Examples of legendary Olympic Weightlifting form: Pyrros Dimas, Lu Xiaojun, Dimitry Klokov

Pyrros Dimas 

Olympic athletePyrros Dimas is a retired Greek weightlifter, considered as one of the greatest of all time, having been three times Olympic champion and three times World Champion. WikipediaBorn: October 13, 1971 (age 42), Himarë, AlbaniaHeight: 5' 8" (1.73 m)

• Snatch: 180.5 kg 1999 in Athens in the class to 85 kg.

• Clean and jerk: 215.0 kg 2000 Summer Olympics in the class to 85 kg.

• Total: 392.5 kg 1996 Summer Olympics in the class to 83 kg.^[8]

Lü Xiaojun

Weightlifter

Lü Xiaojun is a Chinese weightlifter. He is the current world and Olympic record holder for both the snatch and the total in the 77 kg category, with 176 kg and 380 kg respectively. Wikipedia

Born: July 27, 1984 (age 29), Hubei, China

Height: 5' 8" (1.72 m)

Weight: 170 lbs (77 kg)

Dmitry Klokov

Weightlifter

Dmitriy Vyacheslavovich Klokov is a Russian weightlifter competing in the 105 kg category. He is 182 cm tall. Klokov was born in Balashikha, Moscow Oblast. Wikipedia

Born: February 18, 1983 (age 30), Balashikha, Russia

Height: 6' 0" (1.83 m)

Weight: 231 lbs (105 kg)

Spouse: Elena Klokov

Parents: Vyacheslav Klokov

Children: Anastasia Klokov

Running form tips from newly minted Ultra-runner and 2:16 Marathoner, Sage Canaday!

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Joe Grant above the clouds

Apparently Joe Grant likes to tempt death on his daily runs. This video shows him traversing a knife edge ridge with death merely a slip away on either side. Minimal gear, running shoes. Go Pro. That's it.

"While living I want to live well." - Geronimo

Impressive example as always from Kilian Jornet

So I found this video of the Becca di Nona Skyrace which Kilian Jornet won yesterday Sept 2 2012.

It's a pretty standard race footage edit. But there is an awesome part at 2:30 filmed from a helicopter. It's a good clip of Kilian and a runner I can't identify cruising downhill on some rugged single track at what looks like a 5-6 minute per mile pace. Impressive downhill speed for sure.

"While living I want to live well." - Geronimo

Minimalist Running Lecture by Daniel Lieberman

An outstanding lecture from Professor of Evolutionary Human Biology at Harvard, Daniel Lieberman. 

This is a great talk giving great answers to many of the common apprehensions people have when considering reducing the amount of shoe they wear. He does a wonderful job of explaining how even the whole minimal/barefoot revolution has it's downfalls. Especially when people go minimal but retain their terrible running form. 

"While living I want to live well." - Geronimo

12 years old and a great example

If you dig into the archive of this blog from last year (2011) I posted video analysis of him at 9 years old, and 10 years old. The video of him at 9 years old is in the first post I ever made here: Bipedal Absconding Admonition. Then at 10 years old here: 9 year old from below now at 10 years old..

Here is another update of this young man now at 12 years old

He is still a great example of fine running form and his mother does a great job of explaining any corrections/improvements yet to be made.

Thanks to Jacky for such great video analysis! 

"Jur is still enjoying running and does pretty well. Doing a 3.05 on 1Km and a 18.49 on 5Km. In the vid he's running on an Inov8 Roadshoe (1 arrow = 3mm heel)"

"While living I want to live well." - Geronimo

Proper form is the key to reducing pain/injury. Reduce pain/injury and increase your enjoyment. Increase your enjoyment and that enjoyment will ripple throughout your life.

"While living I want to live well." - Geronimo