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Russian Lifters getting ready for London 2012

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With the 2012 London Olympics approaching here is a short video of the Russian weightlifters in the training hall. Because the Russians don’t want you to watch this clip if you are outside of Russia, you need to use a Russian proxy. Use hideme.ru and paste this link http://news.sportbox.ru/Vidy_sporta/hard_attletics/spbvideo_NI288949_Velikolepnaya-desyatka-gotovitsya-pokoriti-London into it. Features lifters like David Bejanyan, Chingiz Mogushkov and others.

Press in Split Drills and Split Jerk Foot Position

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Update: Glenn and Donny recorded a Q&A on that exercise. Donny Shankle explains 2 split jerk techniques he learned from Zygmunt Smalcerz while training at the OTC. Good drills if you have trouble catching or stabilizing the weight after a jerk. Instruction for Foot Position: draw a line in front of our toes take 3 steps draw a […]

Tomato Scrambled Eggs Breakfast

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A redditor shares his breakfast eggs variation. via: Are your eggs boring? Try this! 1) Heat a frying pan to med/low heat and add olive oil.2) Cover the bottom of the pan with thinly sliced tomato and add garlic to taste. Salt is optional.3) When the tomato starts to shrivel, add your eggs and cook to […]

2002 Russian Grand Prix Weightlifting

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Here is a video of the 2002 Russian Grand Prix. Among the lifters are Marcin Dołęga, Ronny Weller, Hossein Rezazadeh, Andrei Chemerkin and others. Lifter Snatch Clean & Jerk Andrei Chemerkin 185 kg, 195kg, x200kg (lost his grip, thought his thumb ripped off) x235 (28:45– look at his catch and “rack” position. Inflexible? Weight of […]

Vitamin D and You – Naked Scientist Podcast

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The Naked Scientist Podcast has an episode on Vitamin D.(SFW) Could a ray of sunshine hold the key to preventing MS, diabetes and even bowel cancer? Vitamin D – made naturally in skin exposed to strong sunlight – appears to reduce the risk of developing these, and a rash of other diseases. They talk about […]