Best of Olympic Weightlifting
The Barbell Shrugged crew did a weightlifting focused episode together with weightlifter & coach Justin Thacker. Topics: coaching common errors in snatch, clean & Jerk Technique WODs with snatch warm up drills, 3 pause snatch … [Continue reading]
There has been a bit of talk about the "correct" way to do barbell rows. For example read Paul Carter's recent posts about Pendlay Rows. He performs them with 100kg using excellent form. Now, I am not saying that doing very strict form is not … [Continue reading]
Did you see this report on ice baths last week? Scientists at the University of Portsmouth have found cold water immersion is no more and no less effective in helping an athlete recover after sport than light cool-down exercise. As for why previous … [Continue reading]
Ross Enamait addresses a question about the durability of furniture sliders. A great inexpensive piece of equipment I also use quite regularly. First I didn't even know that some fitness marketers gave these things a fancy name and sell it for a … [Continue reading]
Here is a Questions & Answers session with Finland's fastest, Milko Tokola. If you have been around, you have seen a couple of his training videos posted here. He is so fast, his videos almost look sped up. So I thought it would be cool to get … [Continue reading]
There was a snatch off at Average Borz's Gym. Fun format. Rules: no ties first to make a weight is in the lead no weight classes, handicaps can be offered to entice any weight can be attempted for the win lift in rounds until last … [Continue reading]
Meanwhile in Iceland ... 19 year old Hafliði Arnar Bjarnason deadlifts 300kg for 6 reps. I stumbled across his YouTube channel last week or so when he posted of video of him pulling 340kg in competition (below). 340kg in competition in … [Continue reading]
And then there are people like this ... Check out Russian arm wrestler Deni Cyplenko showing of his crushing finger / hand strength. … [Continue reading]
Dmitry Khomyakov won the 77kg category at the 2012 University Championships. Snatch: 150kg, 155kg, x160kg Clean & Jerk: 178kg, 183kg, x185kg 155kg Snatch 183kg Clean & Jerk … [Continue reading]