All Things Gym

1990 Russian Weightlifting Team Training in Finnland

April 11, 2012 By Gregor Winter

Check out this video of the 1990 Russian Weightlifting team training in Finland. Features lifts by Yuri Zakharevich & co. … [Continue reading]

Chair Traverse – Exercise of the Day

April 11, 2012 By Gregor Winter

The floor is lava. … [Continue reading]

Dmitry Klokov Clean & Jerk Case Study

April 11, 2012 By Gregor Winter

Check out the slow motion of Dmitry Klokov's 232kg Clean & Jerk from the 2011 Worlds. On a side note, if you enable the YouTube HTML5 Player you can adjust the playback speed on any video from 2x to 0.25x (click the settings gear). Great for … [Continue reading]

Kirk on Chinese Weightlifting Exercise Selection

April 10, 2012 By Gregor Winter

Kirk shares his experiences with Chinese weightlifting training. Notes from the Video: Chinese use lots of exercises, not everybody uses all of them there's a guy who squats 440kg Coaches are trying to find weaknesses and focus on … [Continue reading]

2012 European Weightlifting Championships Men’s 62kg

April 10, 2012 By Gregor Winter

Here is the recording of the 2012 European Weightlifting Championships Men's 62kg. Results: Gold Silver Bronze Snatch Bünyamin Sezer 142 kg Florin Ionuț Croitoru 131 kg Dimitris Minasidis 130 kg Clean & Jerk Stoyan … [Continue reading]

Zach Krych 303 lbs Grace

April 10, 2012 By Gregor Winter

Weightlifter Zach Krych does the CrossFit workout "Grace", which is: Clean and Jerk 135 lbs 30 reps for time He performs it with 303 lbs (137.4 kg) in 18:04. Ouch. Edit: Spencer Moorman also tried this thing. 13 minutes 40 seconds. … [Continue reading]

Ring Flyes

April 10, 2012 By Gregor Winter

Meanwhile in Romania... The little Stroe boys are at it again. This time with some ring flyes... For more ring training exercises check out Jordan Jovtchev's Ring Strength Video. … [Continue reading]

Sohrab Moradi 220 kg Clean & Jerk World Record

April 10, 2012 By Gregor Winter

Meanwhile in Iran... This just got posted by the Iranian weightlifting national team. Sohrab Moradi (85kg lifter) broke (unofficial?) the Clean & Jerk world record with 220kg (was 218kg by Zhang Yong, 1998). For a bit of background, Sohrab … [Continue reading]

Squat Form Mobility Recap by Justin

April 10, 2012 By Gregor Winter

Justin made a great video recapping lots of Kelly Starrett's mobility drills. He made the video specifically for a female athlete, who has trouble with her knees tracking inside of her toes when squatting. But I think everyone of us will find … [Continue reading]