Best of Olympic Weightlifting
Meanwhile in Germany ... Max Lang (77kg) shares his squat warm up and mobility routine. More: Mobility 101 on ATG (Turn on English Subtitles by hitting the "CC" button in the player below) … [Continue reading]
If it weren't for Ilya's 246kg Clean & Jerk World Record I think Denis Ulanov's 219kg Clean & Jerk was the best lift so far at the 2015 President's Cup. Bodyweight here: 87.62kg for this one. He is 22 years old, is part of Team Astana … [Continue reading]
From the 2015 President's Cup. Norik Vardanian snatching 171kg for a new American Snatch Record. He also Clean & Jerked 202kg for an American Total Record of 373kg. … [Continue reading]
Meanwhile at the President's Cup in Russia... Adam Maligov (Russia) won the 94kg category (weighing in at 91.35kg), he needed to make this 219kg Clean and Jerk to win overall. He also snatched 178kg for a 397kg total. Update 15.12.2015: Here is … [Continue reading]
From the 2015 President's Cup ... Ruslan Albegov doing a little jog after snatching 205kg. Update (15.12.15): Reader Artur posts in the comments section two articles revealing that the coaches wanted a 250kg attempt before the World Record … [Continue reading]
Meanwhile in China ... Liao Hui Jerked 220kg... and even re racked the weight! So now the consensus is that this is fake (meaning one of the plates)? … [Continue reading]
Meanwhile in Ireland... Clarence Kennedy (94kg, Ireland) posted a new Pause Squat video, this time 260kg for 5 sets of 5. In the comment section he mentions that he plans to lift as in the 94kg category and is training at around 103kg bodyweight. … [Continue reading]
Meanwhile in Russia... Aleksey Lovchev uploaded a 210kg snatch to his instagram. I'm not sure when this is from but after he broke the Clean and Jerk and Total world records at the World Weightlifting Championships in Houston he did mention if a … [Continue reading]
This is the overview post for the 2015 President's Cup in Grozny, Russia. Nat and I are already in Moscow and we will travel to Grozny on Friday. It's an IWF Grand Prix which also allows athletes to qualify for the Olympic Games. The weight … [Continue reading]