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The best weightlifting videos, articles and interviews from around the web.

Pyrros Dimas 250kg Front Squat

August 10, 2015 By Gregor Winter

John Broz dug up this gem of Pyrros Dimas Front Squatting 250kg Watching old VHS movies last night and found this 250kg (550) front squat (3x body weight) by 3x Olympic Champion Pyrros Dimas. He originally competed for Albania, his home country, but in 1991 (age 20) he moved to Greece where he had great […]

Dmitry Berestov & Alexandr Krasnov Training Hall Russian Championships

August 8, 2015 By Gregor Winter

Here is a training hall video of Dmitry Berestov & Alexandr Krasnov at the 2015 Russian Weightlifting Championships. Alex competed earlier that week in the 56kg category, so he did some Box Jumps and GPP (Pull Ups, Sit Ups) stuff as active rest. Dmitry did BTN Snatch Grip Presses up to 120kg and Deficit Power […]

Ilya Ilyin 195kg Snatch

August 7, 2015 By Gregor Winter

Meanwhile in Kazakhstan … Ilya Ilyin snatches 195kg on his road to Rio (looks like it’s from 2014 though). More: See his 2014 preparation here. Ilya Ilyin snatch 195kg!!! Road to Rio2016!!! Илья Ильин рывок 195кг!!! @ilyailyin_official @ilyailyinfan #ilya_ilyin #kazakhstan #champion #ppscastana #samrukkazyna #илья_ильин #казахстан #чемпион A video posted by Toishan Bektemirov (@toishan_bek) on Aug […]

Lu Xiaojun 180kg Snatch

August 7, 2015 By Gregor Winter

Meanwhile in China … Apparently Lu Xiaojun snatched 180kg! More: Watch his 176kg Snatch World Record here.

“Ilya watches” Photoshop Contest

August 5, 2015 By Gregor Winter

Meanwhile in Kazakhstan … Time for another photoshop contest! This time Ilya Ilyin watches things. Here is the original image. Post your’s in the comments. On instagram use #ilyawatches Ilya seems to have followed what happened at the Russian Championships… Watching: David Bedzhanyan clean and jerk 242kg

Timur Naniev 195kg Snatch

August 5, 2015 By Gregor Winter

Meanwhile in Russia … 20 year old Timur Naniev (105kg) snatched 195kg without straps! At the 2015 Russian championships he snatched 187 at only 102.35kg. This 195kg is probably from his preparation for this competition. #Snatch 195 #weightlifting#russia_weightlifting#instasport#sports#crossfit A video posted by Timur Naniev (@nanievtimur) on Aug 5, 2015 at 4:00am PDT

Liang Chenxi 190kg or 200 Clean & Jerk 167kg Hang Snatch

July 28, 2015 By Gregor Winter

Meanwhile in China… Liang Chenxi (69kg) did some big lifts in training. He was 5th at the 2013 worlds with 145+183. Here he lifts over both 69kg world records in training (166kg and 198kg) with 167kg and 200kg! (note: the caption of the video says 200kg, but count the plates yourself) Liang Chenxi (69kg) clean […]

Kwon Chang Il 2014 World Weightlifting Championships Training Hall

July 23, 2015 By Gregor Winter

Here is Kwon Chang Il (69kg, North Korea) in the 2014 Worlds Training Hall (07.11.2014). At the end you can see the unique NK pulling style again. 120kg with Slow Motion

Dmitry Klokov 200kg Snatch at Almaty 2014 Worlds Training Hall

July 22, 2015 By Gregor Winter

Meanwhile in Kazakhstan … Dmitry Klokov is currently at the World Championships and having a look. While he is there he figures he can get some training lifts in, who wouldn’t want to train amongst other world champions? His Bodyweight is currently 110kg, this 200kg snatch is the first time snatching 200 since his preparation for […]