Sneak peek into a Chinese Weightlifting Training Hall In this video…in this order…16 year old snatching 100kg x 2—16 year old hang snatch 90 kg— 69 kg lifter snatching 140 kg— 105 kg snatching 140 kg x 3 Super Heavy squatting 280 kg x 3— 94 kg lifter squats 290 kg— Super Heavy does a […]
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Ripped Olympic Weightlifters
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 […]
Mixing CrossFit Metcons with Olympic Weightlifting
Greg Everett answers a question on how to integrate high intensity CrossFit™ metcons into Olympic weightlifting programs. First, strength drives everything. [..] So what we see is a big need for local muscular endurance or stamina; what could also be called strength endurance. What’s the foundation of strength endurance? It’s right there in the name, and it’s […]
Behdad Salimi 320kg Squat at the 2011 Worlds
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 […]
Zlatan Vanev Unbelievable Bulgarians Video
Here is some inspiration for your next workout. Another Zlatan Vanev clip from the Unbelievable Bulgarians Training Hall DVD got uploaded to YouTube. Just a regular day in the office. Update 01.05.2015: His 5 attempts at 210kg Clean & Jerk
1996 Atlanta Weightlifting Training Hall
Here is clip from the 1996 Atlanta Olympics Weightlifting Training Hall. Lots of people throwing around lots of weight.
2011 Worlds Weightlifting Training Hall Video
Via David Boffa comes another training hall clip from the 2011 WWC. Click here for the first one. includes russia’s Apti Aukadov (85), Poland’s Adrian Zielinski (85), and Albania’s Erkand Qerimaj (77). Update: Danny Nemani training footage
Halil Mutlu – IronMind Traing Hall
Here is a training hall video of Halil Mutlu (also in the video is Kakhi Kakhiashvili). Lots of snatches, power cleans and front squats. Halil Mutlu Snatch 130kg @ 54kg
Kakhi Kakhiashvili Training in Melbourne 1993
This clip is Kakhi Kakhiashvili training just days before the 1993 World Championships.It’s from the IronMind 1993 Heavy Metal in Melbourne Training Hall DVD 150kg snatch for two190kg clean and jerks220kg back squat for three Just another day at the office…