Chinese Weightlifting Experience

Here is an interesting Sunday read.

Update: Also read Larry’s Chinese Weightlifting Experience Series.

Yatin Parasher shared his experiences visiting China’s weightlifting gyms.

Where: “My China Experience” Thread on Pendlay Forum. Read the whole thing.

He even started to upload some videos to his youtube channel. So subscribe for future uploads.

Here are just a couple of interesting things he mentioned.

Things they do: EVERYTHING, the Chinese are very open to suggestions as long as they bring result. They used all kinds of bodybuilding stuff post training, they did all kinds of mobility stuff when needed.

That includes taking Horny Goat Weed and icing your testicals 🙂

Lu Xiaojun’s bests are 180kg Snatch + 220kg Clean & Jerk in training (via).

A Sample Week:

• Monday: 2 sessions, they squatted in the morning and pulled in the afternoon, the pulls correspond to the lift they did, so snatch pull, if they snatched or cl pulls if they cleaned
• Tuesday: squat in the morning (alternate back front depending on what they did monday) evening pulls (alternated)
• Wednesday: pulls
• Thursday: nothing just accesory or soccer or basketball
• Friday: pull or squat depending on what athlete needs more of
• Saturday: squat and pull

Update: Back Squats (and of course some HSPUs at the end)

48kg female gets a 150kg Squat!

And on female training:

They also train their females differently than men.. They said females have more endurance therefore could be pushed more, they lifted heavier more often and their deload was every 4th week whereas the guys they said deloaded every 3rd week.

Here is an example of accessory work. Check out the lady banging out lots of Handstand Push Ups.

Weighted Dips, Handstand Push Ups, weighted sit ups, back extension holds, dumbbell rows, pull ups, hanging leg raises and all kinds of ab work, weighted pushups, unilateral dumbbell presses, tons of tricep work, leg press

Also note out this Hanging Back Stretch (Spinal Decompression anyone?)

BTW, the “pusher” is this guy.

Using Suction Cups and Smashing Massages

Update: Power Cleans, Front Squats, Push Presses and heavy Jerk Dips.