Meanwhile in China … Here is another one of Phil Johnson’s Chinese weightlifting videos from the category “Somewhere in China there is a little girl warming up with your max”. 105kg Clean & 2 Jerks by a Chinese 48kg lifter
Clarence Kennedy 205kg Clean
Clarence Kennedy keeps on growing into the 94kg. Update: Read his Interview on ATG. Now at 92kg bodyweight he cleans 205kg. This could have been better, I readjusted my grip recently and I’m not used to racking weights. Moving up bodyweight requires change of technique, I will need more time to get used to this new […]
Miika Antti-Roiko 200kg Clean Double
Meanwhile in Finland … Miika Antti-Roiko doubles up on 200kg Cleans. Recently he also hit a 155kg Snatch PR.
Travis Cooper 170kg Clean Complex
Meanwhile at MDUSA … For regular updates and videos from the team, LIKE their Facebook Page – MuscleDriverUSA. Here is a Clean Complex with 170kg from Travis Cooper. Clean Pull Hang Clean 2 Jerks Thanks to Phil for submitting. Travis also got a nice 241kg Squat for 3 recently. And in case you have not seen it […]
Dmitry Berestov 235kg Deficit Clean
I thought most of you already had seen the 235kg Deficit Clean by Dmitry Berestov, but it was submitted a bunch of times over the last few days. I don’t know from when it is, but it looks like it is also from 2007. So be amazed and discuss in the comments.
Clarence Kennedy 200kg Clean (and 160kg Snatch Miss)
Clarence Kennedy is in Poland preparing for the Junior Europeans. He put up 345kg as his entry total. Here he hits a 200kg Clean after missing 160kg on the Snatch. Does that training hall look familiar? Update: Read his Interview on ATG.
Travis Cooper 195kg Block Clean
Travis Cooper (85kg) gets a 195kg Clean PR. The “Blocks” look also pretty interesting. They looks like one the crash pads you would use for bouldering. I was thinking about getting/ building something similar, so I can finally drop weight in my home gym. Update: Thanks to TNL who pointed that these are the Soft Impact […]
Weightlifting Technique Posters for Snatch + Clean & Jerk
Update: Check out the Russian Weightlifting Technique Poster by HookGrip. Via UK Olympic Weightlifting’s Facebook come these technique posters with sequences of the Snatch, Clean and Jerk. Snatch
Hip Clean Instruction
Rob Blackwell and Spencer Moorman teach the pecularities of the ‘Hip Clean’. off the floor with straight arms from the knees on up introduce a little arm bent bar hits the bar in the hip (as opposed to the high thigh area)