Meanwhile in Spain… Lydia Valentin back squats 175kg x 2. Only 6 weeks to go until the 2015 world champs! Terminando la mañana con calentamiento de piernitas 175kg ?? ?? ❤️?❤ #sentadilla #weightlifting ❤️ A video posted by @lydiavalentin on Oct 8, 2015 at 5:10am PDT
Lydia Valentin Valentin Hookgrip Interview March 2015
While she was in the US Hookgrip got a chance to interview Lydia Valentin. Topics: How she got into weightlifting only maxes in the last 3 weeks of preparation (for a competition) 12 weeks is the minimum time required to prepare for a comp her approach on setting goals and hitting numbers Monday and Friday […]
Lydia Valentin 124kg Snatch Almaty 2014 World Championships
Here’s Lydia Valentin’s 124kg Snatch Almaty 2014 World Championships. With Kim Unju (North Korea) testing positive this should bump this lift into Bronze medal territory. For best quality choose 1080p50 in the settings. (Video also on Facebook and Instagream @atginsta) More Lydia: 130kg Snatch off Blocks + 160kg Clean off Blocks Lydia’s Day in a Life Hookgrip […]
75kg Warm up Area Almaty 2014 World Championships
Here are a couple of clips from the 75kg Warm up Area at the 2014 World Championships. Features the for Asian countries typical glute and hamstring smashing massage, shows an interesting manoeuvre from Kim Un-Ju at around 1:50 and finishes with an amped up Lydia Valentin. More: 85kg Snatch Warm Up Area 85kg Clean & […]
Lydia Valentin Perez 130kg Block Snatch + 160kg Block Clean *Updated* 124 + 150
Meanwhile in Spain … Lydia Valentin (75kg) had a good Monday session. She gets a 130kg Snatch off Blocks … and a 160kg Clean of Blocks.
Lydia Valentin Day in a Life
Here is a day in a life of the 2014 European 75kg champion, Lydia Valentin. I think it’s targeted towards the non weightlifting crowd, but I think Lidia fans will still enjoy it. With my crappy Spanish skills I got that she has a 70/30 carbs / protein mix after training, but that’s about it. […]
Lydia Valentin 121kg Snatch + 147kg C&J European Weightlifting Champion
Meanwhile in Israel … This deserved its own post. Lydia Valentin (75kg) finally managed to win her first European championship. She went 6/6 with Snatch: 115, 120, 121 (Gold) Clean & Jerk: 137, 144, 147 PR (Gold) Thanks for the videos Yair! (Check out Yair’s Bar Path Tracking app “Platform Helper” for Android) For complete recordings […]
Lydia Valentin 170kg x3 Squat
Meanwhile in Spain … Lydia Valentin (75kg) squats 170kg x3. In the upcoming European championships she posted the highest entry total (255kg) of the 75kg. Watch her 124kg Snatch and 140kg C&J here. More Heavy Squats from Strong Women: Boyanka Kostova 200kg Squat Nadezda Evstyukhina 200kg x2 Squat Oksana Slivenko 200kg x2 Squat
Lydia Valentin 115kg Snatch & 140kg Clean Slow Motion + Seminar Video
From the 2014 Arnold Weightlifting Championships … HookGrip captured a nice 480 frames per second slow motion video (played back at 75%) of Lydia Valentin’s 115kg Snatch and 140kg C&J Attempt. In the comp she went 105, 110, 115 and 130, 135, x140 [Video of all lifts] Update: 115kg Snatch Slow Motion Video Also watch […]