Best of Olympic Weightlifting
Meanwhile in Britain ... Eddie Hall deadlifts 60kg to 420kg and back down to 60kg in 40kg jumps. 19 reps. #crossfit More: Mikhail Koklyaev's Pyramid for Squat and Deadlift Max Aita's 0 to 600 lbs Pyramid … [Continue reading]
Highlight from the 2014 Worlds Training Hall ... Kim Unju (75kg, North Korea) Squatting 175kg x5 four days out from competition. This was the heaviest squat I saw performed by a female athlete that week (wasn't there when the +75kg ladies were … [Continue reading]
Meanwhile in Russia ... Kirill Sarychev sat down for an interview with Konstantin Konstantinovs. If you can help with the translation, please do so in the comments or use the ATG submit form. Update 14.05.2015: Thanks to reader Nyah we have … [Continue reading]
Here is a highlight from the 2015 Europeans Training Hall. 18 year old Simon Martirosyan taking some big jumps while working up to 160kg. Ramsey from Fast Lane Fitness / @underthebarwl, who filmed this for ATG noted, that he really just … [Continue reading]
Another good episode of Mark Bell's Powercast podcast. Bench Press monster Eric Spoto talks about his training history and the intrinsic motivation to become as strong as possible. Comes across like a really pleasant guy. … [Continue reading]
After we saw the men put up record breaking performances at the 2015 Men's Weightlifting Nationals, it's now time for the women's Nationals. As always I will update this post with videos & results as they happen. +75kg Meng Suping … [Continue reading]
Meanwhile in Colombia ... at the 2015 Junior Pan American Championships. 20 year old Luis Mosquera won the 69kg category with a 150kg Snatch and 186kg Clean & Jerk. He went 6/6 with 140/147/150 and then 172 (Power Clean)/182/186. Next … [Continue reading]
Here is a fairly recent interview with Naim Suleymanoglu. I hope some of you can help with the translation of the main points. Translation: Thanks to Şamil. He was born on January 23, 1967 in Ahatlı village. Two years after his family … [Continue reading]
Here are 4 minutes in the 2015 Europeans training hall with Viktor Getts (77kg, Russia). This was filmed about 12pm the day before his competition. So instead of super heavy weights (which you won't see Russian lifters do in the training hall … [Continue reading]