
Like many Russian female athletes before her, Olga Zubova also squatted 200kg for a double! More 200kg Doubles: Oxana Slivenko, Nadehzda Evstyukhina Julia Konovalova … [Continue reading]
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Like many Russian female athletes before her, Olga Zubova also squatted 200kg for a double! More 200kg Doubles: Oxana Slivenko, Nadehzda Evstyukhina Julia Konovalova … [Continue reading]
Here is Chen Lijun (62kg) with a 4.27 x Bodyweight Front Rack Holds (265kg). More: Lu Xiaojun & Tian Tao doing Front Rack Holds … [Continue reading]
Meanwhile back at the 2015 World Weightlifting Championships Training Hall, 2012 Olympic Champion, Rim Jong Sim (75kg, North Korea) Front Squats 165kg for a triple. In competition during the Snatch she got injured after winning a silver medal … [Continue reading]
21 year old Artem Okulov Clean & Jerking 215kg with the longest holds at the 2015 World Weightlifting Championships. This was the first senior world championships title for him after being a two time junior world champion and one time youth … [Continue reading]
Blast from the past ... Stefan Botev with a 320kg Squat. This happened in the 1995 Worlds training hall. Later in the comp he did a 190kg Snatch and 245 Clean & Jerk for 3rd place in the total. Update 24.02.2016: Ironmind uploaded the … [Continue reading]
Tian Tao finishing off his session with some weighted Pus-ups. More Accessory Exercises: Lu Xiaojun doing Lateral Raises … [Continue reading]
Turns out her 130kg x2 Snatch from Blocks wasn't a PR ... Here is Olga Zubova Snatching 135kg for a double from Blocks. 135kg is the current world record in her category (held by Natalia Zabolotnaia). More: Olga Snatching 130kg and Clean … [Continue reading]
Meanwhile in the US ... Derek Kendall Front Squats 387kg (855 lbs)! Front squats 855 pounds (9 plates each side) x 1 rep wearing the @ironrebelpowergear knee sleeves A video posted by Derek Kendall (@derekkendallpowerlifter) on Feb 20, 2016 … [Continue reading]
This is the overview post for the 2015 IWF World Weightlifting Championships in Houston, Texas. On Instagram or Twitter use hashtag #2015wwc. Useful Links: Highlights Training Hall Videos: Part 1, Part 2 Recordings Results, … [Continue reading]