Weightlifting Poster Athlete
Gennady Ivanchenko is getting ready for lifting at the 1970 World Championship in Columbus, OH. Ivanchenko was in his prime. He won the World title in Columbus and literally stole the show. Many North...
Monthly Archive: February 2017
American Robin In February
It was a sunny day between two snowy days. The birds seemed to enjoy the weather break. Here is American Robin in the Belle Isle area. He likes the sun. Who doesn’t? From the...
Thank You Note For Coach Julien
It’s all understood here. The team of Boston Bruins has a disappointing NHL season. It is under performing. It needs a shake-up. The first one to go is usually the coach. They fired the...
Training Hard In 1946
This photo came from the personal archives of George Popov. We have enhanced it for the Lift Up project about the history of Olympic weightlifting. The photo shows how Team CCCP candidates are training...
Patriot’s Parade in Boston
The parade and celebration of the Patriots’ 5th Super Bowl is on and running. Weather is not an obstacle. Snow or rain, day or night, Patriots’ fans are out to cheer up for the...
Go Pats!
It’s the 5th win and ABSOLUTELY awesome win! Coming from behind during the whole game and winning in the first ever Super Bowl overtime make the whole football grand finale a Hollywood film like...
Go Patriots!
The birds of Massachusetts are definite in their choice for Sunday: “GO PATS!” Some flew southwest to watch the game in Houston, TX. Some are staying with us and will watch the Super Bowl...
Snatch Lift by Vasily Alexeev
Legendary Olympic weightlifter Vasily Alexeev was obviously the “King of the Clean and-Jerk Lift”. Nobody really knew how much he could have cj’d in his times. I suspect it was more than his 256kg...
