How Humanity Became Strong - A Weightlifting Story

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• LE

  @lewispovey13 · 2 years ago

  Breaking the 200kg barrier in sunglasses is wild

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• JA

  @jameswaugh8339 · 2 years ago (edited)

  I was a competitive Olympic lifter from the late 60s through the mid-80s (with a few breaks in between) and, since 1961 when I first began weightlifting at age10, I have been a student of both the history of weightlifting and of current competitions.  In all these 63 years, this is the most detailed and ALSO the most comprehensive and overarching compilation that I have ever seen, tracking the progress of the sport, viewed through the prism of the one particular discipline within the sport as a whole that is arguably its best representative single aspect, to wit: -the King of the LIfts.  Thank you for producing this sorely needed outstanding, meticulously researched and prepared, high academic standard piece of work.  I greatly encourage you to consider doing similar works on the snatch and, especially, on the evolution of the press.

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• IO

  @iowa_don · 4 months ago

  <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b-VRp8SolHI&amp;t=1960">32:40</a> - That video is from Columbus Ohio in 1970, I was there, Alexeev&apos;s record was 227.5 kg (501.6 lbs). &nbsp;I have one of the 1 1/4 kg plates that were on the bar. &nbsp;The competition plates were all painted silver, they had to bring two black 20 kg plates from the warmup room to load 227.5 kg. &nbsp;The crowd went WILD, being in America it was 500 pounds!!!! &nbsp;To Alexeev it was just 227.5 kg, no unusual number.

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• XG

  @xgamermudkip7154 · 2 years ago

  Liked before watching gang

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• DA

  @daviddeppa122 · 2 years ago

  The narrator of this superb video, sounds just like the Strong Man Historian....

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• BO

  @bougieweightlifting · 2 years ago

  <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b-VRp8SolHI&amp;t=3772">1:02:52</a> &nbsp;that Taranenko jerk was actually 265.5 . It was a national record: after Friendship Cup ‘84, IWF disallowed Soviet Championships from counting internationally. Friendship Cups still counted for 4 more years

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• O-

  @o-neil · 2 years ago

  <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b-VRp8SolHI&amp;t=2463">41:03</a> this is one of my favourite attempts ever. So cool

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• RU

  @Rumpellstiltz · 1 month ago

  One of the most important pieces of work for our sport ❤ thank you so much for making this

• GA

  @gabrielpichorim8191 · 2 years ago

  Holy fuck what a great video. Plz make one for both the clean and press and for the snatch!!

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• EL

  @Elem40 · 2 weeks ago

  I watch this while practicing the Power Clean. Tank You weigh lifting. You are amazing.

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  @o-neil · 2 years ago

  God damn this is a long video, can&apos;t wait to watch this!

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• O-

  @o-neil · 2 years ago

  Phenomenal video, i hope it gets the recognition it deserves

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