Best of Olympic Weightlifting
The Weightlifting World Podcast interviewed Luz Mercedes Acosta from Mexico. Features an interesting discussion about the all the various training systems she trained under (Bulgarian, Soviet, Iranian). You can download the mp3 … [Continue reading]
Meanwhile in Poland ... 28 year old Łukasz Grela (94kg) Snatches 180 kg. Post by KU AZS AJD Częstochowa podnoszenie ciężarów. Thanks to Damian for submitting this. Update 26.10.2014: At the Polish national championshps he got a 178kg … [Continue reading]
Meanwhile in China... Here is a 130kg Snatch by 16 year old Cheng Meng (56kg), 2kg above his own official World Record. This was at the test event in which Lia Hui Clean & Jerked 200kg. A couple of months later at the 2014 Youth Olympics he … [Continue reading]
Meanwhile in Russia ... in the Sochi training camp. 2011 European Champion Alexey Yufkin (85kg) Snatches 170kg. Same weight he snatched at his Europeans victory (170 + 215 in Kazan). Recently at the 2014 Russian championships he got 2nd behind … [Continue reading]
Meanwhile in Iran... 22 year old Bahador Moulaei Clean & Jerks 260kg! Note this is an older clip. After the Asian Games (where he lifted injured) it was decided that he needs to get surgery on his kne. That means he will miss this year's … [Continue reading]
Meanwhile in Algeria ... at the 2014 IPF African Open Championships in Béjaia. Here is what the opposite of a dive bomb Squat looks like. Mohammed Boufia (127kg) Squats 390kg with a super slow descent. Complete domination over the weight. … [Continue reading]
Meanwhile in Russia ... 19 year old Marcel Guidea (94kg moving up to 105kg) Clean & (Squat!) Jerks 227kg. Looks like 225kg, I know, but notice the chrome plates inside of the red 25s. If they are those 1.25kg Eleikos then it would be … [Continue reading]
Meanwhile in the US ... The Juggernaut Chad Wesley Smith Squats 387kg (855lbs). Turns out this is exactly what ATG's Rep Max Calculator predicts when you plug in his 365kg x2. Just from listening to it, you could think it was Milko … [Continue reading]
Meanwhile in Russia ... When she's not bending bars, Ekaterina Katina (75kg) Front Squats 190kg x2. Last time I mentioned her it was with 190kg x2 Back Squats. More: Julia Konovalova's 190kg Front Squat Nadezhda Evstyukhina's … [Continue reading]