Best of Olympic Weightlifting
Here is a video of Asen Zlatev, 1980 Moscow Olympics Gold medalist in the 75kg. He later competed in the 82.5 kg. Career bests: 183kg Snatch @82.5kg 1986 in Melbourne 225kg (WR) Clean & Jerk @82.5kg in 1986 World Championshipe in … [Continue reading]
Just read an interview with Mikhail Koklyaev. (Google Translate Version) He really wanted to take a brake from strongman/ powerlifting competitions and spend more time with his family and get into the Russian weightlifting team. And he also … [Continue reading]
Let's geek out about statistics. Since good (accessible) data was nowhere to be found online I collected the data from the official London 2012 Athletes Pages, as well as the weighlifting athletes' profiles. You can access the raw data here: … [Continue reading]
Here is a sweaty video of 22 year old Fernando Reis talking about the Olympics. I had this goal in my life, that if I didn't reach this goal of becoming third place in the world in the juniors, I would have stopped weightlifting. Well, glad he did. … [Continue reading]
Glenn Pendlay is uploading more and more narated videos of the training sessions. Has some cool stuff in it. Like the 221kg Squat x5 by Kaleb Whitby or the 160kg Push Presses x5 by Tom Sroka. Video focuses on drilling the positions in the 2nd … [Continue reading]
Check out Travis Cooper's (85kg lifter) beautiful 260kg Squat. And while you're at it, make sure to subscribe to his channel. He has lots of good training clips. Like this 151kg PR Snatch. Thanks to Phild for submitting … [Continue reading]
What a bummer, Andrei Aramnau is not competing in London. He apparently pulled a muscle in his thigh and says that there is no way he is going to lift at the Olympics. "I was in great shape, but for whatever reason my coach had asked me to … [Continue reading]
Still only 22 years old, Eric Lilliebridge totaled 1000kg (2,204lbs) raw with wraps, at 124kg bodyweight . Squat: 387.5kg (854.3 lbs) PR Bench: 240kg (529 lbs) PR Deadlift: 372.5kg (821.2 lbs) PR Update: His brother Ernie also had a … [Continue reading]
You may remember Kit Laughlin from the Shoulder Mobility with Sticks post. He made a good video on opening the your tight hip flexors. Kit, if you read this, please do a 45 min routine video where you talk us through the exercises. Update: … [Continue reading]