Best of Olympic Weightlifting
Meanwhile in the Netherlands ... Karen Tovmasjan (85kg) snatches 165kg from the hang. He also got really close to 170kg (see here at 8:26). He also did 160kg in competition recently. Update: 166kg … [Continue reading]
Meanwhile in Russia ... Coach Safonov has Vasiliy Polovnikov do 260kg Paused Squats doubles. Update: Read Vasiliy's interview on ATG. Also check out Lu Xiaojun's 260kg Paused Squat from the 2013 Worlds training hall. Update … [Continue reading]
Meanwhile at the Raw Unity Meet 7 ... Update: Andrey Malanichev was given 3 white lights on his 460kg (1014 lbs) Squat. Probably the fastest I have seen 460kg move. He also benched 260kg and deadlifted 400kg for a new Total World Record … [Continue reading]
(Originally posted Jul 5, 2013) Vladislav Rigert and Dmitry Klokov show a killer isometric posterior chain exercise. Probably the best plank variation I have seen so far. Lay sideways on a bench and have a partner (preferably Dmitry) put … [Continue reading]
Blast from the past ... Ilya Ilyin's coach, Toishan Bektemirov, uploaded a 200kg Snatch from Blocks by Ilya. He wrote that this one is from his London 2012 preparation and looks so routine. Remember that in his interview with Dmitry Klokov he … [Continue reading]
Meanwhile in Colombia ... Nisida Palomeque Valoyes, 2013 63kg Pan American Champion, shows a box jump drill I had not seen before. Cleans and Split Jerks onto Boxes. Not something to drill technique, but more of a conditioning drill I … [Continue reading]
Great performance by Ian Wilson at the 2014 U.S. Junior Nationals. He nailed a 170kg Snatch and 205kg C&J weighing 100.3kg. This would have gotten him Gold in C&J and Total at the 2013 Jr. Worlds . He went: Snatch: 160 166X … [Continue reading]
Meanwhile in Egypt ... Mohamed Ehab (69kg) gets a new Clean & Jerk PR. 185kg. Slowly closing in on Liao Hui's recent 198kg World Record. Also this is just 20kg less than what he Front Squats (205kg). Update: YouTube Version … [Continue reading]
Meanwhile at the 2014 US Junior Nationals ... Update 02.03.2014: 113kg Snatch from the 2014 Arnolds in Slow Motion. There he went 113+142=255 … [Continue reading]