Russian Weightlifting Champions train in 2007

[zdawg421]

in soviet russia, weight allows you to lift it.

[avinakos]

that red-shirted lifter at 1:37 looks like he just woke up LOL.

[robion1957]

wankers

[trecuck]

Working out while listenning to Britney Spears...I have to try that

[DooshWillis91]

haha the dude @1:39 with the coffee cup is like "man its too early for this shit"

[twigiestdrip]

People call this a minamilst gym, yet I WISH I had a gym near me like this. All I can see around here are basically healthclubs.

[portugaljoao777]

This is the true GYM, here in portugal is only comercial gyms with 1000 machines for biceps ahaha

[VastChoirs]

eigeoiegf45, you seem to know a lot about the Russians and their training. How does their programming differ from the bulgarians beyond the reduced volume and presence of formal periodization? Do they do both lifts every day? What's their exercise selection like beyond the lifts+squats? There's a video of chigishev benching 225kg, do they train that lift often?

[eigeoiegf45]

@VastChoirs Dammmn, dude. I don't know much about their training to be honest. I just know that it's not just the three lifts over and over again as the Bulgarians supposedly did. I guess it's more of a well-rounded approach that incorporates some muscle building and other exercises in.

[thegreatestnumber13]

@eigeoiegf45 It basically depends upon the time of their competitive year. In a nutshell, their sessions will be mainly snatches and cleans and jerks or sub-movements such as the snatch balance. They will do some 'assistance' exercises... front and back squats, chest press and pull ups but a massive amount at all.

[C1PH3RTXT]

@VastChoirs Read up on Science and Practice of Strength Training, 2nd Edition by Vladimir Zatsiorsky. That will give you some good insight on the principles behind Russian training.

[DavidVanPatten]

@C1PH3RTXT

The best comment i've read for a long time!

[C1PH3RTXT]

@DavidVanPatten Hey thanks! Hope it helps. The book is kind of expensive (I paid 65USD on amazon) but it's worth every penny!

[C1PH3RTXT]

Excellent video. Who are the other lifters other than Evgeny Chigishev in this video?

[VastChoirs]

@C1PH3RTXT The guy doing snatch off the riser at 1:28 is Dmitry Klokov. At 2:05 the guy snatching is Gleb Pisarevsky. They are both 105kg lifters.

[C1PH3RTXT]

@VastChoirs Thank you. I knew about Klokov but didn't recognize him in the video. I'm not familiar with Gleb Pisarevsky

[Leeuwer]

@VastChoirs

Perhaps the question has already been answered, but Russians tend to do a larger variety than Bulgarian lifters. They use a lot of strength building exercises, like presses, push presses, different pulls and squats and do the competitive lifts less often. Furthermore, they don't max out daily on every lift like the Bulgarians and tend to train with weights around 70-80% of their max more. Their theory is that once the technique is there, you just need to get stronger.

[tom88cba]

the guy in red doing the snatch from the blocks is Dimitry Klokov????

[samskov]

@tom88cba Yes this is Klokov.

[brands1]

at 1:25 of the vid, why is he on a little platform? help with his pull?

[cfin28]

@brands1 It's a depth snatch. Same with depth deadlifts, it builds strength and speed in a larger range of motion. If you get stronger in a larger range, you'll be that much stronger in the shorter. If you have trouble off the floor, go beyond that range of motion and build power leading up to that "sticking point" and you'll be able to accelerate through it.

[wudthedamaja]

the fuck is with the music.

[yobolion]

Wowthey did that listening to Britney Spears! I couldn't lift half as much with the best of Motorhead playing well done!

[ca6ko2009]

Chigishev 170 180 190

Pisarevskii 160 170 180

[tlast2012dude]

you dont need to know russian. The plates have the international color system.

red=25kg

blue=20kg

yeloww = 15kg

green=10kg

white=5kg

[thoomoo]

Minimalist gym but all very strong-inspiring

[Trmx24]

LOL I love that Britney Spears is playing at the beginning haha. These guys are amazing lifters btw.

[xLimitlesso]

@Trmx24 "[Lift] me baby one more time!"

[shaunt4]

Chigishev and Klokov are the best! Both deserve gold!

[frostysrb]

First Lifter Is Evgeny Chigichev and his last snach is 200 kg, second is Dmitry Klokov and last is Gleb Pisarevski

[Duffman89detmig]

this is Evgeny Chigishev he is AWESOME!!!!!!!!!

[otherkind0]

i know man holy crap, i think his last snatch is 200kg

[BROZKNOWS]

190

[JaktFibaz]

gottta agree with this

[Mikeyburger3]

whos the last guy? 2nd is klokov isnt it?

[pablo94electrotecnia]

los rusos estan tapaos en paipa

[ekender]

That's why they are so good.

[bruce9241]

do all russian lifters listen to britney spears while lifting?

[gaaron1]

yes

[jernmyre]

fantastic video- finally a glimpse of these genetic freaks training..

[Myself0101]

great training music

[Myself0101]

klokov is doing it on a block! bloody hell that is some flexibility!

[yobolion]

lols note all the wraps around the patellar tendon!

[cysbud]

great stuff

[sklim2009]

Just wait...Chigishev is gonna do the 473 total and kick RezaZadeh out of the record books!

[EmilRinse]

Pisarevskiy is 160, 170, 180, excuse me..

[EmilRinse]

Chigishev: 180, 190, 200

Klokov: 160

Pisarevskiy: 165, 175, 180

[Sarge343]

Wrong,

Chigishev: 170, 180, 190

and

Pisarevsky: 160, 170, 180

I speak Russian, that's what the guy said

[EmilRinse]

Yeah, I saw Pisarevskiy, later. But I thought that Chigishev did go up to 200. Sorry for the confusion.

[Sarge343]

No prob. It does look like 200kg on Chigishev's final snatch, but I think it goes like this:

2 reds

2 blues

2 yellows

and 2 outer reds

that adds up to 190kg

(but those damn blues did look like reds!)

[EmilRinse]

Yeha, He is supposed to have done 220 in training. But I don't know about that. What we do know is that he actually did 211 at 125kg bw in a WCh.!!! Amazing...

[Sarge343]

Holy shit, 220?? Are you serious? What would be sick

[EmilRinse]

Rumor is that he said it on russian TV. In 2006. But I don't know...

Maybe with straps and off blocks, weighing 5kgs more, or something like that.

Why would he go out and say something like that on TV when he can't do it in competition?

[kaga13]

well pisarenko has said that he'd done a 270 clean&jerk and a 280 clean in training in the 80's; I think in an interview with the getup website; maybe just to show off a bit?

[Mikeyburger3]

howdya get this :S lol!?

[eigeoiegf45]

:].

[Mikeyburger3]

lol i like the powerlifting disks, ye tell us the weights if you know?

[Sarge343]

Chigishev: 170, 180, 190

Klokov: ???

Pisarevsky: 160, 170, 180

[Mikeyburger3]

klokov's was a 180 snatch i think

[Sarge343]

They didn't say anything about how much it was, but from the looks of it, it looks like 170. At 1.36 you get a pretty good sidelook.

2 reds, 2 blues, 2 greens, 2 yellows followed by another 2 greens.

[bejjeagle]

that adds up to 180 if that is correct

[Myself0101]

yeh i agree

[bejjeagle]

actually maybe 180 for klokov, cant tell if one is a green or a blue on the inside

[bejjeagle]

look like 180, 190, 200 for evgeny and 200 for klokov. thats just guessing and not from translation. no clue on pisarevsky