Best of Olympic Weightlifting
Here is the 2012 World's Strongest Man Atlas Stone event. First place was taken by Hafthor Bjornsson (who also qualified as first) with 5 in 27.9 secs. Zydrunas Savickas gets his 5 Atlas Stones (110 - 180 kg) up in 35 seconds for second place … [Continue reading]
Another video from the 2012 World's Strongest Man. Here is a video of Derek Poundstone's 11 reps on the Giant Dumbbell Press (95kg/ 210 lbs). He and Zydrunas Savickas went head to head. … [Continue reading]
Here is 19 year old super heavyweight Darius Jokarzadeh from Cardiff breaking the Welsh GB u20 and u23 Clean & Jerk record with 190kg . Acording to Stuart, who shared this with me, he is 145kg and used to be a rower but had to switch to OL … [Continue reading]
Meanwhile in Finland ... Miika Antti-Roiko hits a 200kg Clean & Jerk. Remember in London at the Olympics he did 180kg @94kg. He was sent there on short notice. At the time he had been in the army for 2 months and therefore couldn't tain … [Continue reading]
Here is what Shane Maier is up to these days. The 175kg snatch is a 5k PR. Missed the first CJ attempt at 205 (not in the video), nailed it on the second attempt, and then went for 215k. Goal was to attempt 220 but missing that first attempt threw … [Continue reading]
Squaturday! Jessica Marie Salvaggio finds that DSP and gets 125kg for 6 reps. Why 6? Because sets of 5 are for wussies. Thanks to Phil for submitting. … [Continue reading]
US only: People are putting together a spreadsheet that compares cost per grams of protein. More: Check out the big Protein Powder Test. … [Continue reading]
Ben Claridad, who already showed you how to make cheap lifting straps, shows you how to make your own sleeveless gym shirt. Is it allowed to wear these if you have smaller guns than Ben? I hope so! Update: Video with a little more detail. … [Continue reading]
Check out the 2012 World's Strongest Man Keg Toss (40 - 55 lbs Kegs). Definitely one of my favorite events to watch. First off, here is Mikhail Koklyaev. While trying to launch the kegs into low earth orbit he annihilates the … [Continue reading]