All Things Gym

Team North Korea in the 2014 Worlds Training Hall

August 14, 2015 By Gregor Winter

Here are some clips of the North Korean team in the 2014 Worlds Training Hall. Update: Day 2 Day 1 … [Continue reading]

Semen Linder 182kg Hang Snatch

August 14, 2015 By Gregor Winter

Meanwhile in Kazakhstan ... 17 year old Semen Linder (85kg) snatches 182kg from the hang! At Asian Junior Championships in January he weighed in at only 81.3kg. More Crazy Hang Snatches: 190kg from Artem Okulov … [Continue reading]

“Lesman Paredes Jumping” Photoshop Battle on Reddit

August 13, 2015 By Gregor Winter

This just made my day! My Lesman Paredes Jumping photo made it to the frontpage of reddit! Check out the "Weightlifter jumping up after a successful lift" Photoshop Battle on Reddit :D These are hilarious! Update: The photo on imgur now … [Continue reading]

Pancake Good Mornings

August 11, 2015 By Gregor Winter

From the 2015 Junior Worlds Training Hall ... Sasha Nievas (58kg) and Joana Palacios (63kg) from Argentina doing Seated Good Mornings in a Pancake Stretch Position. Great exercise that combines strength with flexibility … [Continue reading]

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 … [Continue reading]

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 … [Continue reading]

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 … [Continue reading]

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. … [Continue reading]

“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 … [Continue reading]