Meanwhile in Egypt …
Last week we saw Norik Vardanian do regular Weighted Squat Jumps. Today Mohamed Ehab shows the Box Jump version.
Update: After his 155kg Snatch from Blocks, he recently got 152kg Snatch from the floor.
Just like Norik, Mohamed also praises the effectiveness of jumps to develop explosiveness.
He does them once per week for 5 sets of 5 reps.
More Weighted Jumps:
Mohamed Ehab Weighted Barbell Box Jumps is a post by Gregor from All Things Gym.
Meanwhile in Russia …
Nadezda Evstyukhina shows Snatch assistance exercise.
Looks like a warm-up exercise for her. She writes that it is useful for improving the Deep Squat Position during the catch, as well as overhead stability.
Note that even with her 135kg Snatch, she uses “only” 70kg (or 65 if that’s a women’s bar). So be reasonable when you try it yourself.
Not sure if there is a specific name for it. Let me know if there is (or make up a funny one in the comments).
Update: Your Name suggestions.
Also check out Dmitry Klokov’s Snatch Overhead Stability exercise.
Nadezda Evstyukhina Snatch Assistance Exercise is a post by Gregor from All Things Gym.
Meanwhile in Colombia …
Nisida Palomeque Valoyes, 2013 63kg Pan American Champion, shows a box jump drill I had not seen before.
Cleans and Split Jerks onto Boxes.
Not something to drill technique, but more of a conditioning drill I assume.
Maybe someone from the Colombian team (or other coaches who used this) reads this and can enlighten us about it.
Nisida Palomeque Valoyes Clean + Split Jerk Box Jump Drill is a post by Gregor from All Things Gym.
Here is Oxana Slivenko doing some Deficit Romanian Deadlifts.
Notice her form. Her flexibility allows her to have enough hip flexion to maintain a tight back throughout the entire range of motion. So don’t try unless your body is ready for it.
This looks like it is from around the same time she did her 200kg x2 Squat.
Here is how you can build your own DIY T-Handle.
You saw Fernando Reis doing the same exercise before with heavier weight.
Great exercise for strengthening the lower back and the back of the legs.
Oksana Slivenko T-Handle Deficit Romanian Deadlifts is a post by Gregor from All Things Gym.
(Originally posted Jul 5, 2013)
Vladislav Rigert and Dmitry Klokov show a killer isometric posterior chain exercise.
Probably the best plank variation I have seen so far.
Lay sideways on a bench and have a partner (preferably Dmitry) put 50kg plates on your back and legs.
A youtuber translated what Dmitry said:
This exercise activates small muscles around your spine and prevents injuries. Also builds strong back. In the end Klokov says that Vladislav has crazy pulls and beats him in deadlifting exercises, because he’s doing that stuff with up to 100kg.
Name suggestions? Weighted Superman Holds?
Your Suggestions so far:
Update 07.02.2014: Ilya Ilyin does it too.
Vladislav Rigert & Dmitry Klokov 100kg Weighted Plank is a post by Gregor from All Things Gym.
Another one from Mohamed Ehab today.
Here he does Step-Ups (basically a partial single leg Squats) with 170kg.
You don’t see weightlifters do unilateral exercises very often. That’s why I love Mohamed’s videos. Always nice to see what’s going down in gyms around the world.
Today he worked up the following in that exercise:
And it goes without saying that this is not something he does every day. He told me he does it once every 2 weeks.
Also check out Mohamed’s Weighted Barbell Broad Jumps
Mohamed Ehab 170kg Step-Ups is a post by Gregor from All Things Gym.
Travis Cooper shared this drill to improve split form.
On the Weightlifting Scoop Podcast he mentioned that Zygmunt Smalcerz uses this for his athletes in the Olympic Training Center.
Basically it works the footwork without fatiguing the shoulders.
Morghan King, who demonstrates it in the video, over time worked up to 100% of her Clean 1RM.
More on Split Jerk Footwork.
Split (Without Jerk) Footwork Drill is a post by Gregor from All Things Gym.
Meanwhile in Egypt …
Mohamed Ehab (69kg) does a Snatch Grip Deadlift Complex.
He does those to keep a tight back throughout all phases of the pull and as you can see, even after 22 reps he never compromises form.
For this one he loads the bar with 155kg, his current Snatch 1RM and does
= 22 reps of back / traps / glutes / hamstring pump goodness.
Update: Translation of Mohamed’s description from commenter “Guy”
First he mentions the things you said about the complex “22 total reps, 5 snatch deadlifts etc etc”.
Then he says “This is part of the functional isometric system and the point of implementing this in training is to overcome the weaknesses present during different angles/positions of the pull. This complex can be modified to focus on the athlete’s specific weak positions/angles during the pull.”
After that he mentions an interesting detail about the complex. Apparently he approximates the distance of some of those pulls during the complex. specifies 8-12cm here (for hang pulls im guessing). Then mentions the importance of being tight throughout the whole complex.
He says that this improves the weak points in the pull thus giving the lifter more strength dedicated to the actual second pull. “This contributes to the explosiveness of the second pull and to the increase of the 1RM”
More from Mohamed:
Mohamed Ehab Snatch Grip Deadlift Complex is a post by Gregor from All Things Gym.
Thanks to reader Stephen who submitted a couple of videos from a Dmitry Klokov Seminar.
Send in your seminar exercise videos and I’ll add them to the post. Thanks to Stas for the Cliff notes.
