Norik Vardanyan Interviews

Clint Darden provides some interviews with Norik Verdanyan. Norik is the son of weightlifting legend Yuri Vardanyan. Yuri achieved a 400kg total at 82.5kg also one of the greatest sinclair totals (~491 sinclair) of all time.

The interview - part 1:



Part 2:



And Norik on competition preparation and training:



Norik on his fathers expectations and mental toughness:



Noriks 380kg training total (same numbers as in London 2012):



Also his fathers 405kg total:

Jirka Orsag Interview

Gregor from AllThingsGym did an Interview with Jirka Orsag about weightlifting and training and all sort of things. It is definitely worth a read. My personal highlights:


What is a good piece of advice you got in the past?

Weightlifting hurts, but hold on. It’s worth it!

And the training parts as a whole, but still a sample:

I don’t do a lot assistance exercise.
I train only snatch, clean and jerk, squats and deadlifts.

Video of him setting the +105kg Junior Clean and Jerk record:

Interview with Pawel Najdek

Here is a Interview with Pawel Najdek. He is currently coaching Clarence Kennedy who has done the interview. The most interesting part for me is when they talk about training. The polish training regime also seems to be similar to the Bulgarian. Here is some sample provided in the interview page: