Best of Olympic Weightlifting
Meanwhile A while back in Uzbekistan ... 21 year old Sardorbek Dusmurotov (105 kg) Squats 320kg. 320 - 330 kg seems to be the mark most top 105kg need to hit to be competitive. Klokov listed a 325kg Squat, same for Berestov, 320kg for … [Continue reading]
Meanwhile in China ... Kirksman from Lifthard.com is in China, learning from the coaches there. Follow his instagram for updates. He posts stuff about the training philosophy, as well as exercises like the one below. Overloading the descent … [Continue reading]
Here is Ivan Markov's 179kg Gold Medal Snatch from the 2014 World Championships. The 26 year old who started weightlifting at age 14 had a perfect run in the Snatch going 174, 177, 179 kg. This gave him a one kilo advantage over Kianoush Rostami … [Continue reading]
Here are some Squats by 20 year old Tian Tao (85kg) from the 2014 Worlds Training Hall. 255kg x2. (He has done 280kg in training) He did this 6 days before he competed at the 85kg session, were he finished in sixth place. Update: Here is his … [Continue reading]
The Barbell Shrugged guys traveled to Sweden and visited the Eleiko headquarters. First they talk with Eleiko CEO Erik Blomberg and later with Anders Lindsjö. Notes company was started in 1927 produced waffle irons and toasters in the … [Continue reading]
Earlier this week Dmitry Klokov and Dmitry Berestov had a little private training session in the national training center in Chekhov. They are not going too heavy (170kg pause Snatch though), but it's nice to see a tour of the facility (click here … [Continue reading]
Rarely do you ever hear or see something about Vietnamese lifters. So here is a profile on the 56kg Worlds Silver Medalist and Junior Snatch World Record Holder - Kim Tuan Thach. Thanks to reader Minh for the translation … [Continue reading]
Here is Deng Wei's 142kg Clean & Jerk from the Almaty 2014 World Championships that won her the 63kg category. (Video also on Facebook and Instagram @atginsta) She had a rough start into the competition, missing her first Snatch … [Continue reading]
From the 2014 Worlds Training Hall ... Here is a 140kg Front Squat Double by Deng Mengrong (58kg, China). In the press conference the 24 year old mentioned that her best Front Squat is 150kg and that she only weighs 57kg in … [Continue reading]