Best of Olympic Weightlifting
That was quick. Here is a recording of the Men's 56 kg at the 2012 European Weightlifting Championships. 18 year old former Bulgarian, Valentin Hristov, who is coached by Zlatan Vanev, won and broke all three Junior European … [Continue reading]
The 2012 European Weightlifting Championships (click here for all recordings) were being held April 6-16th in Antalya, Turkey. Here are a couple of links to Eurosport live streams. Let me know if you find more. Live Stream … [Continue reading]
Jim from BeastSkills.com shows some of his Reverse Muscle-up aka 'Elevator' training. I like the idea of using two boxes (instead of unstable rings) to learn this. A beastly upper body Pull / Push exercise. … [Continue reading]
Here is a little profile on Khadzhimurat Akkaev as he prepares for London 2012. Update 11.09.2014: Read Akkaev's 2014 Interview on ATG. It's in Russian. So if any of you Russian speaking readers (what's up Brandon) wants to enlighten us about … [Continue reading]
Just got and watched Ross Enamait's Jump Rope Conditioning DVD. The DVD is not about learning fancy tricks to impress people (although once you can skip rope like Ross you will definitely be attracting eyeballs). It's for people who want to push … [Continue reading]
Here is some bench press motivation. Mick King with a 235 kg Bench Press at 62 Years. Also at 60 years of age he did 240 kg … [Continue reading]
Probably remains a dream. Michael Koklyaev wants to lift in London, but it looks like it's not going to happen. His greatest dream is an Olympic medal, but sports functionaries consistently ignored his candidacy for a seat in the national … [Continue reading]
After seeing the 205 kg snatch video I thought we could have a little caption contest. Instruction: Download the blank template below and create your own, like Evgeny did. Upload your awesome panel to imgur.com. Post a link in the … [Continue reading]
iPhone/iOS: Got some time to kill? Check out the The World's Strongest Man Game. Price: $2.99 US / £1.99 /2,39 € I have not tested it. So don't blame me if you don't like it. But it looks like a fun way to kill some time. Plus the reviews are … [Continue reading]