Best of Olympic Weightlifting
David Durante has another gymnastics training video. This time he talks about Planche Progressions. What it is not: a step by step guide to achieve the Planche What it is: an outlook of what is required for high level gymnastics … [Continue reading]
I've been looking for this for a while now... Thanks to Nat from HookGrip we get to see the video of Om Yun Chol's Clean & Jerk World Record (beating Halil Mutlu's 168kg from 2001). 169kg at 56kg bodyweight! Triple (+) Bodyweight at age … [Continue reading]
Meanwhile in Poland ... Lu Xiaojun Pause Squats 260kg in the 2013 Worlds Training Hall. Update: See Lu's 176kg Snatch World Record here. Video comes again from David Boffa, who also wrote about it here. … [Continue reading]
(Originally posted October 6th,2012. See updates) In an interview from right after the Olympics (10. August 2012) Ilya Ilyin's coach said: He needs to rest for at least 9 months, during which he will only do light training like running, but no … [Continue reading]
Here is a tribute to one of my favorite lifters on the Russian team - Chingiz Mogushkov. Hope he recovers quickly from his little hip injury and we'll see him in top form at the President's Cup in November (21-23.11). Update: Check out Chingiz … [Continue reading]
Meanwhile in Lithuania ... Earlier this year he set the mark to 221kg. Today at the 2013 Log Lift Championships Zydrunas Savickas managed to best his old record by 1.5kg. Wobbly, but it was a good lift according to the judges. The new World … [Continue reading]
First video from the 2013 Worlds training hall comes from David Boffa. Lu Xiaojun, Liao Hui and (Tian Tao ?)at work. Muscle Snatches, Snatch High Pulls and 170kg x3 Deficit Snatch Grip Deadlifts. More: Lu Xiaojun Barbell Side Bends … [Continue reading]
Meanwhile in Egypt ... Mohamed Ehab (12th at the 2009 worlds 62kg, now 69kg lifter) performs some weighted Broad Jumps to improve his explosive power. In the 2012 Cup of Egypt he did 148 + 180 which won the 69kg category. I asked him how how … [Continue reading]
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 … [Continue reading]