Best of Olympic Weightlifting
Meanwhile in Egypt ... Mohamed Ehab (69kg, 152kg Snatch) gets a 205kg Front Squat (2.97x BW). Udpate: He did a 212kg Front Squat. Triple+ bodyweight! Post by Mohamed Ehab. Also Check out his Weighted Barbell Broad Jumps Update: … [Continue reading]
Meanwhile in Russia ... When he is not Leaning on Things Chingiz Mogushkov gets some huge lifts done. 350kg Squat Triple! PS: I have an idea, but obviously need to contact Chingiz first. Update: The Shirt is here. Update: YouTube … [Continue reading]
Meanwhile in Canada ... 37 year old George Kobaladze (282kg Front Squat) is preparing for this year's Commonwealth Games. Here is a nice complex by him. 200kg Power Clean + Front Squat + 2x Jerks More Clean + Front Squat + Jerks … [Continue reading]
Meanwhile in Russia ... 22 year old Ekaterina Katina (75kg) squats 190kg for a double. Her competition bests are 113+143 and she was 2nd in the 2013 Russian Junior Championships. Here is a crisp 140kg Clean & Jerk from her. … [Continue reading]
Time for the first Weightlifting News Update of 2014. Russia decided to change course and make the 2014 world championships the #1 priority (via). Currently the team gathered for the first training camp in Chekhov. Here is Artem Okulov with … [Continue reading]
Meanwhile in Egypt ... Mohamed Ehab (69kg, 152kg Snatch) gets a 230kg Squat. Update 04.02.2015: A year later he squats 239kg. Update 05.02.2014: 235kg Squat Post by Mohamed Ehab. … [Continue reading]
Meanwhile in Spain ... Lydia Valentin Perez (75kg) is preparing for the Arnolds. Here is 124kg Snatch and 140kg Clean & Jerk (her best competition Snatch is 122kg from the 2013 Worlds). Update: See parts of the seminar she did while she … [Continue reading]
That has to be the biggest Front Squat on video so far. Derek Kendall takes the title with 362kg. Previously his other big Front Squats (347kg, 333kg) were done after regular Squats. This time he changed it up and did Front Squats … [Continue reading]
Blast from the Past ... Oksana Slivenko (69kg) squatted 200kg x2 in 2008! You should explore the other uploads of that channel as well. There are lots of good videos on there. For example: Oksana's 135kg Bench Press (and 100kg … [Continue reading]