Best of Olympic Weightlifting
It's time for the 2014 University World Championships in Chiang Mai, Thailand. Useful Links: Startlist & Schedule Stream for mobile Scoreboard Official Website Highlight: Dumitru Captari (77kg, Moldova) with a 195kg Clean & … [Continue reading]
Meanwhile in Russia ... Video Blogger Misha Prygunov, followed Dmitry Klokov around for a day. It's 2 hours and in Russian, but just from watching it confirms my view of Dmitry - always working on something. They visit the Winner Sportswear … [Continue reading]
Zhassulan Kydyrbaev ... Until recently that was a name that I had not been familiar with. But after he showed up in Ilya's videos and posted his 190 +230 in training it was clear that he is one to be reckoned with. In what until then was the … [Continue reading]
From the 2014 World Championships Training Hall... Yue Kang (75kg) Squats 170kg x5, one week before her competition day. She did 150 x5 before that. (Video also Facebook and Instagram @atginsta) The 2 times Junior World Champion and … [Continue reading]
Meanwhile in China ... Update: Excellent detective work from Phil! Correction: Both names are correct it seems. Zhang Rong or Yung Chang. She's 21 years old In the 2013 Chinese National Games she didn't complete one lift, bombed the … [Continue reading]
Dmitry Klokov released his ebook and coaching videos today. It's called "Klokov: Training Methods of the Russian Champion" and you can currently get it for a discounted price of $27 US. Note that this is not a sponsored post. I was not … [Continue reading]
We have seem Vasiliy Polovnikov Snatch 200kg on multiple occasions, but here is on from 2011 where he was "about 101kg" bodyweight. Post by Vasily Polovnikov. … [Continue reading]
Zulfiya Chinshanlo had an outstanding performance at the 2014 World Weightlifting Championship, setting two world records in the Clean and Jerk. After her 127kg opener, which secured her gold in the total, the 21 year old lifted 133kg for a new … [Continue reading]
After the Konstantin Konstantinovs interview, Mike Israetel interviewed Mikhail Koklyaev for JTS Strength. Together they recap Misha's career. More: Past Misha interviews here and here. My Notes: … [Continue reading]