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And the former not happening!

Oh really? What is happening with Euros? are the usual spring continental / autumn worlds schedules intact, just with the Olympics in the summer? ...

Do you have a link?? thank you

Friday July 10, 2020 Bench Press 45-10x2 95x3 115x3 130x3 147.5x3 167.5x10

Thursday July 09, 2020 Back Squat 45-10x2 115x3 145x3 165x3 185x10 I did these very late, and didn't have time for any accessory work.

I think it would be a mistake now to throw one's hands up in the air and declare all the past of anti doping measures a sham. I mean, we do have...

InsideTheGames has more details about the incident. https://www.insidethegames.biz/articles/1096159/bulgarian-weightlifting-great-killed

The above were the final records before the 1992 -> 1993 category change. There were four more records set after the Seoul Olympics, mostly by the...

I was just working off the records as they stood when the weight classes changed in 1993. According to the dates when the records were established...

Vale Antonio Krastev. According to the Bulgarian Weightlifting FB page, he died in a car accident aged 58.

There were definitively still some notable performances post 88 although not as common. Botev nearly c&j 252.5kg at 1990 WWC. Kakhi c&j 235kg in...

There were 11 world records set in the Olympic cycle to the 1992 Games, which was a drastic reduction compared to the previous cycle, and perhaps...

7-8-20 Wednesday Push/pull circuit: Five rounds of: OHP 135 x 6 Power Clean 185 x 5 Trap bar DL + Shrug 305 x 6 Row 2K @2:15.5

Thanks for the correction; I was only going by what I recall off the top of my head. Did not realize Taranenko's 266 was done post-Olympics, and for...

In this interest of pedantry, would you be willing to list the records you have in mind? Taranenko set a jerk and total record, that's two. Ivan...

Wednesday July 08, 2020 Cleans 95x3 115x3 135x3 155x3 175x1 175x1 175x1

Tuesday July 07, 2020 Press 45-10x2 95x3 110x3 122.5x6 122.5x5 Dumbbell Curls with Fat Gripz:

Monday July 06, 2020 Weight: 168.2 Snatch 95x3 115x3 125x3 135x3 145x1

I apologise for being a pedant about this, but at least seven senior men's world records were set between the Seoul Olympics in 1988 and the first...

Though I don't know absolutely for sure - I believe the positives (this and other recent Russian positives) are from the Russian Moscow lab data...

Its a great observation, and it adds to the point I made about the effect of differences in doping practice/training and how it is curtailed by...

One reason to keep in mind is that drug testing has been implemented since the 70s but only in competition. In many cases the medalists were not...

This actually touches on one of the associated frustrations and curiosities for me. If its just tried-and-true old drugs + bribery, then why weren't...

I don't think the actual testing of a sample is that expensive or labor-some once the whole system is already set up and in place .... and you are...

Why are they wasting resources retesting retired lifters samples? Honestly don't see the point. His last intl comp was 6 fucking years ago.

Retired Russian Andrey DEMANOV was suspended today by the IWF.

There's going to be a world championships four months after the Olympics next year. Sounds fun!

7-5-20 Sunday Back Squat (high bar) 135 x 8 185 x 5 225 x 3 275 x 3 325 x 2 345 x 1 275 x 5

Sunday July 05, 2020 Deadlift 135x5 175x5 205x5 235x5 265x10 These were not fun. They went well enough, and I hit the number of reps I...

Saturday July 04, 2020 Power Jerks 95x5 115x5 135x5 150x5 165x1 165x1 165x1