Best of Olympic Weightlifting
You can now pre-order Kelly Starrett's book, "Becoming a Supple Leopard: The Ultimate Guide to Resolving Pain, Preventing Injury, and Optimizing Athletic Performance". Learn how to perform basic maintenance on your body, unlock your human potential, … [Continue reading]
Fernando Reis is representing weightlifting at the Brazil Sports Show 2012 . First I thought, oh well a 180kg Clean & Jerk is not much for Fernando. Then he Power Cleans it and adds a casual Push Press! Why not? 260kg Front … [Continue reading]
While we're waiting for the London Olympics to begin Frank Rothwell is busy uploading the 2000 Olympics weightlifting events. Starting with the +105kg snatch. The existing snatch world record was broken 3 times. First by Ashot Danielyan (207.5 … [Continue reading]
On June 30th Jeff Wittmer snatched 166kg. The video says unofficial American record, but remember that Jon North did 166kg before and Rob Adell even hit 170kg at 96kg. 200kg Clean Thanks Phil for sharing! … [Continue reading]
Today (July 15th) Sarah Robles will be doing an AMA in Reddit's r/IAmA When: 1PM (ET) Where: link to threat … [Continue reading]
Training for the 2016 starts early... Shane Maier had a good Squaturday with some nice PRs. Front Squat 230kg x3 Squat 275kg x5 Clean 202kg x2 Thanks to Angie for sharing. … [Continue reading]
On Weightlifting Talk Episode 5 Donny Shankle and Jon North had Glenn Pendlay on again. Download Audio: Link to mp3 (right click + 'save as') Advice for the First Meet (share yours in the comments): have fun get yourself a game plan (plan … [Continue reading]
Here are the time tables for all London 2012 weightlifting events. Update: Google Calender times are 1 hour behind. See the tables below for correct times. I also found a way to import the schedule into your Google Calender (available for all … [Continue reading]
No more guessing. Finally we get to know who is going. Update: Here is an updated start list (PDF Warning) Here is the final entry list for all weightlifting events at the London 2012 Olympic Games. If you find any surprises / oddities, … [Continue reading]