Lifts
Competition Lifts
Kianoush Rostami (IRI -96 kg) Wins Fajr Cup With First Ever 3 for 3...
Weightlifting legend Kianoush Rostami competed this week at the 4th International Fajr Cup just three weeks after competing at the EGAT Cup....
Deng Wei (CN-64) Three World Records
2016 Olympic champion and four time world champion from China Deng Wei just set all new world records at the IWF World...
Ilya Ilyin’s Best Ever Lifts – Competition & Training
In an interview with Ilya Ilyin conducted by hookgrip (07/26/17) Ilya revealed many previously unknown training numbers from his now seventeen-year long...
CJ Cummings (USA -73kg) Hits 149/189 kg at the American Junior Nationals
The junior clean and jerk world record holder CJ Cummings competed at the American Junior National Championships last weekend and made some...
IWF EGAT Cup – Full Results
February 7-10th saw the IWF EGAT Cup in Thailand, a bronze level qualification event for the 2020 Tokyo Olympics. 98 lifters across...
Zhou Xiaoman (CN +87kg) Attempts WR Clean & Jerk But Plates Fall Off
The Chinese super heavy Zhou Xiaoman competed last weekend at the IWF Egat Cup, an Olympic qualifying event in Thailand. Zhou took...
Talha Talib 143kg Unofficial Junior World Record Snatch
Pakistan's 67kg youth sensation Talha Talib snatched an unofficial Junior World Record of 143kg at the Quaid-e-Azam provincial championships. The technique, speed,...
Kia Ghadami Unofficial World Record 241kg Clean & Jerk
The Iranian 109kg lifter Kia Ghadami just unofficially broke the World Record clean and jerk at a provincial competition. This 241kg lift...
Training and Warmups
Shi ZhiYong (CHN -73) 206 kg Clean and Jerk
The 2016 Olympic champion from China Shi ZhiYong just clean and jerked 206 kg in training, 10 kg over his own world...
Tatiana Kashirina Back Squats 200 kg x 8
Tatiana Kashirina, the greatest female weightlifter ever by Sinclair, just back squatted 200 kg for an easy set of eight in what...
Simon Martirosyan (ARM – 109 kg) 250 kg Jerk
2018 weightlifting world champion Simon Martirosyan hit a 250 kg jerk in training yesterday and it really didn't look like a true...
Chen Lijun (CHN -67 kg) 180 kg Clean and Jerk
Three time world champion Chen Lijun hit a 180 kg clean and jerk in training, just 3 kg below his competition best....
Wu Jingbiao (CHN -61) Snatches 145 kg
The thirty-year-old Chinese silver medalist from the 2012 Olympics, Wu Jingbiao, has posted a training video of a 145 kg snatch.
Jenny Arthur – Easiest Squat PR Of All Time
The 2016 Olympian Jenny Arthur (-76 kg) is known for her professionalism in training. Her posting to social media is seldom as...
Liu Jiawen (89kg), 210kg clean and jerk
Last year's Chinese fall national champion Liu Jiawen just hit a new personal best in the clean and jerk at 210 kg,...
ATG – Lü Xiaojun 160kg Snatch Session at 2018 World Championships Training Hall
ATG posted a phenomenal piece of content on their YouTube channel today: A full warm-up video of weightlifting legend Lu Xiaojun (CHN...
Lu Xiaojun & Tian Tao – A Day In The Life
One of the greatest things to have come out of the internet is the free passage of information. Even so it has...
Loredana Toma (rou -64) 100 kg Snatch Triple
2017 World Champion Toma Loredana made a triple in the snatch at 100 kg in training last week. The 23 year old,...