Month: April 2019

Nat and Gregor check in with a HUGE three-hour update from the Asian Championships in Ningbo, China. Topics include:

• their police interview!
• Recapping the 109kg session with Akbar Djuraev 6/6 with Junior World Records and Ali Hashemi’s 225kg.
• video reviews in weightlifting (first implemented in Las Vegas at Youth Worlds)
• Women’s 87kg with Wang Zhouyu’s dominance and the implications for Zhang Wangli’s chances of making the Chinese Olympic team
• the price of iPhones in China
• The Ararefugee Games Platform
• a lengthy discussion on weightlifting platforms, cost of having an elevated platform
• the Porsche 919 EVO Hybrid record lap time for the Nordschleife
• Nat’s experience at USAW competitions
• Team USA’s great performance at Pan Ams
• Hookgrip’s vs ATG’s Instagram ability to grow on instagram (with Germany being so anti social media)
• Nat’s criteria for posting lifts on hookgrip’s instagram (drugged vs non-drugged lifters)
• Thoughts on the upcoming Super Session!

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Weightlifting and Chinese banking experts Nat and Gregor check in with more shenanigans from the Asian Championships in Ningbo, China. After a discussion of a police visit to the hotel room the weightlifting content starts at about minute 30. Enjoy!

Weightlifting talk starts at 30 minutes

• Before that we talk about having police visit us in our hotel room
• what were exciting sessions so far
• women’s 76kg session with Zhang Wangli and Rim Jong Sim
• THE key to Chinese weightlifting success
• Pan Ams: Kate Nye vs Mattie Rogers

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Nat and Gregor check in from the Asian Championships in Ningbo, China. Topics include:

• a lengthy treaty on the Chinese banking system and trying to exchange 100USD
• opening a Chinese bank account!
• weightlifting talk (starting around minute 32)
• a recap of the Men’s 96 session: Meso vs Tian Tao, Meso 174 and his bomb out, Tian Tao and his 181 and 231 miss
• Gregor is put on the spot with weightlifting trivia
• highest snatch and clean & jerk over bodyweight
• short discussion of the best ever male Chinese lifter
• Arafura Games (a potential chance for Godelli and Co to still earn Olympic qualification points)

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Nat and Gregor check in with more updates! Highlights include:

• Deng Wei and Toshiki Session recap
• Meso vs Tian Tao
• Ilya’s comeback
• ATG shirts back in stock soon
• Working on the Hookgrip store
• Zhang Wangli vs Rim Jong Sim
• Acquiring weightlifting memorabilia on trips

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The second update from Ningbo, China, and the 2019 Asian Championships. Topics covered include a recap of the previous day’s sessions, the upcoming sessions (M81 and W59), Chinese Olympic qualification potential, what a sport is (and isn’t), and how to fix the CrossFit Games. Enjoy!

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Nat (Hookgrip guy) and Gregor (ATG guy) report on what’s happening at the Asian Championships in Ningbo, China. Check out a great discussion of what the media situation is like in China and (just as important) what the food situation is. Enjoy!

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