Weightlifting is one of the oldest sport in the world, with over 130 years of history in the olympics.
But people weren’t aways that strong – let’s take a dive in the world of weightlifting history, and learn a bit more about how humans became stronger and stronger
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v Links to the footage used in the video v
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3RJFcClTFHA&ab_channel=RogueFitness
https://barbend.com/history-first-weightlifting-competition/
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sBy938NLI7s&ab_channel=FromtheVault
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gXfZ_kiZVYM&ab_channel=BFI
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ye-CQDw-hI8&ab_channel=JakubKowalski
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=no8-2XTpTrU&ab_channel=CINEMATEK
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D6RK0M6-GUg&list=PL328A86CE1219DECF&index=3&ab_channel=Olympics
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kFd-VZYvWOE&ab_channel=sdkpatoche
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ba5-eJSDf1s&ab_channel=Alessio
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i6t_iXEy1J0&ab_channel=SIMPLEXSTRONG
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h-Tx_nPOZxE&ab_channel=sdkpatoche
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3bo9yNiKEq4&ab_channel=MexicanSpirit
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4XoiWud3F48&list=PLbK1rr5vGONR7T0Kbf0KzKsXO2Epti4z7&ab_channel=ReelNostalgia
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=72dIJYzpYG8&ab_channel=footagefarm
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0k_43M68Suw&ab_channel=StrongestWorld
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u4O_PFF7sec&ab_channel=GCast
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tJnm_B2QsQA&ab_channel=WliftPro
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WFTLdH43ukY&ab_channel=PowerMafiaMotivation
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7Uf-eLpRDuw&ab_channel=MichaelBooth
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ULZpTYSwlTs&ab_channel=WliftPro
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zea4An7xnXg&ab_channel=NFSAFilms
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GXEuuWhEMCY&ab_channel=WliftPro
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rFxAfv2qJ2o&ab_channel=GerlofHolkema
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RlnWpRzzEzc&ab_channel=EdO%27Brien
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OvNITK_F6iI&ab_channel=FrankRothwellOLY
https://www.youtube.com/shorts/1YRZi9WdgNM
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HeC21kiEmZU&list=LL&index=2
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LeJN1zkbksM&t=20s&ab_channel=TrueWeightlifting
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yOEWUsM9KqQ&t=22s&ab_channel=1972olympics
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zffarUvO2IE&ab_channel=hookgrip
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Breaking the 200kg barrier in sunglasses is wild
You are the best man
Who was the first to squat clean?
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.
I see alexeev, I click
Holy fuck what a great video. Plz make one for both the clean and press and for the snatch!!
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Great stuff man! This is awesome
Thank you for the Vidéo !!! Amazing !
I met Alexiev in 1995. It's quite a story.
Well made documentary
Awesome video. It's refreshing and appreciated that you use actual footage and original commentary vs. ai trash that's pumped out by a lot of channels.
13:30
His name is Launceston Elliot, not Elliot Launceston!
Eugene saxon .
Great video, thank you 😊
chemerkin's 272.5 is the greatest failed attempt ever
49:33 super weird rule that went into effect. Pisarenko only needed 245 to win, but in those days, if you took a 2.5kg jump between your 1st and 2nd attempt, you forfeited your third. In other words, he took a 5kg jump to ensure he could get a third attempt.
My guess is that this rule was dropped sometime between 1984 and 1988.
1:02:52 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
Great vid dude! This deservers a billion views.
I was incredibly good at the jerk and clean in highschool.
With talk of the enhanced games, do we think weightlifting records will be broken and broken by alot???
Interesting video.
Walterphilipp
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Alexeyev’s achievements can’t be overestimated. Considering his relatively small size compared to nowadays plus the fact that he just looked like a fat guy, that 255.5 jerk is outstanding.
Fantastic video. Just fantastic.
Awesome documentary, you did a fantastic job. Though I am sad Ken Patera wasn't mentioned.
That thumbnail has me cracking up lol. It looks like he's wearing a little girl's tank top 😂😂 I'd hate to see what it was attempting to cover down below. Someone needed to get that man a bigger singlet.