Best of Olympic Weightlifting
If you didn't plan ahead and made the recently mentioned rice balls, here is what you can do with your leftover rice. put an exactly(!) 1.27cm (0.5 inch) layer of rice rice in a non sticking pan use sticky Asian style rice, short grain or … [Continue reading]
Fernando Reis grinds out a 300kg squat for 2 reps! I really didn't expect him to go for another rep after the first one looked so heavy. Awesome effort! … [Continue reading]
Ian Wilson found some good clips on a Bulgarian history YouTube channel. It has footage of a young Naum Shalamanov a.k.a. Naim Suleymanoglu. They are from the 1986 European Championships in Karl-Marx-Stadt (now Chemnitz). Naim did 145+187.5 … [Continue reading]
Remember at the Olympia when he pulled 379.5kg? After his 6 reps at 365.5kg, here is George Leeman deadlifting 381kg for 4 reps! Wonder what he is planning for the backyard meet? And in other news regarding the backyard meet next … [Continue reading]
Here is a weightlifting wallpaper to replace your boring desktop backgrounds. I thought to myself, why not combine 2 things I enjoy, Black & White photography and watching Dmitry Klokov lift heavy things. So I took the still from his 250kg … [Continue reading]
What the hell did I just watch? Check out this 360kg Squat by Alexey Martynov (Алексею Мартынову). Description says this is from 2009 when he was 22 years old & weighing 160.8kg. Love how everybody just giggles when he unracks the bar so … [Continue reading]
In his war on collapsed arches Kelly Starrett has a case study of bad ankle mobility. See why it is important to screw your feet into the ground to create an arch in your foot. … [Continue reading]
Meanwhile in China ... Cody Mims on the Pendlay Forum documented his trip to China's weightlifting halls. You can ask him questions in this thread here. Here are 2 of many videos he uploaded to his channel. Among the lifters shown is also … [Continue reading]
Late night benching with Eric Spoto ... Recorded around midnight the night before the 2012 Olympia. speed work against abnds and chains rep work with partials finishing off with shoulder/ triceps work (Dumbbell, Press Military), rotator cuff … [Continue reading]