Best of Olympic Weightlifting
Meanwhile in Uzbekistan ... 28 year old Ivan Efremov Snatches 200kg at the Uzbek National Championships. He will lift at the 2014 Asian Games. Ivan was 5th in London (then 105kg) with a 401kg Total (183 + 218). From the comments of the … [Continue reading]
Blast from the Past ... Here is a recap of the epic battle between Naim Suleymanoglu & Valerios Leonidis at the 1996 Atlanta Olympics Men's 64kg. Features short interviews with both lifters, about how they experienced the … [Continue reading]
Meanwhile in Russia ... Vasiliy Polovnikov Squats 295kg x5. His heaviest Squat single so far on ATG was 310kg. With 295x5 ATG's Rep Max Calculator (which is always right and tells nothing but the truth!!1!) predicts a 1RM of about … [Continue reading]
Update 16.09.2014: Mohamed Ehab also does some Overhead Duck Walks with 60kg ... forward and backwards. Want to get more comfortable in the bottom? Then these are your friend. Post by Mohamed Ehab Olympic Lifter. More: Dmitry Klokov's … [Continue reading]
Next in our interview series with Russian weightlifters we talked with Khadzhimurat Akkaev. More Interviews from the Series: David Bedzhanyan Interview Adam Maligov Interview Alexey Lovchev Interview Vailiy Polovnikov Interview Tima … [Continue reading]
Meanwhile in Russia ... Aleksey Lovchev does some Seated Good Mornings... ... with 210kg! He doesn't go all the way down, but note that his back stays as flat as a board throughout his range of motion. No surprise when you can Snatch 212kg I … [Continue reading]
Pat Mendes was on Travis Mash's Barbell Life Podcast. Download MP3 (Right Click + 'Save as') Topics: How he got started, from football, to Power Clean competitions where he met John Broz He has only been in the sport for 6 years … [Continue reading]
Meanwhile in Estonia ... Mart Seim Snatch Grip Deadlifts 310kg! This is the second heaviest Sn Grip DL on ATG. Marshall White still holds the title with 317.5kg. More from Mart: His 320kg x10 Squat + How He Did It … [Continue reading]
Meanwhile in Greece ... (that's the gym in Greece right?) 2014 European Silver Medalist Daniel Godelli (77kg, ALB) Snatches 170kg! Update 17.10.2014: Another 170kg Snatch. Looking routine. Loading View on Instagram To all Hysen fans, he is … [Continue reading]