
Meanwhile in Russia ... Nadezhda Evstyukhina (75kg) does a Clean + Front Squat + Jerk with 160kg. More: 180kg Front Squat + Jerk (2009) Nadezhda's 130 + 164 … [Continue reading]
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Meanwhile in Russia ... Nadezhda Evstyukhina (75kg) does a Clean + Front Squat + Jerk with 160kg. More: 180kg Front Squat + Jerk (2009) Nadezhda's 130 + 164 … [Continue reading]
Meanwhile in Kazakhstan ... at the 2014 World Weightlifting Championships. China's Liao Hui has done it again, beaten world records that is. He went for a World record in the Snatch with 166kg and a new total World Record with 359kg at his … [Continue reading]
Another Highlight of the 2014 Worlds. Daniel Godelli (Albania, 77kg) doing the "Dimas" after his 171kg Gold Medal Snatch. He almost lost the bar behind, but somehow he managed to save and stand up with it. Absolutely fantastic lift and first … [Continue reading]
Don McCauley explains his way of teaching the Split Jerk. He uses various drills for the dip & drive, foot position and gives some pointers for the rack poisition. … [Continue reading]
Here is Ruslan Albegov's 210kg Snatch from the 2014 World Championships in partial slow mo and realtime. After missing his opener at 203kg, he came back for 205 on his second and 210 on his third attempt. (Watch his 209kg Snatch from the 2013 … [Continue reading]
Here is Mohamed Ehab's 152kg Snatch from the 2014 World Championships. (Video also on Facebook, and @atginsta) … [Continue reading]
Meanwhile in China ... Lu Xiaojun does Bottom-up Overhead Squats (Dead Overhead Squats) with 180kg. Here, Lu Xiaojun is using this movement during a mid-week session to train his support strength and practice his balance in the catch position. … [Continue reading]
2014 World Championships Highlight ... Aleksey Lovchev's 257kg Gold Medal Clean & Jerk. Yes he had a bad day in the Snatch (his 195kg Snatch in the warm up area had us hoping for a good session), but this 257kg in my opinion made up for it … [Continue reading]
Quick News Update, so we are all on the same page. Video Evidence to Avoid Judging Errors (via): Remember when Simplice Ribouem (Australia) was denied a gold medal at the 2014 Commonwealth Games because of a judging error? Of course that was … [Continue reading]