Best of Olympic Weightlifting
Blast from the Past... A 230kg Front Squat by Zhan Xugang (77kg) from the 2000 worlds training hall (?). World Records by Zhan: 70kg: at the 1996 Olympics he claimed the Snatch WR with 162.5kg, the C&J world record with 195kg (Total WR … [Continue reading]
Meanwhile in Belarus ... 24 year old Valery Levkovsky gets a 360kg Deadlift (at 111kg) at the Belarus University Championships. The way he sets up it almost looks like he is about to Clean it. … [Continue reading]
Meanwhile in the U.S. ... 22 year old Muhammad Begaliev from Uzbekistan gets a 163kg Snatch off blocks. He won the 85kg at the 2013 American Open with 157+185 (at just 80.75kg bodyweight!). Thanks to Zac for the info. Update: Reader … [Continue reading]
Meanwhile in Russia ... Arthur Mugurdumov (105kg) gets a 260kg Front Squat and a 215kg C&J (not a PR, he did 220kg before). … [Continue reading]
Android 4.0+: Check out BarSense - a simple bar path tracking app. Useful not just for weightlifting, but also for squats (see examples here) and all your other favorite lifts. The developer is taking your feedback in this reddit thread. Richie … [Continue reading]
Chad Wesley Smith addresses 3 common Squat mistakes. Rounding Over (my biggest fault): create more upper back tightness, hands close, elbows pushing in & forward -> helping thoracic extension. Front Squats are also a great tool to improve … [Continue reading]
Meanwhile in Russia ... After 320kg x2, here is Aleksey Lovchev squatting 325kg x3 with what reader Alex called "a wet noodle for a bar". Update: Read Alexey's interview on ATG. More of Aleksey: 210kg Snatch from Blocks 200kg x2 … [Continue reading]
Meanwhile in Germany ... 1.5 months after the 2013 Worlds Ivan Markov is still in competition shape. At the Bundesliga meet between SV Germania Obrigheim and KSV Durlach he went 167+203. You could probably wake him up at 2 in the morning … [Continue reading]
After he made 440kg x3 look easy in training Andrey Malanichev went for 455kg in the GPA Powerlifting Championships in Finland. This would have been the first raw 1003 lbs squat I believe. It was red lighted by the judges for being high (check … [Continue reading]