After you saw his First Training Session in Houston, here is Max Lang’s Last Heavy Snatch Training before competing at the 2015 Worlds where he ended up snatching 150kg.
Max Lang Last Heavy Snatch Training Session before 2015 Worlds is a post by Gregor Winter from All Things Gym.
What better way to stretch than doing it in the actual position you try to improve.
Here is Yuliya Paratova doing a Front Rack Position stretch with the help of her coach.
More on ATG’s Mobility 101
Yuliya Paratova Front Rack Position Stretch is a post by Gregor Winter from All Things Gym.
One of the best young guns of 2015 in my opinion.
19 year old Antonino Pizzolato (85kg, Italy) snatching 161kg, and clean & jerking 202kg for 7th place among the world’s best senior lifters.
He is 2015 European Junior Champion and also won bronze at the 2015 Junior Worlds.
Antonino Pizzolato 161kg Snatch 202kg Clean & Jerk 2015 Worlds is a post by Gregor Winter from All Things Gym.
From the 2015 Worlds Training Hall …
Arkadiusz Michalski (105kg, Poland) Clean & Jerking 220kg during his last heavy training session before worlds. Later in competition he opened with that weight.
At the 2015 Europeans he won C&J gold with 227kg (Bronze in Total).
Arkadiusz Michalski 220kg Clean & Jerk 2015 Worlds Training Hall is a post by Gregor Winter from All Things Gym.
Meanwhile in Japan
Toshiki Yamamoto (85kg) squats 300kg.
Follow him on Instagram @toshikis160j200.
山本選手、300kgきたあああ！！！ 世界記録303kgに迫る衝撃のスクワット pic.twitter.com/yX0GTPT5Ee
— ハリー (@harry072088) January 24, 2016
Oh, and here is a 240kg Front Squat he did in the 2015 Asian Championships training hall.
Not a PR as he has done at least 250kg in training
Toshiki Yamamoto 300kg Squat + Heavy Front Squats is a post by Gregor Winter from All Things Gym.
I think this was the heaviest (as in percentage of world record) lift that happened in the 2015 Worlds Training Hall.
Daniyar Ismayilov (69kg, Turkey) snatching 160kg. That’s 96.3% of Liao Hui’s world record (166kg).
Later in competition he was able to replicate this lift on his 2nd attempt, which earned him the Snatch gold medal.
Oh and he also Clean & Jerked up to 180kg that session.
Daniyar Ismayilov 160kg Snatch 2015 Worlds Training Hall *Full Session* is a post by Gregor Winter from All Things Gym.
Here is Dadas Dadashbeyli (98.38kg) saving his 210kg Clean & Jerk opener.
More: Watch his 190kg Power Clean
Dadas Dadashbeyli 210kg Clean & Jerk Cross Step Save is a post by Gregor Winter from All Things Gym.
“Zug Eng!”
That’s not a Rammstein song, but German for Clean Pull (lit. translation “Pull Narrow”).
In this video Max Lang goes over the first phase (“First Pull” – the pull to hips). Second Pull is the high pull to belly button / chest. He’ll cover that in his Snatch Pull video.
Max emphasises:
Common Errors:
English subtitles will follow soon.
Max Lang Clean Pulls Tutorial is a post by Gregor Winter from All Things Gym.
Meanwhile in Estonia …
On his road to 400kg, Mart Seim just squatted 380kg.
Originally he planned to do 370kg x2 today. But since he didn’t feel (and sleep) well, he skipped morning training and went for the 380kg single instead.
Mart Seim 380kg Squat is a post by Gregor Winter from All Things Gym.
From the 2015 World Championships Training Hall.
After their Squat Session, Lu Xiaojun & Tian Tao worked up to 295kg Front Rack Holds.
More:
Lu Xiaojun & Tian Tao 295kg Front Rack Holds 2015 Worlds is a post by Gregor Winter from All Things Gym.
(Original Post from 2012, Updated)
Lu Xiaojun with some lateral raises to grease those shoulders.
Ok everybody, you know what that means, right? …
Lateral raises Lu Raises, as they are called from now on, till your arms fall off today!
Since these are clearly the secret behind his success.
Update 30.01.2016: Lu Raises spotted in the 2015 Worlds Training Hall
More Lu Xiaojun training hall clips.
Lu Xiaojun Lateral Raises is a post by Gregor Winter from All Things Gym.
Here are clips from the 85kg Warm Up Area at the 2015 World Weightlifting Championships.
It was pretty busy in there. You focus on one lifter and you miss 2 attempts happening behind your back. And before you know it you already have to rush back out to capture the last competition lifts.
Let’s start with the snatches. World champion Artem Okulov, Apti Aukhadov, Tian Tao, Kianoush Rostami going head to head.
