Going into this event he had lost the jerk world record to Gerd Bonk who did 252.5 and looked good for more. But that was as high as Bonk ever went outside of training. But consider, Alexeev's official best was only 12 pounds more than Zackharevich who weighed around 110 pounds less. Alexeev's 2 best added up to 446 kilos, Zach's 2 best added up to 460.5. Both could have done more but Alexeev's 2 best would still be less than the smaller man's!
He was prepared to C&J 260Kg at this meet, but didn't need to. He was an icon from the 70's undefeated World and Olympic champ for 8 straight years, 80 official world records! R.I.P.
Interesting when you consider the comparison of what these guys squat compaired to cj. Vasily never squatted more than 270 kgs front or back, yet best jerk ^256 kg. Taranenko did a 380 kg back squat with 2 second pause at the bottom, best cj 265 kg.... hmmm. Great video!
@mikeyburger1 Oops, I read he squatted 1,014 or 460 kilos. Sorry I don't recall where I read that. It seemed that he admitted Reding was stronger, yet Reding never won. But also his "press" of 507 was more sloppy than Reding's 502.7. If all he squatted was 270, maybe it was after an ass to ankles bottom pause of 3 minutes!!
I think that was Aslanbek, another Soviet who did that. But I'm sceptical of that statistic. Oh yea I'm sure Alexieev could squat well over 270 kgs in the back squat, I just read that he said he never trained weights over that value, and normally did the 250-270 range. I think there was an artical on it on Tom Goegeburs channell.
@skirts365 Alexeyev was a genetic freak. Also, he had the old USSR "Better Living Through Chemistry" program on his side. Their women swimmers in the 1976 Olympics scared everyone with their deep voices and Adam's apples.
I saw him when the Russian team came to York, P.A. I got tickets to see him in the training hall took a picture with him. very approachable man and liked to joke around. The thing that goy my attention was his huge mass and especially the tremendous width of his back and bulging lat and traps like slabs of meat. just amazing raw power.
@zacharyninja1 The shrug is not important. You do not shrug the weight up. You may or may not do something resembling a shrug in order to get under the weight.
@ptarleton On the contrary my good man, the shrug is quite important! If you don't shrug well, you can't get the weight high enough to get under. It is what makes a deadlift into a clean!
@ScarfaceTK The 615 is a believable claim and nearly every lifter did more in training than in competition because there are no limits on number of attempts and usually the lifter's peak of cycle is in training not competition. In Alexeev's time the snatch was lower for all lifters, the jerk was the main thing, same was true in lighter classes, as in Varbanov's 475 jerk at 165.
I recall seeing a photo of this exact moment 0:13 in a hardcover TIME collection book where many of the most famous photos published by the magazine appeared, when i was a little boy at my grandmom´s house in the late 70s -next to a photo of Mark Spitz swimming in Munich 72 with his goggles and mustache-. Without a doubt an Vasily made an iconic moment in the history of sports here.
Still my favorite of all Olympic sports. I remember watching him on Wild World of Sports between the Olympics. Never got into the Olympic weightlifting myself, do more powerlifting moves, but this man was always an inspiration.
Yes, this was EASY. VA usually did his serious training alone, but some of his teammates saw him C&J 565 - 580 with no trouble a few times in 1976, before the Games. I saw him training AT the '76 Olympics, and he front-squatted 573 for a lightning-fast double that was SHOCKING. Valery Shary (Gold, 181 class, '76) told me he saw VA C&J 573 just before the '76 Games. (VA never put forth his full power in a meet. Small increases equalled big money -- then he got injured.)
@finrod55 So you have seen him in person ? Seen the God of Weight Lifting in person ? This is so amazing. I have been trying to write a fan letter to V. Alexeev and just not able to get his address even on the web. I once heard he lives in some small town in Russia, so I googled it, and contacted their City Hall about V. Alexeev. Never heard back from that small-town City Hall (Shakthy, perhaps, not sure of spellings).
Could you help me in getting V. Alexeev's contact information please ?
