Best of Olympic Weightlifting
Meanwhile in the U.S. ... 21 year old Steven Maradona Push Presses 226kg (500 lbs)! I love that he tried to go for a double. Related: Chingiz Mogushkov's 240kg Push Press. Thanks to Chet and Everett for submitting. … [Continue reading]
Meanwhile in Iran ... After his 230kg Clean & Jerk last week, here is a 188kg Snatch by Saeid Mohammadpour (94kg wants to lift as 105 in 2015). Update 24.10.2014: He lifted 191 + 225 in the Iranian league (via). Loading … [Continue reading]
Boris Sheiko sat down to answer questions from members of his forum. My Notes: … [Continue reading]
Over at his blog Rob Macklem posted this sequence of Lu Xiaojun getting his Back Pump on in the worlds training hall. Usually I am not a fan of naming exercises after athletes, but "Round Back Deficit Snatch Grip Deadlift Row" is just too long. … [Continue reading]
This might come in handy after your next Deadlift session. Kelley Starrett explains his Back Pain Relief Template. More: Mobility WODs sorted by Body Parts on Mobility 101 … [Continue reading]
Vasiliy Polovnikov sat down to interview Nadezda Evstyukhina. Thanks to "mindblowned" for the translation so far. Nadezhda's Best Lifts Snatch - 140 from blocks Clean and Jerk - 170 (injured herself in this training session … [Continue reading]
You often see comments in the form of "Lifter X would be a perfect fit for the old Y Weight Class". But what would be a good distribution of weight classes? Below is a comment by reader "aed939" that was left on Julia Konovalovas 190kg Front … [Continue reading]
Continuing in his Interview series, Vasiliy Polovnikov sat down with Ruslan Albegov. The Translation + Summary was kindly provided by reader "mindblowned" Translation Vasiliy: How did you start lifting? Ruslan: When I was 11-12 my brother … [Continue reading]
Yes! I was waiting for this one... Vasiliy Polovnikov interviewed Chingiz Mogushkov. Thanks to Sergiy and "mindblowned" for the translation. PS: The "Chingiz Leaning on Things Shirts" is back in stock. Quick Facts: He was 127 kg when he … [Continue reading]