Best of Olympic Weightlifting
Another on from the Bulgarians 1988 Seoul DVD. Stefan Botev with 250kg in training. Here is Stefan Botev's 250kg Clean and Jerk (at 123.96 kg bodyweight) from the 1996 Atlanta Olympics Men's +108kg. Thanks to Roberto for submitting. … [Continue reading]
Meanwhile in Russia ... Mikhail Koklyaev maxes out his Squat with 312.5kg (687,5 lbs) x9! That's also a weight he has Front Squatted. … [Continue reading]
Time for some bodybuilding moves. On today's menu: 240kg Shrugs with Dmitry Klokov. Get Yoked! Personally I like his Snatch Grip Swinging High Pulls a.k.a. "Trapi" better. Front View of Trapi with 122.5kg x5 … [Continue reading]
Meanwhile in the U.S. ... Vasiliy Polovnikov is back in the States and Clean and Jerked 220kg at the Bay State Games. Here is his 170kg, 190kg, 210kg and 220kg. Thanks to the various submitters (Tony P of Rumbler Weightlifting). … [Continue reading]
Folks, good news! Artem Okulov (85kg) has a Youtube Channel. Link to his Channel. Currently he only has 7 subscribers! I think ATG can help with that. So let's all subscribe to give him some incentive to upload more. Update 22.03.2014: Artem … [Continue reading]
But the best video of today comes from Vladislav Rigert. He pauses his 200kg pull at the Power Position for a 3 count and then explodes to clean it! Update: 190kg Paused Clean & Paused Jerk From Dmitry … [Continue reading]
Dmitry Klokov pulls 225kg x4 from ankle height. A month ago in Chekhov he did 225kg x5 and later even 250kg x2 with Snatch Grip all the way. This set however is interesting because he moves his grip in every rep (he also did alternating grip … [Continue reading]
Another Russian interview ... This might be a new segment: Dmitry's Sports Interview Show. Dmitry Klokov sits down with 69kg lifter Oleg Chen. I think it will be interesting to hear what the two teammates have to say. If you can help … [Continue reading]
When he's not playing backgammon Chingiz Mogushkov squats 320kg x3. See his 200kg +245kg from the 2013 Russian Championships here. … [Continue reading]