Best of Olympic Weightlifting
Watch out for empty wine bottles in the next weightlifting training videos. Researchers found that red wine consumption can reduce the amount of testosterone in urine and give a boost to testosterone levels. A compound of red wine partially … [Continue reading]
And Azerbeijan's & Bulgaria's love story continues. Azerbaijan demands 100000 Euros for Ivan Stoitsov's and Velichko Cholakov's return to Bulgaria. Of course, as always, women are more expensive. So it comes to no surprise that they want … [Continue reading]
Meanwhile in China ... Once again the saying Somewhere in China there is a little girl warming up with your max. turns out to be accurate. 200kg! Update: reddit comment by olympic_lifter: They're probably not focused on the power portion … [Continue reading]
The other day I came across this horror story on reddit - "2 cans of chunk light tuna a day for 2 months gave me mercury poisoning". In the thread a commenter linked to a handy infographic showing Omega 3 Fatty Acids vs. Mercury Levels in … [Continue reading]
World's Strongest Man competitor Graham Hicks (whom we already saw Log Pressing 200kg and Squat 320kg x2) started a video log. I hope he not only will show his lifts, but also talk about what goes into his strongman training. Here is his week 1 … [Continue reading]
Another older clip of David Bedzhanyan. This time a Snatch triple at 170kg. Thanks to Miika for submitting. … [Continue reading]
Mark Felix shares some of the conditioning workouts he does to supplement his Strongman event training. He and his coach came up with some creative combinations, like Stone Carry Stone Throw + Yoke Walk (Throw rock over yoke, carry yoke to … [Continue reading]
Meanwhile in Finland ... Miika Antti-Roiko pulls 301kg. 100kg more than his recent Clean & Jerk PR. … [Continue reading]
Meanwhile in China ... How about some closed kinetic chain exercises for weightlifters? We have seen Lu Xiaojun doing Handstand Push Ups. However I have not seen the weighted version with 40kg strapped to their backs. … [Continue reading]