Don't kid yourselves. Look how easy it was. World records were big business for this man. Every record, no matter how small, meant cash, thus he surpassed his old mark by only 0.5kg every time he appeared. By 1975 his muscles had such power he could have clean and jerked a minimum of 275kg. Had he done this he would have set a standard for all the strongest lifters to strive for.
David Rigert once told a close friend of mine that a few weeks before the 76 Games, Alexeev clean & jerked 573 lbs (260 kilos) for 5 singles in less than an hour. (Whenever VA set a WR, he liked to have "more in reserve.") And he front-squatted 606 lbs (275 kilos) for many sets of 2, poppping out of the low position very fast. Little doubt in my mind that he could have C&J'd 600 before his bad injury.
@finrod55 This is easy to believe. His USA competitor Patera once said he cleaned 600, yet his best jerk in comp was 505. The reserve thing is right so VA did cleans with smaller diameter plates making him pull over more distance and cleans in standing water, again, more difficulty to make regular lifts more likely.
Clean and recovery indicates MORE could have been done. Jerk was the same. He had some balance issue going on, POSSIBLY related to slight "black out" and I mean very slight, but more likely caused by stabilizing the weight in his overhead "groove." After this he added one kilo for another record. Then came the 240 clean and the disabling leg problem that forced him to stop competing. Can ANYONE in USA today just clean that 255? Not that I know of, and that was over 33 years ago.
I remember watching this in absolute awe during the '76 games in Montreal. 33 years later, it's exactly how I remembered and I'm still in awe of Alexeev!!
One of the All time Greats!
nunayobiz 5 days ago
What an amazing Man...a true legend in weightlifting.
CropDusterMan 3 weeks ago
What a great great man! Rest in peace friend. You, Rezazadeh, and Suleimanglu will go down as the greatest in weightlifting history.
James2758433 2 months ago
Going into this event he had lost the jerk world record to Gerd Bonk who did 252.5 and looked good for more. But that was as high as Bonk ever went outside of training. But consider, Alexeev's official best was only 12 pounds more than Zackharevich who weighed around 110 pounds less. Alexeev's 2 best added up to 446 kilos, Zach's 2 best added up to 460.5. Both could have done more but Alexeev's 2 best would still be less than the smaller man's!
skirts365 2 months ago
и это в 1976 году! и сейчас, спустя 35 лет , 255 кг в толчке это результат экстра класса, обеспечивающий олимпийское золото.
причем тогда даже грифы были другие- не так сильно пружинили, что усложняло задачу. Алексеев - суператлет на все времена
FromTskhinval 2 months ago
He was prepared to C&J 260Kg at this meet, but didn't need to. He was an icon from the 70's undefeated World and Olympic champ for 8 straight years, 80 official world records! R.I.P.
clayoliver555 2 months ago
He will always be remembered as one of the greatest weightlifters in history.
Vasili will be greatly missed.
HalifaxHercules 2 months ago
Rest in Peace Vasily!!
ottismymann 2 months ago in playlist Favorite videos
BESTIALLLLLL!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
fergurkaful 2 months ago
Requiescat In Pace, Василий.
ateasyr 2 months ago
rip from greece..
The4wheeldrive 2 months ago
RIP
Feon2 2 months ago
Вечная память.
MrRegere 2 months ago
R.I.P VASIA
pefwtismenozzzzzzzzz 3 months ago
RIP from NC!!!
csmanuel86 3 months ago
RIP Vasya from Nebraska
jamik0716 3 months ago
RIP from California
cardplayer07 3 months ago
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R.I.P rest in rest ( idol )
303jas 3 months ago
RIP to the greatest weightlifter ever.-
lazoking 3 months ago 5
R.I.P. aleksey from Greece
romadadrummer 3 months ago
r.i.p the great one
ozwunder69 3 months ago
R.I.P. Comrade Alexeyev. The greatest weightlifter ever.
david91326 3 months ago
царство небесное Василий Алексеев.
aleksandrpondios 3 months ago
fat bastard, the momentum of his blubber lifted the weight
TheMegaRoflcopter 3 months ago
@TheMegaRoflcopter That fat bastard just heaved 500+ over his head. He was a strength icon.
