Klokov Dmitry is a well-known Russian weightlifter, vice champion of the 2008 Beijing Olympics, a multiple winner and winner of the national and world championships. The article will describe the biography of the athlete.
Carier start
Dmitry Klokov was born in Balashikha in 1983. The boy began to play sports from an early age. His father is the legendary Soviet weightlifter Vyacheslav Klokov. It was under his leadership that the boy became the best junior in Russia. In 1999, he took third place at the European Championships. And he began his professional career in 2004 after winning the bronze medal in the Russian Cup.
A year later, Dmitry took gold at the Russian championship. Moreover, in terms of kilograms he was far ahead of rivals. A few months later, Klokov submitted to the World Championship, held in Qatar. Well, in 2008, the weightlifter took silver at the Beijing Olympics.
Retirement
In 2013, Dmitry Klokov performed in Kazan at the Russian Championship. The athlete managed to win a bronze medal there. This tournament was the last in the career of a weightlifter. Since May 2015, the weightlifter is no longer participating in competitions.
After Dmitry Klokov took up crossfit and bodybuilding, becoming an active promoter of a healthy lifestyle. Excellent physical characteristics and a great sense of humor allowed the athlete to become a welcome guest on various television shows.
Training program
Dmitry Klokov, whose biography was described above, does not have any universal training program for the off-season and the competition period. It changes all the time and consists of different power blocks aimed at working out specific muscle groups.
In a post-professional career, Klokov focuses on intensive training with free weights. He mainly uses the barbell and dumbbells. Most of the time the athlete is engaged in the classic crossfit program.