Best of Olympic Weightlifting
Here is an older clip from Vasily Polovnikov when he was still training in Russia. 180kg Snatch x2 (at 85+ ,94 ish bodyweight?) In a comment on a video the guys he trains with in Boston said his bests are 201kg/230kg (at higher … [Continue reading]
I already added the link to the U23 & Junior live stream rant a couple of days ago, but judging from the number of times this was submitted over the past few days a lot of you have not seen it (BTW thanks to everybody who takes the time to submit … [Continue reading]
Here are some nice lifts from a young gun. Harrison Maurus squats 140kg at 12 years of age. If you look through his other vids, you can see that he is using the Texas Method. Great numbers so far. Let's hope he keeps lifting. All … [Continue reading]
Here is a tribute to the one and only KAZ Coach, a.k.a. best coach, a.k.a. Alexey Ni. Thanks to Phil for submitting. … [Continue reading]
Former gymnast Dusty Hyland talks about the basics of the dip. Important to post stuff like this from time to time. Just recently somebody wanted to enlighten me on the dangers of proper dipping depth. "Dude, don't go so low. It will screw up your … [Continue reading]
Just saw this trailer for a shotput-documentary. It's called Throwing Iron (available for $3 on Amazon Instant) It follows Adam Nelson, John Godina, Christian Cantwell, and Reese Hoffa in the year leading up to the 2008 Olympics. Included are … [Continue reading]
Results: (Videos Below) 77 kg: 335 (145+190) – Mikhail GOBEEV (84, Sankt Petersburg; 76,80) – 420,7 pkt. 318 (142+176) – Aleksey OSIPOV (94, Bryansk; 76,60) – 400,0 pkt. 311 (135+176) – Ilya POPOV (87, Samara; 76,60) 311 (136+175) – Aleksey … [Continue reading]
Chad Wesley Smith talks about how he transitioned from Powerlifting to Strongman. Topics: building strength endurance importance of the Squat special strength for events doing exercises at varying intensities Yoke Walk while dragging a … [Continue reading]
Meanwhile in Igor's gym ... Igor Lukanin can do Barbell Complexes too. Here he manhandles 210kg with a Power Clean + 5x Jerks! Also, sponsors: Help Igor out, contact him for more information. … [Continue reading]