Best of Olympic Weightlifting
Here is a 211kg Clean & Jerk by Sa Jae-Hyouk (77kg). 211 at 77 should ring a bell. It's 1kg more than the current world record. He did this back at the 2010 South Korean Nationals and wikipedia says it is the current South Korean national … [Continue reading]
Meanwhile in Russia ... Andrey Malanichev sure likes his triples. This week he did 440kg (970lbs) for 3 reps! He is now 3 weeks out until the GPA World Powerlifting Championships. … [Continue reading]
David Durante talks Chris Spealler through some L-Sit progressions. As with everything in gymnastics... looks deceivingly simple, yet it's not. Since this is just a 2 minute video it can't show all there is to that exercise. In Building … [Continue reading]
Meanwhile in the UK ... Andy Bolton gets a 410kg (903lbs) Deadlift. Thanks to Phil for submitting. … [Continue reading]
Blast from the past ... In 2002 Oleg Perepetchenov snatched 177.5kg at 77kg! This was at the 2002 Russian Championships in Kursk. Video of the competition here. Thanks to BP for submitting. … [Continue reading]
The Weightlifting World Podcast interviewed German Super Heavyweight Almir Velagic. Give them a 'Like' on Facebook. Download: link to mp3 (right click + 'save as') Almir's Stats: Height: 183cm Weight: around 140-145kg Career … [Continue reading]
Check out the American Weightlifting Documentary by Greg Everett. In his quest to give weightlifting more exposure in the U.S. Greg put it onto himself to film and edit this 2 hour movie. Update: All Codes have been used up Greg set up a … [Continue reading]
Here is one from Norik Vardanian's London Olympics prep. 200kg, 210kg, 220kg Clean & Jerk I want to show that every lift must be done the same. If you notice, all 3 lifts done look alike. It does not matter how heavy the weight. If the lift … [Continue reading]
Dmitry Klokov filmed an episode of "Body Time"with Russian bodybuilder Andrey Skoromnyy. Here is a summary of the points they mentioned. Thanks to Juri for the translation effort. If you find more interesting points, let me know in the … [Continue reading]