
Another amazing Deadlift effort by Paul Nguyen. 310.5kg (685 lb) Deadlift. He competes in the 75kg (165 lb) category. Hey Paul, what did you weigh here? … [Continue reading]
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Another amazing Deadlift effort by Paul Nguyen. 310.5kg (685 lb) Deadlift. He competes in the 75kg (165 lb) category. Hey Paul, what did you weigh here? … [Continue reading]
This is the first Form Check Friday. A chance for all you self coached, garage warriors to post videos of your lifts and get critiqued by other lifters (and hopefully coaches too [Update: Thanks to Glenn Pendlay (yes, it's the real … [Continue reading]
Marc Keys has been busy uploading tons of tutorials to his Speed Power Fitness YouTube channel. Today he adds a twist to the GHD Sit Up. In this diabolic variation your buddy holds a stick and you move your body in a circular motion around … [Continue reading]
Kelly Starrett takes another look at the Front Rack Position for Front Squats. In this videos he and Diane Fu advocate gripping the bar wider. This added external rotation of the shoulders puts you in a more stable position and should help with … [Continue reading]
Remember shot putter Damian Kusiak? He just uploaded a video of him man handling 130kg with a Close Grip Muscle Snatch (or Muscle Clean & Press?). Update: Thanks to Razor for pointing out that he calls it Snatch Press and "Most of discus/ … [Continue reading]
Check out Gheorghii Cernei's (85kg) 160kg Snatch. The 22 year old Moldovan was 3rd in the U23 Europeans last year, weighing in at 83.8kg. Subscribe to his YouTube Channel here (currently 1 subscriber ...). Thanks to Phil for submitting. … [Continue reading]
Meanwhile in China ... Here is a CNTV news piece about the Chines weightlifting team in one of their winter training camps. It is from the 26th December 2012... so it is still fairly recent. As always, it would be greatly appreciated if you … [Continue reading]
Matt Sohmer (19 years old, 123kg) breaks some teen records. 364.5kg Squat (red lighted for depth) 347.5kg 334kg Deadlift Update 25.07.2013: He totaled at a full meet. 364kg (805lbs) Squat … [Continue reading]
Frank Rothwell uploaded Lu Yong's (85kg) lifts from the 2008 Chinese nationals. Snatch: 173kg,178kg, 180kg Clean & Jerk: 205kg, 210kg, 213kg … [Continue reading]