Best of Olympic Weightlifting
Meanwhile in Kazakstan ... 20 year old, 83kg bodyweight raw lifter Natalya Kuzmina squats 225kg! Also, check out her 150kg x10 Squat and her 210kg IPF record. Update: At the WC Classics PL she tested positive and is now banned until … [Continue reading]
Dmitry recently uploaded a video in which he uses an acupressure mat on his back and calves. Since I have never seen this thing used before I bit and bought me one for 15 bucks of amazon. Dmitry said about it, that: it acts as an … [Continue reading]
(Originally published 20th June) After hours with Dmitry Klokov ... Here Dmitry talks about his night diet. YouTube commenter miken5254 translated this (if you can improve / add points please do so): wakes up ~11am, skips breakfast and … [Continue reading]
Today in All Things Klokov ... 250kg Deadlift, and Dmitry takes 190kg for a walk. Last time we saw him with that weight it was a normal 190kg Snatch. This time it is 190kg from a deficit. Vadim, from the ATG Chat, who btw translated all … [Continue reading]
This is why Misha is the most well rounded strength athletes of our time. After 2 years of not training the Olympic lifts (in the video he says that he last snatched in April and got 175kg and had not snatched since) Mikhail Koklyaev busts out a … [Continue reading]
Documentary time! Vladimir, who already translated Ilya Ilin's Science of Victory, has done it again. He translated "Vasily Alekseyev - The Triumph of Strength" (Триумф силы. Василий Алексеев). This documentary is about the legendary … [Continue reading]
This one came unexpected. Update 24.02.2014: Salimi and Co. are back in the national team and take part in training camps. (via) The Iranian National Weightlifting Team posted a photo (24 June) on Facebook showing Behdad Salimi, Kianoush … [Continue reading]
Strongman Sundays in Russian forests ... When he is not deadlifting 362.5kg x9 , you can find Mikhail Koklyaev in the forests of Chelyabinsk, collecting rocks and doing long Farmers Walks. 110kg for 100m. BTW, recently on his vk he asked for … [Continue reading]
I already posted Olga Zubova'sUniversiade lifts ... But thanks to Anna for submitting the complete battle between her and Nadezhda Evstyukhina. Zubova: Snatch 115kg, x120kg, 120kg. C&J 145kg, 152kg, 159kg, 279kg Total Evstyukhina: Snatch … [Continue reading]