Best of Olympic Weightlifting
It's time for the 2017 Summer Universiade in Taipei, Taiwan! This page will be updated throughout the event. When: 20.08 - 25.06.2017 Athletes send in clips from training or competition if you can. Update: Start List (PDF) Useful Links … [Continue reading]
Meanwhile in Taipei at the 2017 Universiade ... Kuo Hsing-Chun (58kg, Taiwan) clean and jerks 142kg for a new world record! More: Watch Kuo in Training before Worlds 2015. A post shared by All Things Gym (@atginsta) on Aug 21, 2017 at 6:06am … [Continue reading]
After Rebeka Koha's session, here is Ritvars Suharevs' training session before Junior Worlds 2017. Also look at the cool shirt he's wearing ? Get your ATG pocket logo edition here. A typical pre competition training session for the 18 year old. … [Continue reading]
Meanwhile in Iran ... Sohrab Moradi (94kg) squats 315kg! Certainly one of the bigger squats by a 94kg lifter on video. 315 kg A post shared by Sohrab Moradi (@sohrab.moradiii) on Aug 17, 2017 at 6:59am PDT … [Continue reading]
Meanwhile in Colombia ... Just a couple of weeks after his 165kg snatch in training, 18 year old Yeison Lopez hits 170kg! He still has some time left as a junior. Enough to challenge Taner Segir's 172kg (172.5kg) junior snatch world record? A … [Continue reading]
From the 2017 Junior Worlds ... One of the craziest lifts from that competition. 19 year old Farkhodbek Sobirov (94kg, Uzbekistan) snatching 180kg! Mind boggling power. … [Continue reading]
Meanwhile in Estonia ... Mart Seim squats 270kg for a set of 12! Squat 270x12 #martseim #squat #ihatecardio A post shared by Mart Seim (@martseim) on Aug 14, 2017 at 5:34am PDT More: Mart Squatting 400kg Mart in the Training Hall … [Continue reading]
From the 2017 Junior Worlds ... It's easy to be overshadowed when you lift in the same group as Yeison Lopez, but a 155kg as a 77kg junior is nothing to sneeze it Here is 20 year old Shu Xiaoyu (77kg, China) snatching 148, 153 and 155kg for snatch … [Continue reading]
Here is a "How to Snatch" video with Clarence Kennedy. Unlike the common top down / bottom up approaches to teaching the movement, Clarence breaks it down into the various different exercises that prepare you for the full lift. … [Continue reading]