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1-21-21 Thursday Everything seems to be about push ups and pull ups these days...with some rowing thrown in for good measure Last night I did...

I completely agree. Although the methodology isn't outlined in the report, the explanation that "...that the pattern centered, in part, on...

Thanks for linking this. I had never read the linked report and found it genuinely shocking.

1-20-21 Wednesday Row 5K @2:15.6/500m pace, 18 spm Push ups x 10,10,15,15,10,10 Row 5K @2:13.5/500m pace, 19 spm Push ups x 25

According to page 12, cases are ongoing for 18 lifters. 10 "confirmed" and 8 "very likely". Those represent each 5 countries respectively, although...

1/20 huffing and puffing thru warmup but maybe bc the temp had dropped to sub 50 from 80 tday. had to take a nap in evening bc just was tired....

1-19-21 Tuesday Dead hang pull up x 1 (paused at top) + DL 315 x 1 (modified EMOM) 60 reps in 49 minutes 1-17-21 Sunday Pull up x 5/push up...

Who doesn't love a whizzinator story?

As of today he is still in custody in Orange County Jail in California, with a $1,005,000 bail. He has a court appearance on January 22, but it...

My understanding is they compared an OOC sample from spring/summer 2016 with his established DNA profile (Houston/Rio). There were training tests...

So, I wonder when these violations occurred exactly. Is this out of competition testing in Kazakhstan and Romania? Rahimov didn't compete in any IWF...

This is specifically about 2016, and both competed in the Rio Olympics. https://www.iwf.net/2021/01/18/public-disclosure-187/

Weightlifting House is reporting that two athletes have been provisionally suspended due to using substitute urine samples. Among them, Nijat...

1/17 oops. moved my buddy for 3 days last weekend but didnt workout in between besides touching the bar (which I did the friday before last for...

1/16/2021 Have not lifted seriously (ie more than a 2-3 days in a row for over 3 years), this will change. Power Snatch: 60x1, 65x1, 68x1, 70x1...

1-15-21 Friday Row 2K @2:19.4 warm up Pull ups 5 sets of 5 Row 2K @2:11.4 Pull ups 5 sets of 5

Anyone know how long of a sentence Hisaka ended up getting? After the DUI

1-13-21 Wednesday Pull-up, push-up supersets 4,15 4,15 4,15 5,15 5,15 Row 2K @2:12.0 pace

1-12-21 Tuesday Row 10K @2:14.7/500m pace rate 19 spm

I would say, maybe he admitted to USADA he was on gear through that whole period or something. But it seems you would only do that to get something...

This article https://rsport.ria.ru/20210113/kashirina-1592877881.html now speaks of a "temporary suspension", whatever that means. Further...

I've seen this before with IWF bans, i.e. everything after day X deleted. Why/how, no idea. ...

There's been multiple of the same type of suspensions recently through USADA. All results after the purchases were made were removed, but the...

I'm interested in this line in the suspension notice (bold/italic text): I don't think I've seen this before in WADA suspensions. Is this...

Ooft. Well there's a name I didn't expect to see again, Scott Hisaka. I doubt he cares about this much considering he's in jail for far more serious...

1-11-21 Monday Pull-up/Push-up super sets x 10 4/10 4/10 4/10 4/12 4/12 4/12 4/12

... I like/agree with everything about the article, except the first couple of paragraphs. The disconnect between Abadjiev and a athlete's health is...

Hate to interrupt the flow of all these postd re. these top tier relevant international competitors getting popped .... .... but here: ...

Monday, 1/11/2021 - Home Not feeling all that great, so decided to just hit some medium singles Snatch 40 x 2, 2 50 x 1, 1 55 x 1 60 x 1 -...

Monday January 11, 2021 Weight: 177.8 Clean&Jerk-Light-floor 95-3+1 115-3+1 135-2+1 155-2+1