Best of Olympic Weightlifting
The 2012 World's Strongest Man is ... a Lithuanian. But which one? Here is Big Z going against Lalas in the Head-to-Head Power Stairs to determine the WSM 2012. Prior to the last event Vytautas Lalas was ahead by only 0.5 pts. Here is … [Continue reading]
The 2012 World's Strongest Man Rock Lift event consisted of 5 natural stones ranging from 300 to 400 lbs that had to be lifted on a platform. Terry Hollands tore his biceps. He told Randall Strossen "the top is completely detached". Hafthor … [Continue reading]
Here is the 2012 World's Strongest Man Deadlift event. As many reps as possible of 358kg (790 lbs) Deadlifts in 60 seconds. Zydrunas Savickas won the event with 8 reps. Here he goes head to head with Brian Shaw (6 reps). Jean Francois … [Continue reading]
Joe DeFranco has 2 hamstring prehab exercises to share. Upright Sled Walks dragging a sled with a vertical posture will hit the hamstrings better than dragging with a forward lean strike the ground with entire foot, think "pulling the ground … [Continue reading]
Here are some videos from the 2012 World's Strongest Man Bus Pull. As if it wasn't hard enough the guys had to overcome and uphill start. Terry Hollands won this event in 42.97 sec. Zydrunas Savickas made it in 55.35 sec. If you look … [Continue reading]
Core Strength anyone? Dominic Lacasse performs the Human Flag with a little extra weight added. … [Continue reading]
Log Press time at the 2012 World's Strongest Man. Zydrunas Savickas and Mike Jenkins were the only ones who took a shot at 220kg World Record Log Lift. Big Z got it. 2.5kg up from his previous record. According to Randall Strossen, Mike came … [Continue reading]
Some huge deadlifts coming in this Sunday. Brent Willis pulls 387kg (854 lbs) and George Leeman gets 379.5kg (837 lbs) at the UPSA Deadlift Invitational. Dan Green 306kg x4 from a deficit. By the way, if you were interested in … [Continue reading]
Here are some recent news items from the world of weightlifting that have piled up over the past weeks. In an interview at the end of August Matthias Steiner critizised the lax doping controls. There is too much looking away and downplaying for … [Continue reading]