Best of Olympic Weightlifting
Here is an Interview with Tatiana Kashirina & her Coach, Vladimir Stanislavovich Krasnov. Rashid Itsaev from YouRaiseRussia visited them in their gym. Big thanks to ATG reader Sergiy Turchyn for providing the translations & … [Continue reading]
Meanwhile in Kazakhstan ... Ilya Ilyin hits a 195kg Snatch off Blocks Only 5kg of his 200kg Block Snatch from before London 2012. This weekend (July 19/20) he, along with other big names like Almas Uteshov, Maya Maneza, Zulfiya Chinshanlo … [Continue reading]
Here is Oxana Slivenko doing some Deficit Romanian Deadlifts. Notice her form. Her flexibility allows her to have enough hip flexion to maintain a tight back throughout the entire range of motion. So don't try unless your body is ready for … [Continue reading]
Meanwhile in Russia ... Apti Aukhadov shows that you don't need a fancy apparatus to train your spinal erectors. You do however need a 185kg Snatcher to hold down your legs... Here Apti does Lying Back (Hyper) Extensions, sometimes also … [Continue reading]
Here is a nice compilation of Pyrros Dimas Olympic Highlights. … [Continue reading]
Meanwhile in Egypt ... Mohamed Ehab (69kg) takes a 190kg Snatch Balance. Check out his 190kg Clean & (Split) Jerk here. Post by Mohamed Ehab. … [Continue reading]
So in order to teach myself some programming I coded a little Rep Max Calculator for ATG. Easy to remember URL: repmaxcalc.com About the Formulas: Of course they are not 100% accurate, but they do a reasonably good job for up to 10 reps. … [Continue reading]
Thanks to reader Stephen who submitted a couple of videos from a Dmitry Klokov Seminar. Send in your seminar exercise videos and I'll add them to the post. Thanks to Stas for the Cliff notes. More from the Seminars here. Weighted Jumps … [Continue reading]
Meanwhile in Russia ... 2013 World & 2014 European champion Tima Turieva (63kg) bangs out a 140kg Clean & Jerk in training! Note that the current World Record in her weight class is 143kg (held by Maiya Maneza, video here) Update: … [Continue reading]