Best of Olympic Weightlifting
Time to upgrade your Box Jumps. This guy (Master of Sports in Weightlifting) does Weighted Box Jumps (with a 110kg x5) and maintains pretty good form throughout the set. I'm not gonna lie, at first I was like "what the hell is he doing? Injury … [Continue reading]
Meanwhile in Russia ... Gennady Muratov (105kg) has a a couple of bangers for you. (BTW, if you want to see more hang snatches, click on the "hang snatch" category below the post) Update: YouTube Video 230kg Front Squat + … [Continue reading]
Earlier this year I linked to a 2 day webinar where Kelly Starrett talked about all the aspects he covered in his mobility wod videos. If you missed it here is a hour recording of the beginning titled "MobilityWod Principles". It's basically a … [Continue reading]
Meanwhile in Russia ... 1.7x Bodyweight Squat... Nothing special really you might say. Except when it's from Chingiz Mogushkov and therefore 340kg x2. Update: Check out his 350kg x3 Squat Also check out his 295kg Front Squat. … [Continue reading]
Listen to the Weightlifting Scoop Podcast Episode 43. Travis Cooper, James Tatum and Glenn Pendlay talk about weightlifting programs and how they are influenced by science and culture. Specifically they talk about the different mindsets behind … [Continue reading]
Meanwhile in Greece ... Anastasios Triantafyllou gets a 320kg Squat. The now 26 year old lifted in the Bejing 2008 94kg category (155+196). In 2009 he tested positive for Methylhexamneamine (aka 1,3-dimethylamylamine or DMAA) and was banned for … [Continue reading]
Dmitry Klokov arrived in the pre- worlds training camp in Istra. Gets a towelless 265kg Front Squat. If you haven't, get your Dmitry Klokov Front Squat Poster or Desktop Wallpapers. … [Continue reading]
Meanwhile in Ukraine ... Here is one to watch - 21 year old Yaroslav Chernyshov (94kg) gets a 215kg Clean & Jerk. In 2012 at the European Juniors he competed at 91kg and got 165kg (x168) + 197kg (x201). In the 2013 Europeans, at … [Continue reading]
Meanwhile in Russia ... Dmitry Berestov seems to be in in the Chekhov training camp right now. 200kg x2 Push Press Update: Dmitry now has his own YouTube channel. … [Continue reading]