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Best of Olympic Weightlifting

Kohei Uchimura at the 2011 Tokyo Worlds

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Here is some footage of Kohei Uchimura qualifying for the all around at the 2011 Tokyo Gymnastics ChampionshipsAlso check the FIG Channel for various clips of the competition. Parallel Bars Routine VaultLopez = Tsuk with 3 twists … or, more correctly, Kasamatsu + 2 additional twists … or, even more correctly: 1/4-on, 2 3/4-offvia Gymnastics […]

Nicu Vlad, Attitude, Discipline and Mental Focus

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I was reading this interesting article from 2008 by Matt Foreman titled Lessons from Romania. It’s about his three weeks in the summer of 1990 training with Romanian weightlifting legend Nicu Vlad.He is said to be the “most technical weightlifter of all time”. Among his accomplishments is the 200.5 kg snatch world record in the […]

CrossFit UFC Expo Chipper Team Workout

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Here is a workout from the UFC Fan Expo. The Men’s “Alternating Chipper”It’s a team workout, were only one athlete could work at a time and partners alternated after each piece of the chipper. Workout 3 rounds of 50 double-unders and 5 ground-to-overheads (at 135lbs for men and 95lbs for women) 3 rounds of 50 double-unders and 5 box […]

Glenn Pendlay Interview

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Here is an interview with California Strength’s Olympic weightlifting coach Glenn Pendlay. He mentions a lot of important points. the more you know the more you realize you don’t know there is no ideal program keeping everything in a long term perspective most common mistake of people training by themselves – not being methodical and consistent […]