Best of Olympic Weightlifting
A couple of days ago I stumbled across this thread on reddit:What is the one gym exercise you wish you had known from the beginning?I think most of us (and I am no exception) probably started out the 'wrong' way (by which I mean not the most … [Continue reading]
The 2000 Sydney Olympics had a lot of epic lifts.Here is the men's 69 kg category which was dominated by the Bulgarians.Georgi Markov set a new world record with a 165 kg snatch (363 lbs). Name Body Weight … [Continue reading]
Here is 10 year old footage showing an 18 year old Dmitry Klokov.Body Weight: 92.6 kgSnatch: 147.5 kg 152.5 kg 155 kgClean and Jerk: 187.5 kg, 192.5 kg, 200.5 kg (Russian Record) … [Continue reading]
I was reading the post on the pros and cons of Low Bar vs High Bar Squatting by Justin.Really informative article.High Bar Squat Summary:Summary: The high bar squat is superior for Olympic weightlifting because it teaches proper clean/snatch … [Continue reading]
Don't Press Out of Your Arch by Jim Smith … [Continue reading]
Here is a video of Coach Gayle Hatch and Matthew Bruce instructing the Olympic lifts. Lifts: back squat, front squat, clean pull, power clean, (full squat) clean, split jerk, clean and jerk, power snatch and snatch (via) … [Continue reading]
Mark Bell was coaching Travis and Justin from CrossFit Sacramento. He had them doing dynamic effort squats into chains and DE deadlifts. Going back and forth for 10-12 sets of 3-2 reps with minimal rest. Mark's Observations: Justin is … [Continue reading]
You may remember the Healthy Meatza recipe. Well, here is the Epic Meal Time version. … [Continue reading]
After John North's 166 kg Unofficial American Record Snatch,over at Average Broz's Gym Rob Adell is also snatching 166 kg.... and makes it look way too easy. Must be the Behdad Salimi pre-pull.166kg Snatch @ 96kg / 365 pounds @ 211 pounds BWSince he … [Continue reading]