Weighted Jumps 5×5
More weighted Jumps here:
Snatching on to Plates
On Jerk Dip Depth
Snatch Grip Behind the Neck Presses in the Deep Squat Position
Dmitry Klokov Assistance Exercises from a Seminar is a post by Gregor from All Things Gym.
Meanwhile in Egypt …
Here’s another assistance exercise from Mohamed Ehab’s endless supply.
He does high rep Barbell Rows on a Glut Ham Developer (GHD) for some extra back tension.
Also watch his 190kg Clean & Jerk and 155kg Snatch.
Mohamed Ehab GHD Barbell Rows is a post by Gregor from All Things Gym.
Meanwhile in Switzerland …
Here is another assistance exercise from Dmitry Klokov.
Snatch Grip Front Raises in the Deep Squat Position (DSP™) with 60kg.
Check out the other Assistance Exercises from his Seminar here.
Dmitry Klokov Snatch Grip Front Raises in Squat is a post by Gregor from All Things Gym.
Meanwhile in Russia …
Dmitry Klokov trains his grip with 25kg plate flips. 12 reps left & right.
You can find more assistance exercises from Dmitry here.
Update: Here is another instance
Dmitry Klokov Plate Flips for Grip Strength is a post by Gregor from All Things Gym.
Meanwhile in Egypt …
Mohamed Ehab (69kg) shows us a brutal ab exercise variation
Inverted Weighted Sit Ups on Wall Bars
And to back up his creative choice of accessory exercises, here is a 150kg Hang Snatch!
Best of Mohamed:
Mohamed Ehab Inverted Weighted Wall Bars Sit Ups + 150kg Hang Snatch is a post by Gregor from All Things Gym.
Meanwhile in Russia …
Apti Aukhadov shows a little shoulder isolation workout.
Apti Shoulder Pump 3000:
Also check out Dmitry Klokov’s Snatch Grip Front Raises in Squat
Apti Aukhadov Seated Muscle Snatch + BTN Snatch Press Shoulder Workout is a post by Gregor from All Things Gym.
Meanwhile in Russia
Apti Aukhadov shows that you don’t need a fancy apparatus to train your spinal erectors.
You do however need a 185kg Snatcher to hold down your legs…
Here Apti does Lying Back Extensions (weighted “Supermans”) with the help of Adam Maligov.
By the way, that’s the same approach we saw from Aleksandr Ivanov in the 2011 worlds training hall.
Get your Back Pump on 
Update: another Back accessory exercise from Apti - T-Handle Deficit Romanian Deadlifts
Also watch Dmitry Klokov’s Back Extensions
Apti Aukhadov Lying Back Extensions is a post by Gregor from All Things Gym.
(Originally Posted Jul 1st, 2013)
Meanwhile in Russia …
Let’s train some “Backceps”!
Dmitry Klokov shows you one of the most basic, yet most useful back assistance exercise.
Hyperextensions with 80kg using a pommel horse and wall bars.
Update: You can also try the Lying version Apti Aukhadov shows here.
More: check out previous Back Extension/ Back Raise posts.
Update: Another video.
Update: … and another video. This time from Maksim Mironov.
Dmitry Klokov Back Hyperextensions *Update* is a post by Gregor from All Things Gym.
Meanwhile in Russia …
Alexey Lovchev does some Seated Good Mornings…
… with 210kg!
He doesn’t go all the way down, but note that his back stays as flat as a board throughout his range of motion. No surprise when you can Snatch 212kg I guess.
Read Alexey’s Interview on ATG.
Alexey Lovchev 210kg Seated Good Mornings is a post by Gregor from All Things Gym.
Meanwhile in China …
Lu Xiaojun does Bottom-up Overhead Squats (Dead Overhead Squats) with 180kg.
Here, Lu Xiaojun is using this movement during a mid-week session to train his support strength and practice his balance in the catch position. Notice how he finds his balance point before standing. (via Ma Strength)
More Lu:
Lu Xiaojun Bottom Up Overhead Squats is a post by Gregor from All Things Gym.
Over at his blog Rob Macklem posted this sequence of Lu Xiaojun getting his Back Pump on in the worlds training hall.
Usually I am not a fan of naming exercises after athletes, but “Round Back Deficit Snatch Grip Deadlift Row” is just too long. So I’m just going to call them Lu Rows for now (since “Chinese Rows” is already taken) .
From the Comments: Notice how the shoulder blades are fully extended at the start and then contracted at the top. This hits the lats and rhomboids a lot, try bending over like that with a 20kg on each side and let it pull your back muscles.
Naming Contest: Your suggestions in the comments 
Rob writes that: “I have seen the Chinese do this exercise in the training hall at a number of world championships”.
Disclaimer: As Rob notes in his post a lot of you will probably try this variation and I can’t blame you. Nothing wrong with exploring new exercises in my opinion, as long as you use common sense. Lu is only using 90kg, So around 50% of his best Snatch. That means you should probably use way less. Start with the bar and see how your body reacts.
More:
Lu Xiaojun Back Exercise “Lu Rows” is a post by Gregor from All Things Gym.
Meanwhile in China …
Kirksman from Lifthard.com is in China, learning from the coaches there.
Follow his instagram for updates. He posts stuff about the training philosophy, as well as exercises like the one below.
Overloading the descent of the squat to improve quad strength and back tightness.
Overloading Partial Squats with Slow Descent is a post by Gregor Winter from All Things Gym.