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Russian Training: Part 1
January 18, 2016
News and Views of Weightlifting: Russian Training: Part 1 Andrew ‘Bud’ Charniga The recent popularity of fitness clubs which include Olympic lifting as part of their core exercise routine has created and explosion of interest in training methodology, technique and …
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The 2015 World Weightlifting Championships Part II: The Men
December 31, 2015
The Men 56 kg OM Yun Chol (PRK), WU Jingbiao (CHN), THACH KIM (VIE) OM Yun Chol (PRK) dropped very low, very explosively; hopping forward with a very fast 127. THACH KIM (VIE) the junior world record holder did a …
A De-masculinization of Strength
The Russian Weightlifting Library
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.