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11 Year Old does Double Body Weight C&J

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… and he’s not even Russian or Chinese. Here is eleven year old Clarence Cummings with a double bodyweight clean and jerk. CJ is one of the hardest working athletes in the gym and should be commended for his work ethic and outstanding performance. CJ is coached by Ray Jones of Team Beaufort (via). C&J […]

Snatch, Clean and Jerk Warm Up by Cao Lei

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Thanks to the anonymous reader who submitted the following 2 videos. They show the complete warm up routines of female Chinese weightlifter Cao Lei, who won gold at the 2008 Beijing Olympics. Definitely something to learn from. Warm up for the Snatch: Exercises: Pressing Snatch Balance, Drop Snatch, Overhead Squats,  Tall Muscle Snatch Warm up for the Clean and Jerk: Exercises: Scarecrow […]

Dmitry Klokov Snatch 202.5 kg C&J 240 kg in 2005

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Here are some crazy lifts from the 2005 Russian weightlifting championships (or Russian Cup?). Great lifts by Russia’s finest weightlifters… Evgeny Chigishev, Dmitry Klokov, Mikhail “Misha” Koklyaev, Andrei Chemerkin etc… If like me you wondered what the channel’s name “44252005” stands for. I guess these videos provide the answer. Klokov totaled 442.5 kg in 2005. That’s right. […]

Joe DeFranco’s Shoulder Workout

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Try Joe DeFranco’s 3-Way “Shoulder Shocker” Perform: 2-3 sets, 8-12 per movement, no rest between exercises Seated Plate Raise using a 25 or 45-pound weight plate Seated Lateral Raise with light dumbbells – 20 to 25 pounds Seated Dumbbell Cuban Press, strict form (shrug, upright row, an external rotation, shoulder press. And to balance all that anterior […]