Get your questions ready! Richard Hawthorne will be doing an AMA in Reddit's r/Weightroom. When: Sunday, July 1st. Where: here is the thread … [Continue reading]
Richard Hawthorne Reddit AMA
Biceps Involvement in Overhead Pressing
Paul Carter wrote a post on overhead pressing. One of the points he made was getting the biceps involved in the movement. Because Paul can probably overhead press me for 50+ reps or so I thought this tip was worth sharing. More muscle … [Continue reading]
Dan Dumitrache 290kg Squat
Meanwhile in Finland ... Like we didn't see enough big squats today here is Dan Dumitrache with a 290kg squat at 82.5kg. (From the GPA European championships 2012) … [Continue reading]
Lat Flys for Shoulder Girdle Mobility
Over at Gymnastic Bodies Christopher Sommer posted an interesting looking mobility exercise. Lat Flys ... and like most gymnastics exercises these look deceptively easy. combines rotator cuff, scapular protraction and scapular retraction all … [Continue reading]
Behdad Salimi 350kg Squat Sohrab Moradi 310kg Squat
If you are wondering what is going on in Iranian training halls these days, wonder no more. Behdad Salimi squatting what looks like 350kg (hard to tell, but the last red plate is barely fitting on the bar, could be 370 with 7 plates each side+ … [Continue reading]
Better Homemade Weightlifting Straps
Ben Claridad shows you how he makes lifting straps. Material: rock climbing webbing, ~1.5 ft / strap ($.36 / ft.) These will never rip apart. They are good for at least 18kN of force. Athletic tape the ends and you're good to go. I would … [Continue reading]
Once You’ve Finished
This is a guest post by Angie Sorensen of GoBeastess.blogspot.com. Nothing seems hard once you've finished. I can't remember where I first read that quote but it's definitely one that has stuck with me. On the surface people will initially push … [Continue reading]
Low Bar Squat Elbow Pain
Paul Carter has a quick piece on low bar squat hand position. Specifically eliminating the weight transfer into the elbow and the resulting pain. Similar points that Mar Rippetoe made in the Low Bar Squat Bar Position video. elbows still … [Continue reading]
Jujimufu 243kg Deadlift
Most of you hopefully know Jujimufu of Tricks Tutorials fame (check out his über flexibility/ stretching resource if you haven't already). Here he is having a good dealift session up to 535 lbs = 242.6kg. Since I didn't post this back when … [Continue reading]
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