bhkidd 3 months ago
Interesting when you consider the comparison of what these guys squat compaired to cj. Vasily never squatted more than 270 kgs front or back, yet best jerk ^256 kg. Taranenko did a 380 kg back squat with 2 second pause at the bottom, best cj 265 kg.... hmmm. Great video!
mikeyburger1 3 months ago
@mikeyburger1 Oops, I read he squatted 1,014 or 460 kilos. Sorry I don't recall where I read that. It seemed that he admitted Reding was stronger, yet Reding never won. But also his "press" of 507 was more sloppy than Reding's 502.7. If all he squatted was 270, maybe it was after an ass to ankles bottom pause of 3 minutes!!
skirts365 3 months ago
I think that was Aslanbek, another Soviet who did that. But I'm sceptical of that statistic. Oh yea I'm sure Alexieev could squat well over 270 kgs in the back squat, I just read that he said he never trained weights over that value, and normally did the 250-270 range. I think there was an artical on it on Tom Goegeburs channell.
mikeyburger1 3 months ago
Apparently we still have not one man in the USA as of today who can duplicate that lift---and it happened over 35 years ago.
skirts365 3 months ago
@skirts365 Alexeyev was a genetic freak. Also, he had the old USSR "Better Living Through Chemistry" program on his side. Their women swimmers in the 1976 Olympics scared everyone with their deep voices and Adam's apples.
bhkidd 3 months ago
@bhkidd The chemistry I can believe. Seems some East German track women had to strip to establish they weren't men!
skirts365 3 months ago
The building was shaken with that growl when he first lifts the bar...a super athlete!
vonkaunaz 5 months ago
Советский человек-легенда!
svision777 6 months ago
This is my little man!
NukemLulz 7 months ago
LEGEND
portugaljoao777 7 months ago
I saw him when the Russian team came to York, P.A. I got tickets to see him in the training hall took a picture with him. very approachable man and liked to joke around. The thing that goy my attention was his huge mass and especially the tremendous width of his back and bulging lat and traps like slabs of meat. just amazing raw power.
ScarfaceTK 9 months ago
Pretty crazy that they had to break out the 50kg plates!
ptarleton 9 months ago
@ptarleton They didn't HAVE to, it's a bit odd that they did. I didn't know competitions carried 50kg plates.
RandomStevie 5 months ago
Did he even shrug?
zacharyninja1 10 months ago
@zacharyninja1 The shrug is not important. You do not shrug the weight up. You may or may not do something resembling a shrug in order to get under the weight.
ptarleton 9 months ago
@ptarleton On the contrary my good man, the shrug is quite important! If you don't shrug well, you can't get the weight high enough to get under. It is what makes a deadlift into a clean!
moncheej1974 9 months ago
f#####g awesome !!!!!!!
dustyrustee 11 months ago
Τί να λέμε ο άνθρωπος σήκώνει πάρα πολλά κιλά.Σύγχρονοι Ηρακλίδες!
NissanSunnyn13 1 year ago
that my friends, is what an immense knowledge of the sport and a 36 egg omelet for breakfast everymorning will produce
ForceBehindTheThrone 1 year ago
i never get tired of watching this man lift. What if he never got injured?
Cristinamk 1 year ago
@Cristinamk
I agree, what a legend.He celebrated his victories with vodka,like a real russian.
Anders2989 1 year ago
i can attest to the 573lbs in training and more as told to me by A. Yenaldiev.
Yenaldiev saw
I once spoke to A. Yenaldiev who witnessed Alexeev jerk 615lbs. off the rack to win a bet and pesonally saw him clean & jerk 573lbs for reps.
this man comes around once a generation. None of todays lifters can tie his shoes
ScarfaceTK 1 year ago
@ScarfaceTK The 615 is a believable claim and nearly every lifter did more in training than in competition because there are no limits on number of attempts and usually the lifter's peak of cycle is in training not competition. In Alexeev's time the snatch was lower for all lifters, the jerk was the main thing, same was true in lighter classes, as in Varbanov's 475 jerk at 165.
skirts365 1 year ago
amazing!!!
serafinichess 1 year ago
I recall seeing a photo of this exact moment 0:13 in a hardcover TIME collection book where many of the most famous photos published by the magazine appeared, when i was a little boy at my grandmom´s house in the late 70s -next to a photo of Mark Spitz swimming in Munich 72 with his goggles and mustache-. Without a doubt an Vasily made an iconic moment in the history of sports here.
vonkaunaz 1 year ago
Still my favorite of all Olympic sports. I remember watching him on Wild World of Sports between the Olympics. Never got into the Olympic weightlifting myself, do more powerlifting moves, but this man was always an inspiration.
mondo78 1 year ago
In the C&J he was 10 years ahead of his time! Judging by this video he could've done 260 kg.
