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Weightlifting Commercials

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This Adidas weightlifting commercial for the Korean team was shared with me by ATG reader Lester a couple of days back on the All Things Gym Facebook page. Since then some of you submitted it couple of times as well. So I thought this was worth an extra share. Is Adidas the only company putting […]

2008 Beijing Olympics Weightlifting

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Frank Rothwell, the YouTube equivalent of the duracell bunny, uploading the 2008 Beijing Olympics weightlifting events. +105kg Results Athlete Snatch (kg) Clean & Jerk (kg) Total 1 2 3 Result 1 2 3 Result Matthias Steiner 198 203 207 203 246 248 258 258 461 Evgeny Chigishev 200 205 210 210 240 247 250 250 […]

Matthias Steiner Day in a Life

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Here is Matthias Steiner talking about his live as a professional athlete with type 1 diabetes. He talks about how the diagnostic system has improved over the last years, making it way more torlarable. Being a diabetic, the first thing after he gets up in the morning is checking his blood sugar levels. He does […]

2012 CrossFit Games Clean Ladder

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This year’s CrossFit Games had a “Clean Ladder” event. Workout: 1-rep Clean every 30 seconds with progressively heavier barbells Athletes will be ranked by the weight of their heaviest successful clean. Partial pounds will be awarded for each additional deadlift completed after they attempt and fail the clean. Men’s Weights (pounds) – 245, 255, 265, […]