Best of Olympic Weightlifting
Previously in Kazakhstan ... Here is a 290kg Front Squat from Ilya Ilyin's worlds preparation. I hope he will upload more of his training PRs, he told us that his Front Squat PR is 295kg. See his Progress Tracker here. History 2014 … [Continue reading]
Here are Apti Aukhadov's Snatches from the 2014 World Championships. From Hookgrip's post on Facebook: He is not planning on attending an int'l meet until the 2015 WWC, he plans on taking the time to do seminars (he plans on being in the … [Continue reading]
Here are a couple of clips from the 75kg Warm up Area at the 2014 World Championships. Features the for Asian countries typical glute and hamstring smashing massage, shows an interesting manoeuvre from Kim Un-Ju at around 1:50 and finishes with an … [Continue reading]
Previously in China ... at the 2009 Chinese National Games. Wlift84 is scouring CNTV for all the hidden weightlifting gems and here are two nice ones. Wang Mingjuan and Yang Lian Snatch 99kg at 48kg, one kilogram above the current world record. … [Continue reading]
Here is Nadezhda Evstyukhina's 126kg Gold Medal Snatch from the 2014 World Championships. Same weight as Yue Kang and Kim Un Ju, but Nadezhda weighed in at 74.4kg, 110 grams lighter than Yue and 230g lighter than Un Ju. You can see how pissed … [Continue reading]
Meanwhile in the US ... Chad Wesley Smith squats 226kg (500lbs) x22. Post by Colin Burns. … [Continue reading]
Meanwhile in Iceland ... Bennedikt Magnusson Deadlifts "around" 450 kg (992 lbs). … [Continue reading]
Previously in the 2014 World Championships Training Hall ... (Video also on Facebook and Instagram @atginsta) In German we have the expression "Not macht erfinderisch", which translates to "Necessity is the mother of invention". This is … [Continue reading]
Meanwhile in the UK ... Eddie Hall Deadlifts 400kg. For a set of five. Put that into the ATG Rep Max Calculator and get a theoretical max average of 461kg. … [Continue reading]