Meanwhile in Egypt …
Karim Ibrahim Abokhala supposedly Clean & Jerks 208kg (hard to tell by the video, but that’s what I was told).
He is still a junior and I am told he is a 77kg lifter.
Posted by Kärëëm Kählä on Tuesday, March 8, 2016
And here is a 170kg Block Snatch!
170 و الله المستعان
Posted by Kärëëm Kählä on Saturday, January 16, 2016
Karim Ibrahim Abokhala 208kg Clean & Jerk + 170kg Block Snatch is a post by Gregor Winter from All Things Gym.
Here are some heavy lifts from Marcel Guidea from his 2015 training.
Remember that he has Cleaned 243kg, and Clean & Jerk 233kg before.
Back in December when we stayed in Chekhov he told us that he injured his elbow and that it will take a long time until it is completely healed.
Anyway here is a 188kg Snatch and 238kg Clean.
A video posted by Marcel Guidea Vasile (@marcelguidea) on
Marcel Guidea 188kg Snatch 238kg Clean 2015 is a post by Gregor Winter from All Things Gym.
Meanwhile in Poland …
After visiting the Kazakh Weightlifting team (Team Astana around Ilya Ilyin) in Poland last year [Videos here], I thought it would be fun to do that again.
So I drove down to Zakopane in south Poland where the team was staying in an Olympic training center.
I think I managed to capture some interesting footage. The editing of all the this stuff will take some time though. So be patient. In the meantime here are some teasers.
Ilya Ilyin Snatching 177.5kg
Visiting the Kazakh Team in Zakopane, Poland is a post by Gregor Winter from All Things Gym.
Here are all of Lu Xiaojun’s Snatches at the 2015 World Weightlifting Championships.
More: Watch his 176kg Snatch World Record
Lu Xiaojun 175kg Snatch 177kg World Record Attempt 2015 Worlds is a post by Gregor Winter from All Things Gym.
End of February I visited Mohamed Ehab and the Egyptian weightlifting team in their training camp in Cairo.
The Olympic training center just opened and and offers the athletes a training environment that is probably unparalleled in Egypt.
I am going to release the videos in chronological order, starting with the Monday morning session.
Needless to say I also filmed a bunch of extra stuff, warm ups, cool downs, accessory exercises and stretches. All of which will be posted later on.
View the first episode as a warm up, not only for Mohamed, but also for the series.
8:30 Breakfast. Here the whole team meets. So even if people aren’t hungry they still show up.
After this it’s back to bed / relaxing.
11:00 First training.
13:45 / 14:00 Lunch. The hotel offered a great selection of foods. Various meats, veggies, desserts.
One of Mohamed’s favorites is basbousa. He likes to supercharge each hard training with that magic food. After lunch it is back to bed / relaxing.
18:00 2nd training.
21:00 Dinner.
ATG on Tour: Visiting Mohamed Ehab in Cairo *Part 1 Monday Morning* is a post by Gregor Winter from All Things Gym.
Meanwhile in Chile …
Arley Mendez Perez (85kg), who is originally from Cuba, snatches 170kg and Clean & Jerks 210kg for new Chilean records.
He won bronze at the 2013 Junior worlds (Artem Okulov won gold there).
215kg Clean
Arley Mendez Perez 170kg Snatch 210kg Clean & Jerk is a post by Gregor Winter from All Things Gym.
Time for another President’s Cup.
This one is in Kazan.
Russian Team is
75kg: Anastasia Romanova, Maria Petrova, Nadezhda Lomova
+75kg: Ekatarina Yutvolina and Lyaysan Makhiyanova
94kg: a light Viktor Getts, Alexey Yufkin, Rinat Kireev
105kg: Adam Maligov, Gennady Muratov, ANdrey Demanov
+105kg: Chingiz Mogushkov
Saturday
Sunday
2016 Russian President’s Cup *Live Stream* is a post by Gregor Winter from All Things Gym.
Here are Artem Okulov, Tima Turieva, Apti Aukhadov and Ksenia Maximova in the 2015 Worlds Training Hall.
As is normal for the Russian team this was a very light session to loosen up their bodies after the long travel to Houston.
Still beautiful technique on display here.
Artem Snatches up to 140kg, Clean & Jerks of to 150kg. Plus some interesting accessory exercises at the end.
Team Russia Training Hall 2015 World Weightlifting Championships is a post by Gregor Winter from All Things Gym.
After Tian Tao snatched 160kg [Video here], he finished his session with some upper back work.
More: Dmitry Klokov doing Trapi
Tian Tao Trapi (Snatch Grip Upright Rows) 2015 World Weightlifting Championships is a post by Gregor Winter from All Things Gym.
Meanwhile in Egypt …
Mohammed Ehssan Front Squats 300kg!
Remember he injured himself during his second snatch attempt at worlds (partially torn quad muscle).
During my visit in Cairo he was already training with the team again. Not doing crazy weights like this, but he was back to full range of motion squats.
