Best of Olympic Weightlifting
The Barbell Shrugged guys had gymnastics coach Christopher Sommer on the show. Besides bashing Crossfit here and there he also talks about his observations from coaching professional and beginning athletes. I was kinda surprised to find … [Continue reading]
Meanwhile in Greece ... Checking in with Ilya Ilyin. Looks like he is progressing according to plan. Today he hit a 180kg Snatch off blocks! (14 days after he did 175kg off blocks) Remember that he did a 200kg Snatch off Blocks during … [Continue reading]
Meanwhile in China ... To finish off the the series about the 2014 Chinese weightlifting championships for women, here is the +75kg category winner. Zhou Lulu (周璐璐) got a 142kg Snatch + a 181kg Clean & Jerk. Meng Suping (former C&J … [Continue reading]
Meanwhile in China ... Here is another highlight from the 2014 Chinese weightlifting nationals for women. Yue Kang (康月) won the 75kg with a 131kg Snatch and 157kg Clean & Jerk. You may remember from her 130 kg Snatch + 160 kg Clean & … [Continue reading]
Meanwhile in Russia ... Artem Okulov (85kg) gets a 220kg Jerk from the rack. Also check out his 190kg Hang Snatch and 215kg Clean & Jerk. … [Continue reading]
Meanwhile in China ... Here is the next gem from the 2014 Chinese weightlifting nationals for women. Deng Wei (鄧薇) Clean & Jerked 144kg at 63kg! (1kg above the current World Record by Maiya Maneza). She is the 2010 World Champion in the … [Continue reading]
Meanwhile in China ... The Chinese weightlifting nationals for women are currently going on. And there have already been some great performances. Most notably by Zhang Wanqiong (张宛琼) in the 53kg category. She went 6/6 with Snatch: 98, … [Continue reading]
Meanwhile in Russia ... Artem Okulov (85kg) gets a 290kg Squat, which is a PR for him. Remember in his interview he said that his previous PR was 270kg x2, because he wasn't allowed to do more. 170kg Snatch Pull + Snatch x2 More … [Continue reading]
Another highlight from the 2014 Europeans. Ivan Markov winning the 85kg weight class. 175kg Snatch in beautiful slow motion from HookGrip. Real Time Version … [Continue reading]