
Meanwhile in Ireland … Clarence Kennedy celebrates St. Patrick’s day with a 170kg Snatch at 100kg! More: Read his Interview on ATG. … [Continue reading]
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Meanwhile in Ireland … Clarence Kennedy celebrates St. Patrick’s day with a 170kg Snatch at 100kg! More: Read his Interview on ATG. … [Continue reading]
From the 2014 World Championships … Here is the final lift of the 85kg category. Tian Tao’s 219kg Clean & Jerk World Record attempt. Six weeks earlier at the Asian Games he equaled the World Record with 218kg (and simultaneously setting the … [Continue reading]
Here is a Blast from the Past ... Lu Xiaojun winning the 69kg category at the 2004 Junior World Championships in Minsk, Belarus. Snatch: 142.5, 147.5, 152.5 Clean & Jerk: 175, 175, 180 After this he didn't compete iternationally for … [Continue reading]
Previously in the 2014 Worlds Training Hall ... Rim Jong Sim (75kg, North Korea) Front Squats 160kg x2, eight days out from competition. She did 5 or 6 sets with that weight I believe. In the end she finished 4th (3rd once Kim Unju's ban is … [Continue reading]
Meanwhile in Egypt ... Mohamed Ehab (69kg) Snatches 160kg off Blocks! I think his last Block Snatch PR (on video) was 155kg back in 2013. Post by Mohamed Ehab Olympic Lifter. … [Continue reading]
Meanwhile in China ... After winter training comes... a check in with the Chinese team during the spring training. If you can help translate that would be great. Update: Translation & Summary thanks to Bruce, Wally and Victor. The first … [Continue reading]
Meanwhile in Australia ... at the 2015 Arnold Classic Eddie Hall deadlifts 462kg (1018 lbs) with straps. … [Continue reading]
Previously in the 2014 Worlds Training Hall ... As you have seen with the (lack of) Back Extensions in the worlds training hall, here is another improvisation. Since there were no pull up bars or wall bars around smaller athletes like Tan Yayun … [Continue reading]
Hookgrip is digitizing old videos (there is MUCH more to come). Like the ones below from the 1999 Junior World Weightlifting Championships. Browse through Hookgrip's YouTube Channel and let me know your highlights and I embed them in this … [Continue reading]