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Dmitry Klokov 235kg Rack Jerk

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Meanwhile in London … Dmitry Klokov keeps on putting up high numbers during his seminar world tour. After 190kg Snatches or 190kg Thrusters became a common occurrence, here is a 235kg Rack Jerk. Not a lifetime max (262kg), but only 10kg below his 245kg Jerk from before London  2012. Pretty insane if you consider all the travelling he does. Here […]

Dmitry Klokov 150kg x10 Power Snatch; 270kg Snatch Grip Deadlift

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Meanwhile in Perth, Australia … After the internet no-repped him on his past CrossFit Wods, Dmitry Klokov made up his own workout. Ten 150kg Power Snatch for time. Took him 2:47 (starts at 12:40). He also gets a 270kg Snatch Grip Deadlift (at 17:20) in his usual (almost) stiff legged version. Read more about why he stiff legged deadlifts so […]

Dmitry Klokov Interview with Zygmunt Smalcerz

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Dmitry Klokov sat down for an interview with Zygmunt Smalcerz. If you can help with the translation / summing up interesting parts, it would be greatly appreciated by every ATG reader. Check out Dmitry’s other interviews here. Update: Thanks to Vadim Pakhutkin for translating. Zygmunt started as a gymnast. Then switched to weightlifting only as a […]

Gleb Pisarevskiy 255kg Clean (and more Massive Lifts from the 2004 Russian Team)

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Blasts from the Past … Here are 100 minutes filled with tons ridiculously massive lifts from the 2004 Russian weightlifting team. If you liked the IronMind videos you’ll love this one. Certainly one of the best lifting videos I have seen. When Dmitry Klokov interviewed Dmitry Berestov he mentioned that: I remember during his preparation he […]

Dmitry Klokov Interview on “Body Time” with Andrey Skoromnyy (Why he likes his Stiff Legged Deadlifts so much)

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Dmitry Klokov filmed an episode of “Body Time”with Russian bodybuilder Andrey Skoromnyy. Here is a summary of the points they mentioned. Thanks to Juri for the translation effort. If you find more interesting points, let me know in the comments. Update: Here is another Body Time Episode with Dmitry. Klokov says Akkaev only Overhead Presses 120kg […]