed Under: chinese weightlifting, Lu Xiaojun, Photos, weightlifting

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Comments

  1. Penn says

    July 5, 2012 at 17:59

    Hmmm. Some Powerlifting Feds use an Extra-Long Squat Bar as well. 

    http://www.flexcart.com/members/elitefts/default.asp?m=PD&pid=872

    I’m Surpried DHS doesn’t just make the Chinese team some 50kg Plates. 

    • GregorATG says

      July 5, 2012 at 23:15

      Yeah, that shouldn’t be an issue.

    • Afferbeck says

      July 7, 2012 at 16:02

      They do make a 50kg bumper, last item on this page
      http://www.dynamic-eleiko.com/products/DHStmainFRS.html

  2. Guest says

    July 8, 2012 at 03:50

    To be honest the picture you posted looks like a women’s barbell versus a mens. 

    • GregorATG says

      July 8, 2012 at 08:12

      Possible.

      • Guest says

        July 13, 2012 at 13:07

        The bottom one looks like it’s missing the middle knurling which indicates womens BB. However the diameter of the bars look pretty similar, although there is only 3mm difference between them any way. Not that it matters, it’s just interesting!

        • GregorATG says

          July 13, 2012 at 13:08

          Good observation.

  3. Theomandinlee says

    July 9, 2012 at 03:36

    How did they load that bar?

  4. DaTruth1 says

    December 26, 2012 at 00:26

    I just realized that the album you linked is from my imgur account. Neat!

  5. Nabil says

    January 9, 2014 at 11:53

    ofcourse it’s overloading. but any idea if it’s half front or back? the grip is pretty tight. could it be front?

  6. Harry McCulloch says

    October 14, 2014 at 12:04

    They should get some of these…

  7. Guest says

    October 14, 2014 at 12:06

    …

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