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Zhang Wanqiong 123kg Clean & Jerk

October 27, 2014 By Gregor Winter

Meanwhile in China … Update: False Alert! Turns out this is Zhang Wanqiong (53kg). She totaled 231kg with 102 + 129 at the Chinese nationals. No wonder that 123 looked like a toy. Thanks to the ATG error correction system aka Victor 🙂 2013 World Champion Tan Yayun (48kg) Clean & Jerks 123kg in training. This […]

Lu Xiaojun 280kg Squat

October 24, 2014 By Gregor Winter

Meanwhile in China … well not quite. This clip is probably from before London 2012. Lu Xiaojun Squats 280kg. More Lu: His 260kg Paused Squat in the 2013 Worlds Training Hall All Lu Xiaojun Posts on ATG Related: Petr Asayonak’s 290kg Squat

Long De Cheng 226kg Squat (4x Bodyweight)

October 22, 2014 By Gregor Winter

Meanwhil in China … 56kg lifter Long De Cheng Squats 226kg which is 4x Bodyweight. Men squat to max more often than women in the Chinese system because they have more power and less endurance. During the Ma Strength Weightlifting Camp, 56kg Long De Cheng adjusted his training and went for a max single in […]

Cheng Meng 130kg Snatch (16y/o, 56kg)

October 14, 2014 By Gregor Winter

Meanwhile in China… Here is a 130kg Snatch by 16 year old Cheng Meng (56kg), 2kg above his own official World Record. This was at the test event in which Lia Hui Clean & Jerked 200kg. A couple of months later at the 2014 Youth Olympics he set the a new official Youth Clean & […]

Lu Xiaojun Back Exercise “Lu Rows”

October 6, 2014 By Gregor Winter

Over at his blog Rob Macklem posted this sequence of Lu Xiaojun getting his Back Pump on in the worlds training hall. Usually I am not a fan of naming exercises after athletes, but “Round Back Deficit Snatch Grip Deadlift Row” is just too long. So I’m just going to call them Lu Rows for now (since “Chinese Rows” is already taken) . From […]

Liao Hui & Coach Yu Jie Q&A Update Part 4 Added

September 28, 2014 By Gregor Winter

Meanwhile in China … Well not quite. This is from the Ma Strength Chinese Weightlifting camp. Attendees got a chance to ask Liao Hui, Zhong Guoxun & Coach Yu Jie a couple of questions. Update: Part 3 added below In Part 1 Liao Hui and his Coach didn’t say much. I will update this post with the […]

Zhou Lulu 192kg Clean & Jerk World Record at +75kg

September 26, 2014 By Gregor Winter

Meanwhile in Korea … at the 2014 Asian Games. Zhou Lulu, who already showed that she was in top form at the Chinese test event 2 months ago, just broke Tatiana Kashirina’s +75kg Clean & Jerk World Record (190kg). She weighed in at 140.35kg set the new World Record at 192kg. Her Lifts: 135, 142, x147 in the […]

Tian Tao 218kg Clean & (Squat) Jerk at 85kg Update Interview Translation Added

September 24, 2014 By Gregor Winter

Meanwhile in Korea at the 2014 Asian Games. The 85kg session was quite a spectacle! We even had got an amazing HD stream. Kianoush Rostami Snatched 172kg, Sa Jae-Hyouk got 171kg (skipped his 3rd) and later bombed in the Clean & Jerk (x207, x207, x210). Then it was for the Tian Tao show. The 20 year old was […]

Lu Xiaojun 175kg Snatch + 200kg Clean & Jerk 2014 Asian Games Update Short Interview

September 23, 2014 By Gregor Winter

Meanwhile in Korea … at the 2014 Asian Games. Here are Lu Xiaojun’s lifts from the 77kg Session: It started out pretty normal. He went 3/3 in the Snatch with 165, 170 and 175. All lifts very solid. In the Clean & Jerk however he missed his first two attempts at 200kg! Luckily he made his […]