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Another great week here at Straight to the Bar. Some of the highlights :
- Articles : get the low-down on sumo deadlifting, a brief look at rice digs and take a peek behind the curtain at Chinese weightlifters in training.
- Videos : Marciano vs Charles, Ed Coan doing a little squatting and a great Arnold Strongest Man compilation. This will certainly put you in the mood for some serious lifting.
- Interviews : find out more about kettlebell superstar Valery Fedorenko, MMA athlete Justin 'ChimChim' Garcia and legendary powerlifter Ed Coan.
- Grip : Theo Burgraff performs a 411lb V-bar lift, when to grip a kettlebell and a superb book on Bending from the Diesel Crew.
- Bonus : Watch Polish Strongwoman Aneta Florczyk pulling 250kg (550lb) [streaming, 2.2mb .flv download]. Not bad at all.
Starting tomorrow, 12 runners will be attempting to break the 24hr treadmill-running world record; in the Great Lakes Treadmill Challenge. Good luck.
Via the Diesel Crew : some great vintage footage (1971 Worlds in Lima, Peru) [streaming, 2.1mb .flv download] of Serge Redding pressing an incredible 228kg (503lb).
Want more? Here's Vasily Alexeev [streaming, 2.5mb .flv download] breaking this record just a few minutes later with a lift of 230kg (507lb). Great stuff.
This snippet [streaming, 1.4mb .flv download] from 1938 shows clearly just how much strength is involved in Mens' Gymnastics. Incredible.
Tracy Fober takes a peek into the training methods used by Chinese Weightlifters as they gear up for Beijing. There's no doubt about it - they intend to win; and not just the lighter weight categories.
Make sure you take a look at the photos by Dan Hwang linked to in the article. Some great ones in there.
Grip training obsession points to a great video of an unofficial world record : Theo Burggraff lifting a 411lb v-bar [streaming, 927kb .flv download]. Superb.
Via Strength News : a great video compilation [streaming, 20.3mb .flv download] ahead of the Arnold Strongest Man competition this year. Great workout inspiration.
The Pure Powerlifting Podcast chats to Ed Coan, who has some great thoughts on the world of powerlifting. Grab part 1 (of 6) here.
A bit of agility training [streaming, 3.6mb .flv download] from Dynamic Athletic Training. Very nice.