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On this week's episode of the WL News Show: The heaviest front squat in weightlifting history, the return of Alireza Yousefi, Fang Wan-Ling makes some gains, AND China's new A-Team is revealed. All that, and more, in this week's episode. 

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After its popularity last year, Seb and Josh decided to bring back a classic format for 2026. As though they were stocks, Seb and Josh decided whether to ‘buy’, ‘sell’, or ‘hold’ various weightlifting topics, like Team USA, the Enhanced Games, powdered pre-workout, the profession of coaching weightlifting, and more. Enjoy!

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It's official, Lasha Talakhadze is coming back out of retirement in the hopes of a fourth Olympic gold medal. He has already returned to training and is targeting either the 2026 European Championships or the 2026 World Championships as his first competition back. What do you think?

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Chapters:
00:00 Lasha is back!
00:39 About the comeback
02:56 How his career ended
05:18 The current landscape of the supers
07:56 When will he compete?
10:53 How much will he lift?

Back in 2018, before Dr Mike Iraetel had millions of bodybuilding followers, Seb interviewed Dr Mike Israetel three times. These conversations covered a range of topics, all focused towards weightlifting programming and training. In this episode we compare percentage based training, RIR, RPE and velocity based training for weightlifters. Enjoy!

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On this week's episode we talk about the Enhanced Games' newest weightlifting recruits, whether any of the athletes can actually set world records, and of course cover the biggest lifts from around the world. All that, and more, in this week's episode of the WLHOUSE News Show.

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Chapters:
00:00 This week on the news show
01:36 Iryna Dombrovska 100kg snatch double
02:16 Tu Yi 217kg clean & jerk
03:27 Salwam Jasim 227kg jarck
03:50 Amelie Pelta 140kg back squats
04:25 A guy snatches 160kg
04:55 Yamashita Tatsuma 170kg clean & jerk
05:26 Chen Pojen 185kg snatch dubb
06:35 Miranda Ulrey 128kg jerk trip(ish)le
07:24 Marin Robu 165kg snatch dubb
08:17 Sarah Matthew 200kg back squat
09:18 Diyorbek Ruzmetov 175kg clean & jerk
09:42 Mattie Rogers 127kg clean triple
10:23 Enhanced Games is recruiting weightlifters
12:09 Enhanced Games are using AI!
12:57 Can they actually break world records?
15:37 Anton Pliesnoi vs Enhanced Games director
17:40 Top 3 lifts of the week!

With the '90s V2 launch underway during the recording of this episode, Seb and Nick answer more of your questions, including: what are the most interesting personality traits of elite weightlifters, what makes Lasha's technique different, and who are the biggest international 'what ifs'? All that, and a whole lot more '90s giddiness, in this week's episode of the Weightlifting House podcast. 

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In this week's episode of the WLHOUSE News Show we cover Zlatan Ibrahimovich's impressive 120kg clean & jerk, we interview Iryna Dombrovska about her current training program, and we cover all of the heaviest lifts from the week. All this, and more, in the WLHOUSE News Show!

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Chapters:
00:00 In this week's episode
00:49 Top 3  women of 2025
03:05 Top 3 men of 2025
05:02 Zlatan Ibrahimovic 120kg clean & jerk
06:36 Sergio Massidda 140kg snatch
07:44 Hampton Morris 180kg double!
09:03 Squats and interview!
12:21 Sofia Shaft 145/5 front squat
13:42 Rakuei Azuma 280kg squat
14:31 Yan Thomasson 170kg block snatch
14:59 Harrison McGrogan 120kg hang snatch
15:37 Mohab Hany 140kg dubb
16:40 Ergashev 153kg block snatch!
17:00 Abdo Younes 205kg clean & jerk!
17:52 Wakana Nagashima 141kg clean & jerk
18:20 The best muscle building accessories!
21:08 Top 3 lifts of the week

In this week's episode Seb and Nick gain extra early access to the 2026 Asian Championships entry list and so Seb runs through who's there, who isn't, and which battles will be the most exciting. They also answer questions sent in by you via Seb's Instagram, covering topics like the most over/under-rated accessories from the pros, 85kg predictions, favourite WLHOUSE training outfit, and how they'd improve the sport! All that, and more, in this week's episode!

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Rahmat's bodyweight decision has been made for him, Olivia Reeves pops off with a 110kg snatch for a set of five, and Ruslan Nurudinov spills the tea on Akbar Djuraev! All that and more in this week's WLHOUSE News Show.

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Chapters:
00:00 Welcome to 2026
00:19 Rahmat's secret
01:16 Caden Cahoy's PRs
01:56 Fransheska Matias 110kg snatch
02:27 Abdo's 170kg double attempt
03:41 Melin Michel squats
04:19 Olivia's 110kg set of FIVE!
05:41 Yeison Lopez 215kg CJ
06:44 Ali Alipour 222kg equal WR
07:47 Kurmanbek 200kg jeeeerk
08:33 Bradyn Santavy 200kg PR!
09:57 Ruslan & Akbar interviews
12:19 Bahrain acquires more weightlifters
14:39 Bozhidar popped
15:57 Top 3 lifts of the week!

Here are our big 2026 weightlifting predictions! We covered plenty of areas, from the surprise athlete to shake up the scene as well as the biggest drop-off of the year, all the way to changes in competition tactics and changes to weightlifting's social media presence. All of this, and more, in this week's episode!

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