Best of Olympic Weightlifting
Check out Igor Lukanin's YouTube channel - ilukanin. His channel deserves more subscribers (4 at the moment). Is this the brother of previously mentioned Vladislav Lukanin? Update: Igor let me know, that Vlad is his cousin. He first … [Continue reading]
Rob Blackwell and Spencer Moorman teach the pecularities of the 'Hip Clean'. off the floor with straight arms from the knees on up introduce a little arm bent bar hits the bar in the hip (as opposed to the high thigh area) … [Continue reading]
Reader Chris let me know about several Russian lifters who have come over to the US and are now living in the Boston area. Their names are Nikita Durnev and Vasiliy Polovnikov. They are training and coaching at the Boston Weightlifting Club … [Continue reading]
Weightlifting Clubs & CrossFit Gyms across the world listen up! Over at UK Olympic Weightlifting Giles Greenwood (@GreenwoodWL, 2002 Manchester Commonwealth Games Gold Medalist) wrote a post about how to make weightlifting … [Continue reading]
Mikhail Koklyaev hits a 3RM Bench Press PR while listening to the technofied version of 'Call Me Maybe'. Thanks to Steve for submitting. … [Continue reading]
Jami Tikkanen shows how a way to figure out your foot position for the jerk. A setup that should look familiar to you. Remember this jerk position sketch by Mike Burgener? More on Jerk Foot Position here. … [Continue reading]
Here is an older clip of Evgeny Chigishev and Dmitry Klokov in Taganrog. Looks like it's a couple of years old. Likely pre Beijing 2008. Chigishev snatches what looks like 200kg. Dmitry has no beard. Don't know who the 3rd lifter is. It's … [Continue reading]
Time for some equipment porn. Dave Tate walks you through the new EliteFTS Signature Rack. The mother of all power racks. Looks like you can use it as a foundation to build your house around it. Someday ... … [Continue reading]
Here is Ilya Ilyin warming up in the London 2012 Training Hall. 170kg Power Clean, just play weight. Gravity - Do you even pull? Video via NorthSport Olympic Weightlifting. Still, the 170kg Power Clean title stays with Pyrros Dimas. … [Continue reading]