Best of Olympic Weightlifting
Meanwhile in Iran ... Looks like Iran has lifted the ban on Facebook & Instagram? Good for us, because we get to see Behdad Salimi doing a Complex with 225kg. Deadlift + Power Clean + 2x Jerks How crazy is re-racking 225kg to do … [Continue reading]
Here is a Snatch and Clean & Jerk technique tutorial featuring 4 Russian masters of sports. Most prominent is Dmitry Berestov. He along with Aleksandr Zakharov, AleksandrKrasnov (56kg) , Dmitriev(?) go through every minute detail of the … [Continue reading]
Update: Gymnastics coach Christopher Sommer was on Robb Wolf's Paleo Solution Podcast and talked about Weighted Shoulder Dislocates. Segment starts at 4:30. http://traffic.libsyn.com/robbwolf/PaleoSolution-230.mp3 You can see a video of this … [Continue reading]
Here is a tasty High Protein Pancake recipe from my buddy Anton. Try to cook them in your rice cooker :) This batch makes for about 5-8 pancakes. Mix it up and fry it on medium/low temperature. 5 egg whites 3 egg yolks 50 g … [Continue reading]
Meanwhile in Russia ... Here is a casual 190kg Snatch Pull + Snatch from 21 year old Magomed Abuev. More: Watch his first 205kg Snatch (at 17 y/o) here … [Continue reading]
Meanwhile in Russia ... Nadezhda Evstyukhina (75kg) does some Snatch Grip Push Presses with 150kg. 20kg heavier than her best competition Snatch. More: Watch her 200kg x2 Squat here. Update: She follows it up with 120kg x2 Cleans + … [Continue reading]
Meanwhile in Korea ... After the comeback from his elbow injury and his participation in the 2013 nationals (still 77 then), here is another update from Sa jae Hyouk. At the 2014 Korean nationals in June he went 166 + 202 at 85kg. He … [Continue reading]
Meanwhile in the US at Catalyst Athletics ... After his 300kg x3 the other day, Vasiliy Polovnikov gets a 330kg Deadlift. Oh, and he also banged out another 190kg Snatch while he was at catalyst athletics. You know... the usual. Update: He … [Continue reading]
Meanwhile in New Zealand ... Richie Patterson (85kg) gets a new Squat PR New personal best back squat this morning of 266kg, only took me 4 years from 265kg... Really happy with the past few months, sometimes it's the smallest things that … [Continue reading]