Team Japan @ National Training Center (NTC) Training Hall in Tokyo

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This was shot at the Ajinomoto National Training Center in Kita Tokyo back in November 2016, just before the Asian Youth/Junior Championships held in the Tokyo area (in Ota). Many of the lifters were there to train for that event and we saw a lot of them compete a few days or a week later. We arrived at the building close to the end of the female session, but we shot the whole male session including Mitsunori Konnai (69), Masanori Miyamoto (69), Eishiro Murakami (105+), Kosuke Chinen (105+), Yuya Senoo (56) and several others. Some non-Junior lifters, like Murakami, were preparing for the 2016 University Worlds, which were held just a week or two later in Mexico. Ryunosuke Mochida (not a junior) was also there training and we left a camera rolling on him but his session was not very interesting (just 130 C&J) so we left it out. For the most part, the facility was just housing the Junior team at the time so, outside of Mochida, the good senior lifters were not at this training camp.
The building housing this training center is a big sports facility for Japan's Olympic teams with weightlifting just being a small part. The facility also has dorms, meals, etc. While the facility is definitely not open for outsiders to visit or to train at without advanced permission (probably difficult to get permission to train, given that Japan uses the facility for their own athletes), you can see a bit more about it here: www.joc.or.jp/english/ntc/. Thank you very much to Fumiko Jonai for helping us to get in and get permission to film!
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[@UnFutura93]

The consistency and quality of these uploads are 👌👌👌

[@anthonyhennegan3676]

Such amazing lifters, and check out the quality of the wooden platforms and blocks! I'd expect nothing less from Japanese woodworking. Beautiful!

[@robbiejames1466]

Watching videos like this makes me excited to squat again. 3+ years of leg/low back complications and I finally have a diagnosis for proximal hamstring tendinopathy. Hopefully not long until back to regular training

[@evooff]

Someone will cut the 3:31 part and upload it to Instagram with a description "Lmao quarter squats"

[@justinliu7357]

Nice training facilities!

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This ones for the extra thicc bois

[@mas9493]

I'm going to try different techniques now!!!!

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yes mate spot on

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The gains are all in the pop music.

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lol for a sec i thought 24:33 was the film speed going at slow motion.

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uesaka paradise

[@RudyLange]

So, what's the name of the intro song? It's really nice.

[@hookgrip]

it's called "Energetic Motivational Pop (Groove, Catchy, Modern, Beat)"

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So ... Tochiky Yamamoto!?

[@theodor320]

9:11 Nice slowmotion!

[@magoraz0]

that is actually sooo crazy... he lift 60kg like its nothing at that speed.

[@harryharpratap]

Can someone in Tokyo let me know of a relatively cheap place to practice weight lifting? Better if around Shibuya area? I'm having a hard time finding a Gym that's on the ground floor. They don't allow free falling weights in gyms that are above the ground. Neither do any of them have bumper plates.

[@hookgrip]

No because it doesn't exist. I asked around when I was there and got that answer. And I talked to several people who know the WLing scene in Japan very well.

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@@hookgrip Is there a very expensive place to practice weight lifting? I'm planning on going early 2021 and wanted to train. Even if I have to pay disneyland prices to drop into one of these training halls it would be worth it to me. Or is there just no place for the tourist to train?

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@@hookgrip Closest I found was Black-Ships Crossfit Yoyogi??

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Any idea of the manufacturer of the pulling blocks? Thanks

[@hookgrip]

Probably Uesaka

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Yeah they are Uesaka instagram.com/p/BSNhBHUjaL_/

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Thanks guys

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Why so nany musics????

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Where's Toshiki =(

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Oliver E.W he’s in the description waiting for you to read about him 😢😢😢😢

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Thanks and thank you for this channel, it's life!

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The dude sleeping on the back at 21:28

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7:23 baby's cute tricks
7:43 !!!!!

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seok Kim that mobility wow

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I mean, who is the little dude at 19:37?!?

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Yuya Senoh (妹尾 侑哉) 22yo

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did anyone of them competed in wwc anaheim?

[@hookgrip]

Yes, Mitsunori Konnai was there

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Thanks a lot, mate

[@dcho9872]

The fetty wap training music was unexpected

[@DSingh4809]

Why are these videos so old? No hate but it was in 2016 and its 2018 now.

[@hookgrip]

Bknighti 4 we aren’t the daily news, sometimes we don’t upload something fast 🙂🙂 usually just means we got busy with other stuff and it got mostly forgotten about. We have dozens of videos from 1+ year ago that we could edit and post. That’s what happens when you shoot a lot of video 😁

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Jake Simpson just a matter of resources and time 🙂

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Lol that 1 fat guy looks like Majin Buu

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07:22 *having a nightmare and starting to run away desperately from someone or something LOL*

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10:20 who is he?

[@hookgrip]

The guy snatching 60kg at 10:21 is Takayuki Iwasaki. ruclips.net/video/lSOOmiJOm3I/видео.html

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15:46 한체대 옷은 왜 입고 있누..