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Best of Olympic Weightlifting

1998 Super heavy Snatch + Clean and Jerk‬‏

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That was a great watch of Olympic weightlifting history. Ronny Weller setting two world records at the 1998 European Championship in Riesa. 205.5 kg in the snatch (direct link to 21:50). 260kg Clean and Jerk(direct link to 27:55). Within 3 seconds from standing in front of the bar to starting the lift, he is not […]

Mark Rippetoe on Fallacies about Adaption

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Read this article : The Biggest Training Fallacy of All by Mark Rippetoe He puts forward a fitting analogy for why people don’t make any progress. That is, comparing training with sun tanning, with regards to the stimuli needed to get adaption. The skin doesn’t adapt to total accumulated exposure, but to the longest exposure – the […]

This Week’s Most Popular Posts

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My Shoulder Warm-Up Routine Video Kohei Uchimura Japan Cup 2011 Routine Videos  Athletes on YouTube – ‪Mus Serir – Acrobat‬‏ Athletes on YouTube: Petair – BBoy Head Position for Handstands‬‏ ‬‏ Back to the basics: The Push-Up Bill Starr on the Split Snatch

Free Download “Fundamentals of Sports Training” by Matveyev

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Thanks to Joel Jamieson you now can download your free copy of “Fundamentals of Sports Training” by L. Matveyev (pdf) which sells for $200 to $400 on Amazon. Certainly a nice addition to the library. He writes: “Today, I’d like to pass along this invaluable piece of historic training work along to those who will value the […]

Dave Tate teaching the Deadlift

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I am always eager to learn and re-learn different techniques and approaches to exercises. After teaching us how to bench press and box squat earlier this week, today Dave Tate shows us how to deadlift. His key points are: Sumo Deadlift stance: shins close to the bar, spread the floor, flare the knees out drop […]

Shoulder Position Mobility WOD

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Once again Kelly Starrett FTW. This Mwod is just what I needed today. Did a lot of pressing last workout and sleept wrong on my shoulder, it all felt really tight this morning. As Kelly says ” it ends up anterior in the socket” and has very limited range of motion. Here are 3 simple […]

CrossFit Garage Gym Tour

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You can think what you want about CrossFit, but CrossFitters have some awesome garage gyms. Jim Agens, from north-west New Jersey is no exception. See his his video tour of his gym here: [wmv] [mov] Garage Gym Overview – Is this really a garage? Old telephone poles recommissioned for rope climbing.  The right place to hang […]