Best of Olympic Weightlifting
Jordan Jovtchev is amazing. The now 39 year old first competed on the Olympic stage in 1992 and has since then took part in every Olympics following that, winning medals in 2000 and 2004. If you thought that after the London 2012 games he would … [Continue reading]
I thought most of you already had seen the 235kg Deficit Clean by Dmitry Berestov, but it was submitted a bunch of times over the last few days. I don't know from when it is, but it looks like it is also from 2007. So be amazed and discuss in … [Continue reading]
Milko Tokola doubles up on 240kg squats and gets a new PR double. Update: Subscribe to his new channel here. … [Continue reading]
YouTuber Bryce Lewis put together a public Evernote notebook containing links to Mobility WODs sorted by body part /muscle group. If you don't know Evernote, it is a free, multi platform note taking app. Available … [Continue reading]
Danny Nemani had a good powerlifting meet and broke some national records. Squat: 290kg, 310kg, 320kg (he did 330 in July) Bench: 170kg, 180kg (=PB), 185kg (5kg PB) Deadlift: 270kg, 285kg (unofficial NZ Raw Record), 295kg x = 790kg … [Continue reading]
Meanwhile in space ... If you didn't know, yes, even the ISS has a squat rack. To minimize muscle loss and decrease in bone density due to micro gravity the astronauts on board of the International Space Station have to do various … [Continue reading]
In his Q&A Igor Lukanin said he doesn't train the bench press. Even with his long levers he does a pretty easy 200kg. Shows that all the overhead work he does has a pretty good carryover. … [Continue reading]
Glenn Pendlay talks you through fixing early arm bend in the pulls. slow, deliberate pulls without arm bend pulls from the knee + snatch from the knee complex pulls from the floor + a lift from the floor repeat, repeat, repeat … [Continue reading]
The IOC reexamined doping tests from Athens 2004. Update: Washington Post picked up on it. Update 2: Interview with Oleg. Update 3: IOC makes it official. They have an 8 year deadline to do so after the Olympics. What they found were 2 … [Continue reading]