ICYMI: Crazy Weightlifting Round-Up

ICYMI: Crazy Weightlifting Round-Up

The internet is a big place, and people post cool stuff all the time. It's not your fault you can't spend all your time finding the raddest stuff, so I'm he

Apr 13, 2016 by Armen Hammer
ICYMI: Crazy Weightlifting Round-Up
The internet is a big place, and people post cool stuff all the time. It's not your fault you can't spend all your time finding the raddest stuff, so I'm here to help. Here's some of the craziest weightlifting-related stuff you may have missed in the past few days:


Nathan Damron (19, M85kg) snatches 150kg/330lb, clean-and-jerks 192kg/422lb, crushes your dreams of being competitive


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Darren Barnes (22, M56kg) is way more mobile than you 


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The fact that it's a 140kg/308lb clean & jerk is secondary to that incredible rerack.

Norik Vardanian (M94kg) looks pretty comfortable with a 200kg/440lb clean + front squat + jerk complex


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Here a bonus Norik video where he clean & jerks 200kg/440lb, 210kg/463lb, and 220kg/485lb before the 2012 Olympics:



Sara Sigmundsdottir snatches 80kg/176lb for a touch-and-go triple


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Boyanka Kostova (UZB, W58kg) power-snatches 100kg/220lb and 105kg/231lb at European Championships


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Bonus Boyanka time! Here are her lifts from the 2015 World Championships, where she set world record in the snatch (112kg/247lb) and a new total world record with a 140kg/308lb clean-and-jerk:

Boyanka Kostova snatches 112kg/247lb



Boyanka Kostova clean-and-jerks 140kg/308lb



Chris Spealler squats 400lbs!


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