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September 17, 2018
Andrew Charniga The weightlifting competition of the 2018 Asian Games took place in Jakarta, Indonesia August 20 – 27, 2018. Since the weightlifting was part of the Games program the competition was held at the huge Jakarta International Expo center …
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August 09, 2018
How the female weightlifter out – grew the “lady bar” Andrew “Bud” Charniga www.Sportivnypress.com “It has been said that man is “fearfully and wonderfully made.” Wilton M. Krogman, 1951 Whoever said “man is fearfully and wonderfully made” in all probability …
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June 18, 2018
Scaling of Body Mass in Weightlifting: Consequences for the World’s Strongest Weightlifters Andrew Charniga Sportivnypress “…excess bodyweight first creates additional loading on the sportsman’s muscles because the weightlifter has to lift this excess weight during the execution of the …
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June 11, 2018
Variations of the Jump Under the Barbell in the Snatch and the Clean Andrew Charniga SportivnyPress.com “Research has shown that the longer the athlete’s feet are in the non – support position the faster the trunk descends.” Druzhinin, 1974 Figure …
The Russian Weightlifting Library is compilation of articles (weightlifting yearbooks - called Yezhegodnik in Russian) and books written by prominent Soviet era sport scientists.
The article compilations (yearbooks) and books cover a wide range of topics from weightlifting technique, training methodology, planning training, restoration, analysis of the training and technique of eilte weightlifters; research of strength training methodology and so forth. All texts are translated directly from the original Russian to English.
