The guys from sheiko-program.ru also made an interview with Dmitry Klokov. Now some of you might think “Ugh, another one? We just had 2 Dmitry interviews in the past months”. Sure, there is some overlap with the previous ones (Barbell Shrugged, “On Par 1”), but Dmitry also touches on some new topics. More: Interviews with and by […]
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Rudolf Plukfelder Documentary (David Rigert’s & Vasily Alekseyev’s Coach) with English Subtitles
Documentary time! Here is the remarkable life story of Rudolf Plukfelder. Below the video you can find the Transcript, which was made by ATG reader Sergiy Turchyn. Thank you very much for putting in the work Sergiy! Quick Facts about him: Plukfelder’s original name was “Pflugfelder” (lit. translation “plough fields”) After Hitler attacked the Soviet Union […]
Dmitry Klokov + Ilya Ilyin + Vasiliy Polovnikov Weightlifting Seminars – What did you learn?
(Originally posted on Dec 8, 2013. See Updates) So the Klokov/ Polovnikov seminars have been going on for a while now. Time for a review. In December the man himself, Ilya Ilyin joined the crew for the Long Island seminar (video below). To those of you who attended, How did you like it? What did you […]
Wall Bars Pike Stretch
Flexibility Friday? On his instagram David Durante is currently doing a series on Press to Handstand Progressions. He starts it off with a great flexibility drill using Wall Bars (every gym, no matter weightlifting/gymnastics/crossfit should have some, seriously). This one is a staple in gymnastics training. It’s basically a weighted Pike Stretch. You increase the load […]
Squat Jerk Tutorial
Here is a Hock-Ausstoß tutorial. Sounds like German Kamasutra, but it means Squat Jerk. As you can clearly see in the video, this flexibility-steroid using cheater can get into a perfect position. Even without weight on the bar! Below is what’s being said in the video. Pros of the Squat Jerk: you don’t need to […]
Dmitry Klokov Interviews Dmitry Lapikov
Continuing in his “On Par” Interview series … Dmitry Klokov interviews Dmitry Lapikov. Thanks to Evgeny Filatov for translating all of part 1 for us. Also thanks to Kirill Kazakov for adding in details. Update 08.08.2013: Part 2 is translated! Thanks to Kirill. Translation [00:00] KLOKOV: Greetings to our viewers. Today we will be talking “On Equal Terms” […]
Dmitry Klokov Interviews Khadzhimurat Akkaev
Dmitry Klokov interviewed Khadzhimurat Akkaev. Check out Dmitry’s other interviews here. Update 04.08.2013: Translation completed! 16100 words! Update 11.09.2014: Read Akkaev’s 2014 Interview on ATG. Thanks to Kirill Kazakov and Vadim Pakhutkin for translating this for all of us. Part 1 Translation of Part 1 Everything in square brackets are explanations of idioms or background info. KLOKOV: […]
Chad Vaughn Split Jerk Article
Chad Vaughn wrote an article on the Split Jerk. From stance, grip width, jerk dip, shoulder-hip alignment to jerk foot position he covers pretty much everything. As for the dip, I cannot remember ever working with anyone whose dip I have not reduced in depth. Download: link to PDF (right click + ‘save as’) Preview: […]
Pelican Push Ups
Jim from Beastskills makes progress on his way to the Reverse Muscle Up. Remember he also had this video where he does Reverse Muscle Ups on Boxes. Here he is doing Pelican Push Ups. These require not only a great deal of strength, but also good shoulder flexibility. In case you haven’t already seen it here is […]