Best of Olympic Weightlifting
Here is an Anatoly Pisarenko documentary. It's in Russian / Ukraine, so if you speak one of those languages it would be great if you can help with the translation in the comments. Maybe we can split it up in 5/10 minute segments like we did … [Continue reading]
Here is a video of London 2012 53kg Gold medalist, Zulfiya Chinshanlo's, 131kg World Record Clean & Jerk. Almost 2.5x bodyweight! And she made it look so easy! KAZ Coach going nuts as usual. Update 21.09.2014: At the 2014 Asian Games, … [Continue reading]
Shane Maier keeps on progressing. 220kg Clean Training Compilation with lots of other big lifts. 210kg Jerk, 290kg squat x3, 180kg BTN Snatch Grip Push Press Thanks to Rob, Angie and Dan for submitting these. … [Continue reading]
Kelly Starrett has a quick ankle ROM test. From a squat position, can you go into a pistol position? NorCal CrossFit has a video recapping the basic ankle mobility drills we have learned from Kelly Starrett. work on plantar fascia with … [Continue reading]
Meanwhile in the U.S. ... Alex Lee (69kg) breaks the double bodyweight barrier, snatches 140kg. Also this is 5kg above the current (135kg) American Record (PDF). Update: 170kg Clean & Jerk … [Continue reading]
Various news sites report that Maxim Sheyko (2012 European Silver medalist) set a new (unofficial) Clean & Jerk World Record with a 239kg Clean & Jerk. 1kg more than David Bedzhanyan's 238kg. The event took place 18. August at a city … [Continue reading]
This was long overdue. Strength of Evidence Podcast (iTunes, Facebook) - a skeptical fitness podcast. Jon Fass, who you may know as a co-host of the Fitcast & Bret Contreras teamed up to take a look at at what the strength & conditioning, … [Continue reading]
Over at Catalyst Athletics some heavy snatches went down over the weekend. Donovan Ford (105kg) with works up to 160kg (and 195kg Clean & Jerk). And recently mentioned Brian Wilhelm also with 160kg. … [Continue reading]
Here is London 2012 Women's 63kg Bronze medalist, Christine Girard in a workout during her Olympics prep. 100kg Snatch x12 with 90 seconds rest in between attempts. Makes 10 out of the 12 attempts. I don't know what her 1RM is (Edit:108kg in … [Continue reading]