Meanwhile in Finland Malaysia … Some speedy high rep Jerk sets from Teemu Roininen. He works up to a set up 8 reps at 160kg. Teemu told me that he does that mainly for upper body strength. I do some other strength movements too for upper body, but mostly jerks. Have you guys tried doing something […]

Meanwhile in Russia … Aleksey Yufkin, who competed in the 85kg, does a 225kg Jerk. Here is a 215kg Clean & Jerk from 2011.

Meanwhile in China … Once again the saying Somewhere in China there is a little girl warming up with your max. turns out to be accurate. 200kg! Update: reddit comment by olympic_lifter: They’re probably not focused on the power portion of it, just building the strength to stay tight. It’s also a relatively low-fatigue exercise, […]