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

Asen Zlatev 230kg Clean & Jerk

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Here is a video of Asen Zlatev, 1980 Moscow Olympics Gold medalist in the 75kg. He later competed in the 82.5 kg. Career bests: 183kg Snatch @82.5kg 1986 in Melbourne 225kg (WR) Clean & Jerk  @82.5kg in 1986 World Championshipe in Sofia The following clip is from the 1988 Bulgarian Weightlifting Training Hall. 230kg Clean & Jerk Update: […]

London 2012 Weightlifting Statistics

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Let’s geek out about statistics. Since good (accessible) data was nowhere to be found online I collected the data from the official London 2012 Athletes Pages, as well as the weighlifting athletes’ profiles. You can access the raw data here: Google Docs Spreadsheet, xls Excel Spreadsheet I encourage you to take a look at it […]

Fernando Reis Setting Goals

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Here is a sweaty video of 22 year old Fernando Reis talking about the Olympics. I had this goal in my life, that if I didn’t reach this goal of becoming third place in the world in the juniors, I would have stopped weightlifting. Well, glad he did. So we can see him in London. He […]

Glenn Pendlay Narrated Training Videos

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Glenn Pendlay is uploading more and more narated videos of the training sessions. Has some cool stuff in it. Like the 221kg Squat x5 by Kaleb Whitby or the 160kg Push Presses x5 by Tom Sroka. Video focuses on drilling the positions in the 2nd pull with 2 pulls to the hips + 1 snatch. Recently […]

Background Information on the Lapikov Video

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So you saw the video of Dmitry Lapikov snatching 215kg. I received some background information about the this. The source wants to remain anonymous, but proved to have some very detailed insider knowledge about Russian weightlifting politics. Here is the mail I received (published with permission). Some parts have been left out to ensure anonymity. I […]

Velichko Cholakov 325kg Squat

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As you can clearly see on his profile photo Velichko Cholakov is excited to be taking part in the London Olympics. The Bulgarian bronze medalist from Athens 2004 will be lifting under coach Zlatan Vanev for Azerbaijan. Here he is squatting 325kg Thanks to Dan for sharing this on the All Things Gym Facebook page.