Best of Olympic Weightlifting
(Originally posted Aug 4 2013, see update below) Good news from Korea ... Update: Sa Jae-Hyouk lifted at the 2014 Korean National Championships. Sa Jae-Hyouk (28) is back training after his horrible elbow injury from at the London … [Continue reading]
(Originally posted Feb 10, 2013) Documentary time ... Here is a weightlifting classic: "School of Champions: Bulgarian Training Documentary". Featuring: Max effort lectures from Ivan Abadjiev to a crowd of drained lifters. Update: Now on … [Continue reading]
(Originally posted Nov 8, 2013) Check out Weight x Reps, hands down the best online workout tracker. Features track any exercise calculates statistics, PR history, charts, overall volume per exercise, intensity no silly … [Continue reading]
Blast from the (not so distant) past... Another Tian Tao video from the time when he was 17 and competing at 77kg. 180kg Power Clean & Jerk. Also Check out Tian Tao's 280kg x2 Squat and read more about him here. More Power Clean … [Continue reading]
Brian Shaw, the 2013 World's Strongest Man, gets a huge Tire Deadlift. 517kg (1140 lbs)! Also check out his 448kg conventional Deadlift. Here is Mark Felix's 511.5kg (1128 lbs) Deadlift for comparison. … [Continue reading]
Meanwhile in Russia... After his 260kg Squat, Artem Okulov (85kg) is now up to 270kg. Follow Artem on Instagram @okulllov. … [Continue reading]
Meanwhile in Finland ... Update 15.02.2014: 235kg Front Squat Post by Miika Antti-Roiko. … [Continue reading]
Meanwhile in Greece ... Anastasios Triantafyllou gets another big Squat. Last time we saw him with 320kg. On January 2nd he got a beautiful 340kg! Update 24.11.2014: Anastasios Squatted 350kg Post by Nikos Karampou. … [Continue reading]
Continuing with Korean week ... Here is the C&J session from the March 2012 South Korean training camp. Sa Jae Hyouk (77kg): 190, 200kg, 206 kg Kim Min Jae (94kg): 200kg, 210kg, 220kg (Snatch session here) … [Continue reading]