More: Watch his 195kg Snatch + 240kg Clean & Jerk in the Worlds Training Hall
Other Huge Front Squats:
Mohammed Ehssan 300kg Front Squat is a post by Gregor Winter from All Things Gym.
Here is Ivan Efremov‘s 192kg Snatch that won him the 105kg Snatch gold medal at worlds.
He snatched 193kg at Asian Championships and even did 200kg at Uzbek nationals.
Ivan Efremov 192kg Snatch 2015 World Weightlifting Championships is a post by Gregor Winter from All Things Gym.
Today world record holder and Beijing Olympic champion Andrei Aramnau announced that he is officially done with professional weightlifting.
I remember last year at Klokov Power Weekend he talked about his injuries and lack of support. So it’s sad for me to see him make this decision at age 27. He achieved so much so early and so much potential for more.
Here is a Google translate of his announcement:
“I finally gave up the sport. For almost a year did not do weightlifting. In front of me there was a choice: either to become disabled, or quit to play sports and go to the coaching position. The fact that I’ve always wanted to surpass the bar of human capabilities. I strive for such records, that no living soul to be risen. Because of this, I had an overload of the body. Plus coaches constantly driven forward because of my results depended on their salary.
I often being tired, let your body is unprepared to compete. So his unhealed leg I injured eight times. As a result, the thigh muscle is not sustained. I did an MRI. I was shown that one head of the quadriceps muscle by 50 percent divorced. For the life of me missing this state. For professional sport – in any case “
Some of the best moments
200kg Snatch (still current WR) and 236kg Clean & Jerk at the 2008 Beijing Olympics
201kg Snatch at Belarus Championships
205kg Snatch
240kg Jerk x3
240kg Jerk x2
Andrei Aramnau Ends Weightlifting Career is a post by Gregor Winter from All Things Gym.
From the 2015 World Weightlifting Championships in Houston…
Deng Wei (63kg, China) Clean and Jerks 146kg for a new World Record! She added 1kg onto Tzu Chi Lin’s (Chinese Taipei) old record who was also competing at this event, and 4kg to her 2014 worlds performance.
After her 113kg Snatch Deng walked away with 3 golds.
Deng Wei 146kg Clean and Jerk World Record is a post by Gregor Winter from All Things Gym.
Here is Part 2 of the ATG on Tour in Egypt series.
Here is what went down in the Monday afternoon training:
with guest appearances by Ezzeldin Thabet, Tarek Yehia, Sara Ahmed, Ahmed Abdelaziz, Gaber Farhan and Mohammed Ehssan.
ATG on Tour Mohamed Ehab Egypt Monday Afternoon Training is a post by Gregor Winter from All Things Gym.
Here are a couple of clips of (then still 19 year old) Lesman Paredes in the 2015 Worlds Training Hall.
190kg Clean & Jerk, 160kg Snatch, plus some Front Squats and Snatch Pulls.
More: Lesman’s Photoshop Contest Fame
Lesman Paredes 2015 Worlds Training Hall is a post by Gregor Winter from All Things Gym.
The 2016 European Weightlifting Championships are upon us.
As usual, this page will be updated with live streams and news throughout the competition.
When: 10-16 April
Where: Førde, Norway
Preliminary Start List (final verification is on 08 April 2016)
Any ATG readers planning to be there?
2016 European Weightlifting Championships is a post by Gregor Winter from All Things Gym.
From the 2015 Worlds …
Valentin Hristov (62kg) front squatting 210kg during their heavy training on November 18th.
More:
Valentin Hristov 210kg Front Squat is a post by Gregor Winter from All Things Gym.
Here are all of Kianoush Rostami’s snatches at the 2015 Worlds.
He went 173, x178, x178 which still secured a bronze medal in the snatch.
More: Watch his 221kg Clean and Jerk in Training
Kianoush Rostami 173kg Snatch 2015 World Weightlifting Championships is a post by Gregor Winter from All Things Gym.
Here is part 1 of the Friday Morning training session of team Astana when I visited them in Poland.
Just a light session to prepare the boys for their “Big Friday” max out session in the evening.
They did Front Squats/ Squats, Clean & Jerks, Snatches in this session
Lifters: Denis Ulanov, Kirill Pavlov, Rustem Sybay and Alexandr Zaichikov
No Ilya you ask? Watch till the end.
ATG on Tour Team Astana Friday Morning Training Part 1 is a post by Gregor Winter from All Things Gym.
Here is a best of the greatest hits in the 2015 Worlds Training Hall.
Look at the different techniques on display here!
Featuring Super Stars like:
Lu Xiaojun, Om Yun Chol, Dmitry Klokov, Sibel Özkan, Mirco Scarantino, Mohamed Ehab, Kim Myong Hyok, Deng Mengrong, Youngchul Lim, Dadas Dadashbeyli, Tian Tao, Mart Seim, Ksenia Maximova
2015 Worlds Training Hall – Greatest Hits is a post by Gregor Winter from All Things Gym.