The Clean & Jerk video (with more footage) follows the next days.
More: Watch the 77kg Warm Up Area with Lu Xiaojun
More: 85kg Warm Up Area at the 2014 Worlds
85kg Warm Up Area 2015 World Weightlifting Championships is a post by Gregor Winter from All Things Gym.
Here is then 17 year old Ankhtsetseg Munkhjantsan (69kg, Mongolia) snatching 110kg on her opening attempt.
Ankhtsetseg Munkhjantsan 110kg Snatch 2015 Worlds is a post by Gregor Winter from All Things Gym.
Meanwhile in Estonia …
Mart Seim Back Squatted 400kg today. A big milestone for the 25 year old.
No belt. No wraps.
Below the video is a quick Q&A. Follow him @martseim on instagram.
Of course I had to ask Mart a couple of questions…
Gregor: So what’s next?
Mart: Now the main focus is lifting (classic lifts) and Pulls again.
Gregor: the 400kg came quicker than I expected.
Mart: It was a little surprise for me too.
Gregor: When did you know that today was the day?
Mart: Just before the 400
Gregor: What were your warm up attempts?
Mart:
Gregor: 360 must have been fast today?
Mart: Nope 
I still didn’t have the best feeling.
Gregor: but you just thought “let’s try 400”?
Mart: Well 400 was a motivating number. Now I have more time to focus on other things.
Gregor: Any specific numbers you want to hit on Pulls?
Mart: I don’t do max with Pulls. Just want to get Pulls feeling easy.
Gregor: Okay and how will your Squat training look like from now on?
once a week I will do some sets with 350kg or something like that
Mart: So far I did Squats as the first exercise in my training sessions.
Now I will do squats at the end of my training sessions.
I want to keep that strength. So once a week I will do some sets with 350kg or something like that.
I will squat 3 times per week.
More from Mart:
Mart Seim 400kg Squat + Q&A is a post by Gregor Winter from All Things Gym.
From the 2014 Worlds Training Hall …
Meng Suping working up to 195kg Clean Pulls. First in High Pull style, which she later changed to normal Pulls.
She did a bunch of sets, not all are shown.
More: Meng Suping Front Squatting 200kg
Meng Suping Clean Pulls up to 195kg Doubles is a post by Gregor Winter from All Things Gym.
Meanwhile in Azerbaijan …
Elkhan Aligulizada (77kg, Junior) Clean & Jerks the World Record weight of 211kg!
He set the 77kg Junior World Record in Houston, but unfortunately later appeared on the sanctioned athletes list.
Elkhan Aligulizada 211kg Clean & Jerk (77kg, Junior) is a post by Gregor Winter from All Things Gym.
Meanwhile in Azerbaijan / at the 2015 World Championships in Houston…
Boyanka Kostova front squats 190kg, she’s known for her squatting strength and recently had a jaw dropping performance at the European Championships.
Update 05.02.2016: Another 180kg Front Squat Boyanka did in the Houston training hall.
She also snatched 110kg and clean and jerked 135kg right before this (videos later). She did this exact workout two times before competing in Houston where she broke the Snatch and Total World Record.
Thanks to Nick for submitting.
190kg Front Squat
She also did 180kg in the training halls.
Boyanka Kostova 180kg & 190kg Front Squat is a post by Gregor Winter from All Things Gym.
Meanwhile in Kazakhstan …
Denis Ulanov (85kg) with 210kg on the good ol’ 1+1+1.
Denis Ulanov 210kg Clean + Front Squat + Jerk is a post by Gregor Winter from All Things Gym.
Here is Boyanka Kostova (58kg, Azerbaijan) snatching 110kg.
This was 1kg below the world record at the time. Of course you know she later snatched 112kg in competition, setting a new world record. This was the heaviest – as in percentage of world record (99%) – weight lifted in the training hall.
Right after this she worked up to 135/1 x2 Clean & Jerks, before Front Squatting 180kg. She did this workout twice before worlds.
Full Session follows this week.
180kg Front Squat
Boyanka Kostova 110kg Snatch 135kg Clean & Jerk 180kg Front Squat is a post by Gregor Winter from All Things Gym.
From the 2015 Worlds Training Hall …
Alexandr Zaichikov (105kg, Kazakhstan) Snatching 180kg during his last heavy training session before competing at worlds.
He also clean & jerked up to 220kg and front squatted 250kg.
Update 12.02.2016: Full Session!
Update 12.02.2016: Partner Shoulder Stretch with the help of Zhassulan Kydyrbaev.
Buttery 250kg Front Squat
Alexandr Zaichikov 2015 Worlds Training Hall *Full Session* is a post by Gregor Winter from All Things Gym.