Olympic weightlifting – Cast Iron Strength

25 Jan

First Pull, Learning the Snatch, Olympic weightlifting, Snatch, Snatch technique, Technique

The Importance of Position in the Snatch Lift (part 1)

Posted by Marc Keys

Weightlifting is 100% about position, although a strength sport even the strongest of lifters will struggle to realise their full potential if they do not adhere to the optimal bar path for their build....

08 Jan

1996 Olympics, Andrei Chemerkin, clean and jerk, Clean Technique, Jerk Technique, Olympic weightlifting, Weightlifting, world records

Big Lifts Photo Series – Andrei Chemerkin WR C&J 1996 Olympics

Posted by Marc Keys

Here is Andrei Cheerkin's 260 kg world record clean and jerk from the 1996 Olympic games presented in photo stills, 30% video speed and also the original video. Only by looking at stills and...

17 Dec

clean and jerk, Mel Siff, Olympic weightlifting, Second Pull, Snatch

On The Pull With Big Mel.

Posted by Marc Keys

14 Aug

Expo, Glasgow, Mikhail Koklyaev, Olympic weightlifting, Palace of Arts, Powerlfiting, Strongman, Weight Training, Worlds Strongest Man

Mikhail Koklyaev comes to Glasgow

Posted by Marc Keys

Mikhail Koklyaev came to the glasgow palace of Arts to put on a show for that the UK strength community. There where some 70 people in attendance to witness the man lift and...

21 Jun

Bodybuilding, Olympic weightlifting, Physical exercise, Powerlifting, Sport, Sports medicine, Strength Sports, Weight Training

More Injuries.

Posted by Marc Keys

After writing the last installment about deep squatting the question of injuries and the rate in which they occur in both weightlifting and powerlifting peaked my intrest. To this end I have performed a...

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