Good Company

by Atomic Athletic on Thursday, May 10, 2012 at 2:57pm ·

Records galore! Check this out.

It looks like Andrew Durniat will be attempting at least one more record at the Atomic Athletic Great Black Swamp Olde Time Strongman Picnic. He is one of the Invitational Record Breakers this year. I know one of the lifts he has been training is the One Hand Barbell Snatch. I don't know where his weight class will be until Saturday morning and I don't know which hand he will do it with. However, I know Andrew is right handed.

National AAU Records 1934

Right Hand Barbell Snatch (As reported by The Arena & Strength Nov. 1934)

118 lb. Class 121 Emil Mozer, Detroit, MI

126 lb. Class, 126 1/2 Michael Mungioli, Maspeth, Long Island

132 lb. Class, 143 Richard Bachtell, York, PA

148 lb. Class, 166 Mario Cerrentani, Los Angeles, CA

165 lb. Class, 171 3/4 Mario Cerrentani, Los Angeles, CA

181 lb. Class, 171 William Good, Reamstown, PA

Heavy, 170 1/2 William Rohrer, Brooklyn, NY

Here is one of the bars you will see in use at the Atomic Athletic Great Black Swamp Olde Time Strongman Picnic:

http://www.atomicathletic.com/store/ProductInfo.aspx?productid=IGIWF

The One Hand Barbell Snatch was last an Olympic Lift in the 1932 Olympic Games, in which William Good competed, as well as in the 1936 Olympic Games, which had only the 3 lifts. Richard Bachtell also competed in the 1932 Summer Olympics. Good, Bachtell, Michael Mungioli were each multiple time National Champions.

If Durniat breaks any of those records, he will indeed be in good company.

Make sure to use decent bumper plates when training the One Hand Barbell Snatch. You really want to be able to dump the bar when you miss the lift.

http://www.atomicathletic.com/store/category.aspx?categoryID=399

Live strong,

Roger LaPointe