World Champs Day 7 | Rostami ft. Norik Vardanian (joins at 30 mins)
Norik Vardanian joined me half-way through today's round-up of yesterday's provocative 96 kg session. After speaking on Rostami's antics and the great Meso vs Tian battle, we talked about Simon Martir...
25 Sep 20191h 2min
World Champs Day 6 | Tatiana Stories w/ Mike Graber
Mike Graber, aka my world championships housemate, joined me today to discuss the day's lifting and trade stories of international weightlifters, of which there were plenty. From living with Tatiana K...
23 Sep 201954min
World Champs Day 5 | Lu Xiaojun the GOAT
The 105s in Almaty... The 64s in Atlanta... the +105s in 2000... There are sessions in our sport that will go down in history. The 81s in Thailand is now one of them. 35-year-old Lu Xiaojun made histo...
22 Sep 201931min
World Champs Day 4 | Shi Zhiyong Oh My!
Today I got to watch three athletes set seven new world records. Cho Hyo Sim valiantly battled the three-time world champion Kuo Hsing-Chun, setting three world records along the way. But it was China...
21 Sep 201935min
World Champs Day 3 | Blanked by Lu Xiaojun, and Trading World Records
The training hall action today was sensational. From Meso Hassona's mind-blowing clean and jerk, to Tian Tao's easy 170 kg snatch, to Ilya Ilyin arriving in the nick of time. The men's 67 kg A session...
21 Sep 201940min
World Champs Day 2 | Georgia and China Get Fighty
Today kicked off with China and Georgia getting into it in the training hall, culminating in China moving, and Lasha muscle snatching 140 kg. The 49 A session and 61 kg A session brought with them 7 w...
19 Sep 201923min
World Champs Day 1 | The Heaviest Training Hall Total Ever
Today was an absolute stonker of a day. Lasha Talakhadze hit the heaviest training hall total in history, the Chinese team showed up in full force, and Om Yun Chol broke the world record clean and jer...
18 Sep 201931min
Kelly Wild | Cal Strength's Squatting Machine
Kelly Wild is a World Champion, a three-time competitor at the CrossFit Games, and an American Open weightlifting champion. Since moving to California Strength she has shown that she has the ability t...
13 Sep 201938min
