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

Press in Split Drills and Split Jerk Foot Position

January 26, 2012 By Gregor Winter

Update: Glenn and Donny recorded a Q&A on that exercise. Donny Shankle explains 2 split jerk techniques he learned from Zygmunt Smalcerz while training at the OTC. Good drills if you have trouble catching or stabilizing the weight after a jerk. Instruction for Foot Position: draw a line in front of our toes take 3 steps draw a […]

Kinovea – Free Bar Path Tracking App

January 25, 2012 By Gregor Winter

Here is a useful tool: Kinovea, “a free and open source solution for video analysis.” Check out the features. Especially how to track objects or body joints. Comes in very handy if you want to analyse the bar path in your Olympic lifts. To trace a bar path, import your video and right click in the […]

2002 Russian Grand Prix Weightlifting

January 25, 2012 By Gregor Winter

Here is a video of the 2002 Russian Grand Prix. Among the lifters are Marcin Dołęga, Ronny Weller, Hossein Rezazadeh, Andrei Chemerkin and others. Lifter Snatch Clean & Jerk Andrei Chemerkin 185 kg, 195kg, x200kg (lost his grip, thought his thumb ripped off) x235 (28:45– look at his catch and “rack” position. Inflexible? Weight of […]

2002 Russian Weightlifting Championships

January 24, 2012 By Gregor Winter

Footage from the 2002 Russian Weightlifting Championships.Some big lifts by Andrei Chemerkin, Mikhail Koklyaev (C&J 240 kg) and others.

Hysen Pulaku (77kg) 191 kg Clean & Jerk Record

January 24, 2012 By Gregor Winter

Yesterday on the All Things Gym Facebook Page (click LIKE and spread the word) I posted 2 videos of Donny Shankle lifting at the PWA Championships. Here are some more videos of 19 year old Albanian Hysen Pulaku (77kg). Height: 170 cm / 5’7″ Weight: Competition Weight 77kg Hyson takes the PWA junior and senior C&J Records with 191 kg. […]

Shane Hamman World Record Squat

January 22, 2012 By Gregor Winter

Shane Hamman with his 457.5 kg World Record Squat and 237.5 kg American Record Clean & Jerk

Favorite Lifter of 2011 Vote

January 20, 2012 By Gregor Winter

The International Weightlifting Federation wants to know who your favorite lifter of 2011 was.

Body Weight Power Cleans for Max Reps

January 19, 2012 By Gregor Winter

Ben Claridad shows you what he does for conditioning. Power Cleans @ your body weight to failure. Benbata WOD: Power clean your bodyweight (or more) for max reps. If you get more than 10 reps then you never have to condition again.

Men’s 69kg & 77kg Clean & Jerk 2002 WWC

January 19, 2012 By Gregor Winter

Frank Rothwell uploaded the Men’s 69kg and 77kg Clean & Jerks from the 2002 World Weightlifting Championships. Men’s 69 kg Snatch Chen Chufu 157.5 Zhang Guozheng 155.0 Youssef Sbai 152.5 Clean & Jerk Zhang Guozheng 192.5 Chen Chufu 187.5 Mohamed El-Tantawy 187.5 Total Zhang Guozheng 347.5 Chen Chufu 345.0 Youssef Sbai 335.0 Men’s 77kg Snatch Li […]