
Meanwhile in Valencia ... 2015 Youth World Champion Igor Obukhov (85kg, Ukraine) squats 260kg! He turned 17 two months ago. Игорь Обухов 260кг. Posted by Игорь Обухов on Thursday, July 9, 2015 … [Continue reading]
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Meanwhile in Valencia ... 2015 Youth World Champion Igor Obukhov (85kg, Ukraine) squats 260kg! He turned 17 two months ago. Игорь Обухов 260кг. Posted by Игорь Обухов on Thursday, July 9, 2015 … [Continue reading]
A while ago in China ... Long Qingquan snatched 133kg + clean and jerked 169kg at 56kg (above Senior World Record at the time), as a junior! Happened at the 2009 National Games. More about Long in this post from the 2015 Chinese Winter … [Continue reading]
Meanwhile in Estonia ... While he was still recovering from the shoulder injury (+ surgery) he suffered during his 246kg C&J at Worlds, Mart Seim decided to boost his leg strength a little. The Result: 350kg x5! Right now his shoulder is … [Continue reading]
Meanwhile in Russia ... Dmitry Klokov visited Aleksey Lovchev for his “On Par/On Equal Terms” series. Instead of the usual format, they decided to go offroading with Aleksey's UAZ hunter. Training footage follows after that. Not 100% … [Continue reading]
Meanwhile in Russia ... Aleksey Nikulin squats 315kg at 81.6kg! When you look through his channel you see that he usually squats in knee wraps (325kg). So it's even more impressive to see him compete Raw and still put up a huge number like … [Continue reading]
Meanwhile in Ukraine ... When he is not writing free programs for you Oleksiy Torokhtiy keeps uploading fantastic instructional videos. Here is his Snatch instruction. More: Oleksiy on Back Extensions 2nd Pull Instruction Split … [Continue reading]
Here is how you build a weightlifting platform that could also function as the foundation of a skyscraper. Actually this design looks a lot like what they used in the Chekhov training hall as well. … [Continue reading]
Meanwhile in Finland... At the IPF Classic World Championships, Ray Williams breaks the squat and total world records. His results were: 425.5/235/340/1000.5kg and he also took the title of World Champion. You can catch up with the … [Continue reading]
Meanwhile in Armenia ... Just like Marcel Guidea did with 233kg, Simon Martirosyan posts a 230kg & Jerk a day before competition. Simon has moved up from his usual weight class of 105kg to +105kg, at least for Junior Worlds, so it should be … [Continue reading]