Gregor Winter, Author at All Things Gym

What’s so great about Yoga?

January 6, 2012 By Gregor Winter

Easy answer … hot chicks in yoga pants. What’s even better? Hot chicks in underwear. Here is Briohny Smyth doing her thing. If you are looking for a complete Yoga routine check out this one from P90X. And on that note: How Yoga Can Wreck Your Body

What’s Your Motivation? – Iron Radio

January 5, 2012 By Gregor Winter

Listen to Iron Radio #138. Topic: What Motivates You? Neither illness nor holiday travel can hold back your hosts. After some highway-mobile training talk and contest anouncements, the guys discuss motivation. What motivates YOU? Are you a lone warrior or team lifter? And what is it that underlies your fire to train? Link to mp3

Shankle Complex with 200 kg

January 5, 2012 By Gregor Winter

Donny Shankle added 10kg to his Barbell Complex he did with 190kg. Now with 200kg 3 x Pulls with Shrugs 1 x Hang Clean 2 x Jerk Close. 2 front squats and a jerk @ 200kg

What do you wish you had known from the beginning?

January 5, 2012 By Gregor Winter

A couple of days ago I stumbled across this thread on reddit:What is the one gym exercise you wish you had known from the beginning? I think most of us (and I am no exception) probably started out the ‘wrong’ way (by which I mean not the most efficient way), doing way too much mirror […]

2000 Sydney Olympics 69kg Men’s Weightlifting

January 5, 2012 By Gregor Winter

The 2000 Sydney Olympics had a lot of epic lifts. Here is the men’s 69 kg category which was dominated by the Bulgarians. Georgi Markov set a new world record with a 165 kg snatch (363 lbs). Name Body Weight Snatch (kg) Clean & Jerk (kg) Total (kg) 1 2 3 1 2 3 Galabin Boevski 68.78 155.0 160.0 162.5 […]

18 Year Old Dmitry Klokov Lifting

January 4, 2012 By Gregor Winter

Here is 10 year old footage showing an 18 year old Dmitry Klokov. Body Weight: 92.6 kg Snatch: 147.5 kg 152.5 kg 155 kgClean and Jerk: 187.5 kg, 192.5 kg, 200.5 kg (Russian Record)

Low vs High Bar Squats

January 4, 2012 By Gregor Winter

I was reading the post on the pros and cons of Low Bar vs High Bar Squatting by Justin.Really informative article. High Bar Squat Summary: Summary: The high bar squat is superior for Olympic weightlifting because it teaches proper clean/snatch receiving positioning. If there are problems with the low bar squat, then the high bar […]

Don’t Lose Tightness When Benching

January 4, 2012 By Gregor Winter

Don’t Press Out of Your Arch by Jim Smith

Coach Gayle Hatch Olympic Lifts Instruction

January 3, 2012 By Gregor Winter

Here is a video of Coach Gayle Hatch and Matthew Bruce instructing the Olympic lifts. Lifts: back squat, front squat, clean pull, power clean, (full squat) clean, split jerk, clean and jerk, power snatch and snatch (via)