DavidVanPatten 1 year ago
Yes, this was EASY. VA usually did his serious training alone, but some of his teammates saw him C&J 565 - 580 with no trouble a few times in 1976, before the Games. I saw him training AT the '76 Olympics, and he front-squatted 573 for a lightning-fast double that was SHOCKING. Valery Shary (Gold, 181 class, '76) told me he saw VA C&J 573 just before the '76 Games. (VA never put forth his full power in a meet. Small increases equalled big money -- then he got injured.)
finrod55 1 year ago
@finrod55 So you have seen him in person ? Seen the God of Weight Lifting in person ? This is so amazing. I have been trying to write a fan letter to V. Alexeev and just not able to get his address even on the web. I once heard he lives in some small town in Russia, so I googled it, and contacted their City Hall about V. Alexeev. Never heard back from that small-town City Hall (Shakthy, perhaps, not sure of spellings).
Could you help me in getting V. Alexeev's contact information please ?
chakdeychar 1 year ago
I remember this moment as if it was yesterday ! He become Montreal's # 1 male Athlete !
Mortagne 1 year ago
Don't kid yourselves. Look how easy it was. World records were big business for this man. Every record, no matter how small, meant cash, thus he surpassed his old mark by only 0.5kg every time he appeared. By 1975 his muscles had such power he could have clean and jerked a minimum of 275kg. Had he done this he would have set a standard for all the strongest lifters to strive for.
406lbs 1 year ago
I remember this,awesome perfomance by Aleksjev,great man of Russia
Anders2989 1 year ago
Legendary !!!!!!
5tonyvvvv 1 year ago
ottima la velocità di esecuzione specialmente nella spinta, bravo Alexeev sei sempre il n°1
FrancoSanna55 1 year ago
legendary
Linguistic1000 1 year ago
amazing lift but that outfit is criminal
MultiTrollHunter 1 year ago 2
He is a historic icon.
StraightFashionMan 2 years ago 23
David Rigert once told a close friend of mine that a few weeks before the 76 Games, Alexeev clean & jerked 573 lbs (260 kilos) for 5 singles in less than an hour. (Whenever VA set a WR, he liked to have "more in reserve.") And he front-squatted 606 lbs (275 kilos) for many sets of 2, poppping out of the low position very fast. Little doubt in my mind that he could have C&J'd 600 before his bad injury.
finrod55 2 years ago 5
@finrod55 This is easy to believe. His USA competitor Patera once said he cleaned 600, yet his best jerk in comp was 505. The reserve thing is right so VA did cleans with smaller diameter plates making him pull over more distance and cleans in standing water, again, more difficulty to make regular lifts more likely.
skirts365 1 year ago
Clean and recovery indicates MORE could have been done. Jerk was the same. He had some balance issue going on, POSSIBLY related to slight "black out" and I mean very slight, but more likely caused by stabilizing the weight in his overhead "groove." After this he added one kilo for another record. Then came the 240 clean and the disabling leg problem that forced him to stop competing. Can ANYONE in USA today just clean that 255? Not that I know of, and that was over 33 years ago.
skirts365 2 years ago 6
I remember watching this in absolute awe during the '76 games in Montreal. 33 years later, it's exactly how I remembered and I'm still in awe of Alexeev!!
ottismymann 2 years ago 5
Superb! Absolutely superb!
mehmetazk 2 years ago 3
The human drama of atheletic competition.
whitewitchoz 2 years ago 5
Russian powerful giant!
sandrik100 2 years ago 2
Fantastic!! - Thanks.
RAKANKAN 2 years ago 5
great!!!!
mikeyburger1 2 years ago 20