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Lu Xiaojun’s Back MILO 19.4 Cover

February 28, 2012 By Gregor Winter

Check out Lu Xiaojun’s back on the cover of MILO 19.4. Reminds me of that iconic IronMind poster “Backs are to lifters what biceps are to bodybuilders.” MILO 19.4 cover: Lu Xiaojun (China) bangs away on some snatch pulls in the training hall at the 2011 World Weightlifting Championships (Disneyland–Paris) a couple of days before winning […]

Filed Under: 2011wwc, back, bodybuilding, chinese weightlifting, Photos, pull, weightlifting, Xiaojun

Ruben Aleksanyan 260kg Front Squat

February 26, 2012 By Gregor Winter

Somehow must have missed this clip from the 2011 WWC training hall. Ruben Aleksanyan with a 260kg front squat.

Filed Under: 2011wwc, front squat, strength, training hall, videos, weightlifting

Lu Xiaojun 110kg Muscle Snatch Video

February 21, 2012 By Gregor Winter

You may remember this post about Lu Xiaojun muscle snatching 110kg in the 2011 WWC training hall. Here’s a video of it:

Filed Under: 2011wwc, china, chinese weightlifting, exercises, Lu Xiaojun, muscle snatch, training hall, videos, weightlifting

Lu Xiaojun 230kg Front Squat Double at 2011 Worlds Training Hall

December 16, 2011 By Gregor Winter

Lu Xiaojun in the 2011 Weightlifting Worlds Training Hall. (Here’s another.) Chinese lifter, LU Xiaojun (-77), 2 days before his event. I was surprised by the heavy load that was on the bar 2 bays before competition and I thought he will do one or two back squats. I was amazed when I saw him […]

Filed Under: 2011wwc, china, chinese weightlifting, front squat, Lu Xiaojun, squat, training hall, videos, weightlifting

Ripped Olympic Weightlifters

December 2, 2011 By Gregor Winter

Lu Xiaojun Ripped Training Hall Snatch High Pull

Whenever I talk about weightlifting with people who are not into the sport they always envision the super heavyweights with their high body fat percentages. Little do they know that lifters who want to start in lighter weight classes are pretty ripped. Rob Macklem has a great example of that fact. China’s 77kg lifter Lu Xiaojun doing […]

Filed Under: china, chinese weightlifting, Lu Xiaojun, Photos, snatch pull, weightlifting

2011 WWC +105 kg Group C

November 26, 2011 By Gregor Winter

Here is some footage of the 2011 World Weightlifting Championships +105 kg class Group C. Probably interesting for all you US readers is Patrick Mendes (7:30) with a 172 kg snatch, later missing 177 kg and 205 kg C&J. Lifters in that Group VORNIK DzmitryMORALES NAVAS Yoel JoseKRUZEL OndrejPOKUSA MichalKAPLIN DmitriyCAMPOS MURILLO Carlos ManuelREIS FernandoPROCHOROW AlexejOHMAN RagnarMENDES PatrickKELLY […]

Filed Under: 2011wwc, clean and jerk, competition, Patrick Mendes, snatch, videos, weightlifting

2011 WWC 105 kg and +105kg Side View

November 25, 2011 By Gregor Winter

Here are videos of the 2011 WWC 105 kg and +105 kg sessions filmed from the side. Enjoy Dmitry Klokov, Khadzhimurat Akkaev, and Behdad Salimi battling  it out again. 105 kg +105 kg

Filed Under: 2011wwc, Behdad Salimi, clean and jerk, competition, Dmitry Klokov, Khadzhimurat Akkaev, snatch, videos, weightlifting

Donny Shankle (almost) Mugged at 2011 Worlds

November 22, 2011 By Gregor Winter

Donny Shankle tells a little story about how he got almost mugged at the 2011 Worlds. “I used to shoot people like you in the war”

Filed Under: Donny Shankle, humor, videos

Behdad Salimi 320kg Squat at the 2011 Worlds

November 20, 2011 By Gregor Winter

Update: Here he is 1 year later in the London Olympic training hall. Update: A fellow redditor in r/weightroom found a second video of the same squat. According to which it was only 320kg (see 2nd video below). Nonetheless he made it look way too easy. Here is a video of a big 360kg (800 lbs) 320kg (705 lbs) squat […]

Filed Under: 2011wwc, Behdad Salimi, big lifts, squat, training, videos, weightlifting

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