Weightlifting House

As I sit in my Air BnB in Switzerland in preparation for the 49th 'Challenge 210' I see that Kianoush Rostami has flown to Switzerland, presumably with the goal of forcing his way into the competition...

23 Okt 201925min

Harvey Newton coached the 1984 USA Olympic team, spent time speaking with the greatest weightlifters ever from Bulgaria and the USSR, and watched the landscape shift from no drug testing to selected d...

21 Okt 20191h 24min

If you could control for all variables, have an unlimited budget and unlimited resources, could you derive an experiment that would ensure Lasha Talakhadze to total 500 kg? In this episode, that is ex...

18 Okt 20191h 15min

This week we witnessed the heaviest clean and jerk of all-time from the greatest super of all-time, Lasha Talakhadze at 267 kg. Earlier this week it broke that Russia has been avoiding internal testin...

16 Okt 201927min

With tales from this year's World Championships all the way to stories about Krastev in the 90s, these are the episodes I live for. Discussing the nuances of which elite weightlifters may or may not m...

14 Okt 20191h 13min

Jake Baker is on the cusp of moving from being a national tier weightlifter to an international one. His career thus far epitomises hard work. With his recent move to California Strength, he hopes to ...

11 Okt 201944min

From Ehabs retirement and Egypt's ban, to Rostami's secret competition and Jin's redemption, this week covered the entire scope of weightlifting news. Lasha's heaviest ever total - https://www.youtube...

9 Okt 201923min

After hanging out with Max all day we sat down to record what turned out to be arguably our best episode yet. From an unbelievably in-depth look at microcycles and exercise selection, to untold Cal St...

7 Okt 20191h 13min