Here is a weightlifting wallpaper to replace your boring desktop backgrounds. I thought to myself, why not combine 2 things I enjoy, Black & White photography and watching Dmitry Klokov lift heavy things. So I took the still from his 250kg Paused Front Squat, removed the other people who were in the gym and made […]
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Alexey Martynov 360kg Squat
What the hell did I just watch? Check out this 360kg Squat by Alexey Martynov (Алексею Мартынову). Description says this is from 2009 when he was 22 years old & weighing 160.8kg. Love how everybody just giggles when he unracks the bar so casually. The spotters didn’t look like they expected that as well. Does […]
Vencelas Dabaya Documentary
Here is a documentary about the 2006 World Champion in the 69kg category, Vencelas Dabaya. It follows him on a visit to Cameroon, where he began his weightlifting career. And you know which gym he visits? That’s right, the now infamous Makeshift Platform gym. The whole thing is en français, but you can get a good idea […]
Things I Think I Know – Touch and Go Deadlifts
Here is Emevas’ next guest post in the “Things I Think I Know” series. After he made his case for using straps, today Emevas talks about something that goes against conventional – the advantages of Touch ‘n Go Deadlifts. As always, you might agree or disagree, but I hope this post will get you thinking. Let […]
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
Ilya Ilyin London 233kg Clean & Jerk World Record 2012 Olympics
Here are some nice recordings of Ilya’s lifts as seen from the audience (by @EamonnFlanagan). Love the atmosphere. People will talk about these lifts for decades. Scenes from the streets of Kazakhstan And another one from the training hall. 165kg Snatch. This would lend itself to some Kinova bar path action. Update: gif with bar path, slower […]
Klokov & Akkaev in Camp Chekhov before London 2012
Here is a gem while we are waiting for the London 105kg. A 20 minute video featuring Dmitry Klokov and Khadzhimurat Akkaev in camp Chekhov taken on or just before July 20th, when the whole team was there and getting ready to leave for London. Has lots of interviews and seems to look ahead of their battle […]
Lu Xiaojun 175kg Snatch World Record Video
Thanks to the heroic effort of reader Edwin we get to see a video of Lu Xiaojun’s 175kg Snatch World Record. Also available as slow-mo-ish gif (15mb warning). Update: Here is his Lu’s 176kg Snatch World Record from the 2013 Worlds. 204kg Clean & Jerk + Celebration video, Also available as gif. 204kg Clean & Jerk + Celebration […]
Hysen Pulaku 166kg Snatch 211kg Clean & Jerk
Update: Hysen’s forced time off ended on July 27th! Here is our favorite non-Chinese 77kg lifter, Hysen Pulaku with some PRs. Remember back on June 1st when the Podium Gold guys uploaded a video where they hinted at a 166kg snatch? I said he did it back then. And now they finally uploaded the video of that […]