Best of Olympic Weightlifting
Meanwhile in Egypt ... In rather sad news, my favorite lifter and friend, Mohamed Ehab announced his retirement from professional weightlifting :( Egypt recently received an 18 moths long country ban, for doping violations stemming back to 2016, … [Continue reading]
Quick heads up, there are a couple of new additions to the hookgrip store. New ATG Script Logo Tees Limited Edition Gold Metallic Shirt New Triblend: Black / Maroon New Crop Top Black / Pink … [Continue reading]
35 year old Lu Xiaojun and 21 year old Li Dayin going head to head at the 2019 world championships. … [Continue reading]
The 2019 world weightlifting championships will be held in Pattaya, Thailand. The Entry List (PDF) is out. As always the final start list will be published by IWF after the final verification meeting one or two days before competition. When: 18 - … [Continue reading]
This is it! Episode 1 of our trip to visit Kuo Hsing-Chun in Taiwan! ATG Patrons already have access to Episode 2. Become a patron here. This is what makes projects like these possible. In episode 1 Dr. Boffa's and I arrive in Taiwan and … [Continue reading]
This is the heaviest training hall session I ever filmed (457kg Total!). And I almost missed it... Lasha's 207kg Snatch / 250kg Clean & Jerk Session. ATG Patrons had early access and can already watch the newest videos. I only got to film it by … [Continue reading]
Meanwhile in Anti Doping News... Based on "evidence arising from the investigations conducted by Prof. McLaren and the WADA Intelligence & Investigations department", the IWF announced that it opened investigations against Oleg Chen, Ruslan … [Continue reading]
Dr. Boffa was on location shooting part of Team USA's Pan American Games team during their last heavy session at home before leaving for Lima. Below is the snatch video from that session. Highlights include: Kate Nye - 112kg Snatch PR … [Continue reading]
Too much power... Shi Zhiyong's 190kg Pow Clean & Jerk from the 2019 Tokyo Olympics test event. View this post on Instagram Shi Zhiyong (73kg, @hookgripchn) with a 190kg/418lb pow clean and squat jerk! He’s the 2016 Olympic … [Continue reading]